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The very best of classical music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

0930 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 9 Nov 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Mendelssohn/Bruch - Violin Concertos; Romance: Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.
  • John Parry

    Myfanwy

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: The Black Mountain Male Chorus. Choir: Risca Male Choir. Conductor: Gareth Jones.
    • DG.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Alfred Schnittke

    Fugue & Pantomime (Suite in the Old Style)

    Performer: Olga Martynova. Performer: Andrey Doynikov. Performer: Dmitri Vlassik. Performer: Roman Mints.
    • Alfred Schnittke - Roman Mints / Katya Apekisheva.
    • QUARTZ.
    • 4-5.
  • Granville Bantock

    Song to the Seals

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in E flat major for two pianos K.365 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Performer: Radu Lupu. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Piotr Nawrot

    Naranjitay - Huaino

    Choir: Arakaendar Bolivia Choir. Ensemble: Florilegium. Director: Ashley Solomon.
    • Florilegium and Arakaendar Bolivia Choir: Bolivian Baroque, Vol. 3.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 17.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 3 in F major, Op 90 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Brahms: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Mandolin Concerto in G major, S.28 - III. Rondo

    Performer: Avi Avital. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Hummel: Mandolin Concerto in G Major, S. 28: III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza: A. Av.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Russian Rag

    Ensemble: Sydney Alpha Ensemble. Conductor: David Stanhope.
    • Women of Note.
    • ABC.
    • 05.
  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Benedictus

    • Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M..
    • Columbia.
    • 5.
  • Aaron Copland

    Symphony No. 3 - IV. Molto deliberato (Fanfare)

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.
    • Copland: Symphony No. 3.
    • SFS Media.
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major RV.433 'La tempesta di mare'

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Orchestra: Amsterdam Vivaldi Players.
    • Decca.
  • Michael Abels

    Global Warming

    Ensemble: Sphinx Virtuosi.
    • Songs for Our Times.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Khachaturian: Piano Concerto etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • George Gershwin

    By Strauss

    Music Arranger: Nelson Riddle. Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. Orchestra: Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra. Conductor: Nelson Riddle.
    • Verve.
  • Danny Elfman

    Waltz to the Death

    • Batman (Original Motion Picture Score).
    • Warner Records.
    • 18.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Murder on the Orient Express (Waltz)

    Music Arranger: Iain Sutherland. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bernas.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Performer: Malcolm Proud. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Elizabeth Wallfisch.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Carnival Overture Op.92

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • DG.
  • Athanasius Kircher

    Tarantella napoletana

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • La Tarantella - Antidotum Tarantulae.
    • Alpha.
    • 3.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Fratres

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Stained Glass.
    • BIS.
    • 101.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Le tre grazie a Venere

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.
    • La Virtuosissima Cantatrice - The vocal music of Barbara Strozzi (1619 - c.1665).
    • AMON RA.
    • 3.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Nights in the gardens of Spain (En el generalife)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov.
    • Live from the Lugano Festival 2009, Martha Argerich and friends.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

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  • Thu 9 Nov 2023 09:00

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