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The very best of classical music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

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

Tue 21 Nov 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • The Mystery of Christmas.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 19.
  • Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

    Trio Sonata in G Minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot. Conductor: Johannes Pramsohler.
    • J.G. Goldberg & W.F. Bach: Trio Sonatas.
    • Audax Records.
    • 114.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes Op.27 (no.2 in D flat major)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Chopin: Nocturnes: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Edward Elgar

    Carissima

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Elgar: The longed for light: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/John Wilson.
    • Somm.
    • 5.
  • Henriette Reni茅

    Danse des Lutins

    Performer: Judy Loman.
    • Harp Showpieces.
    • Naxos.
    • 009.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano Quintet in G minor Op.1 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Za茂s (Prologue: Overture)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • Rameau: Overtures: Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 3.
  • Minna Keal

    Ballade

    Performer: Alexander Baillie. Performer: Martina Baillie.
    • Minna Keal: Cello Concerto & Ballade.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 4.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major Kk.251

    Music Arranger: S茅rgio Assad. Performer: Odair Assad. Performer: S茅rgio Assad.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Introduction, Theme and Variations

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Philharmonia Z眉rich. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • A Night at the Opera: Sabine Meyer.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    I Love You (The Queen Of Spades)

    Singer: Pavel Lisitsian. Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra.
    • The Best Of Russian Opera and More.
    • Prism Leisure Ltd.
    • 9.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    3 Dance episodes from 'On the town'

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56

    Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Bartok: Cedric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1-6.
  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.
    • English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
    • Warner Apex.
    • 7.
  • Antonio Bazzini

    La ronde des lutins Op.25

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: David Garvey.
    • Perlman: Violin Sonatas reDISCOVERED.
    • BMG Classics.
    • 18.
  • Claude Debussy

    La danse de Puck (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Debussy: Preludes Books I & II: Zoltan Kocsis.
    • Philips.
    • 11.
  • Florence Price

    Elfentanz

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • From Brighton to Brooklyn.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

    Ceffylau [Horses]

    • ARC.
  • John Tavener

    Mother of God, Here I Stand (The Veil of the Temple)

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • LUX/Voces 8.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor RV.157 (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Orchestra: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Handel goes Wild.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.55 'Eroica' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Verbier Festival Orchestra. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Henry Purcell

    O solitude, my sweetest choice Z.406

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • If.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 015.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Plan & Elevation (The Orangery)

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Orange.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Trumpet concerto in D major

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Trio in F minor Op.65 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Philips.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Darrell Ang.
    • Smetana: Triumphal Symphony & Overture and Dances from The Bartered Bride.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

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  • Tue 21 Nov 2023 09:00

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