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A feast of great music

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

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

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

Fri 24 Nov 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni (Overture)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • SONY : 88985316032.
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor Op.23 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Carl Heinrich Biber

    Balletti lamentabili (Sonata)

    Performer: Catherine Weiss. Performer: Katherine McGillivray. Performer: Anna McDonald. Performer: Richard Boothby. Performer: Robert Woolley. Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet.
  • Charles Gounod

    Waltz from Faust

    Conductor: Richard Hayman.
    • French Ballet Favourites.
    • Naxos.
    • 17.
  • William Byrd

    Retire My Soul

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Byrd: Retire My Soul.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Waltz in D flat major

    Performer: Stephen Coombs.
    • The Early Scriabin.
    • Helios.
    • 6.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.234 'L'inquietudine'

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti Con Titoli: Fabio Biondi / Europa Galante.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 1-3.
  • Othmar Schoeck

    Horn Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Bruno Schneider. Orchestra: Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur. Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert.
    • Schoeck: Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 4.
  • Gwenllian Ll欧r

    Strawberry Moon

    Performer: Gwenllian Ll欧r.
    • SAIN.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Toccata in D minor Op.11 transc. for organ [orig. for piano]

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • DG.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Dream of Gerontius (Prelude)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Cello Sonata in E major, Op.47 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Chopin: Cello Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on Earth

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Carolyn Sampson.
    • But I Like to Sing....
    • BIS.
    • 22.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Prince and the Pauper (Main theme)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.
    • Charles Gerhardt Conducts Classic Film Scores.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Ballades, Op 10: No 4

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
    • Brahms: Piano Works.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Suite No 3 in E flat major

    Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Claude Debussy

    Iberia: Le matin d'un jour de f锚te (Images)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS Media.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Psycho Suite

    Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Signum.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Moto perpetuo, Op.11

    Music Arranger: Donald Hunsberger. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Donald Hunsberger.
    • Carnaval: Wynton Marsalis.
    • Sony.
    • 5.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Agitata da due venti (Griselda)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca.
    • Queen of Baroque.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo in G major, Op.129 'Rage over a lost penny'

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.
    • Bach-Bussoni - Chaconne, Beethoven - Rondos: Evgeny Kissin.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 3.
  • Bobby McFerrin

    Don't Worry Be Happy

    Singer: Bobby McFerrin.
    • The Best Of Bobby McFerrin.
    • Blue Note Records.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Mi lusinga il dolce affetto (from Alcina)

    Singer: Valer Barna-Sabadus. Orchestra: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Handel goes Wild.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Fantasia in C major, H.17.4

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Maurice Ravel: Ma M猫re L鈥檕ye; Bol茅ro; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales; Pavane Pou.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Surrexit pastor bonus

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura. Director: Matthew Knight.
    • Naxos.
  • Joby Talbot

    Path of Miracles (Leon)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Andr茅 Caplet

    Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Les Vents Fran莽ais - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Temas populares Cubanos (Guajira Criolla)

    Performer: Philippe Lemaigre.
    • L Brouwer - Philippe Lemaigre.
    • Ricercar.
    • 9.
  • Robert Schumann

    Cello Concerto in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Schumann: Cello Concerto.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

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  • Fri 24 Nov 2023 09:00

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