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Classical soundtrack for your morning

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

Wed 22 Nov 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 Cornish Dances Op.91 (No.1)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.
  • Adolf Schulz-Evler

    Arabesques on a theme from 'The Beautiful Blue Danube'

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.
  • Steve Reich

    Duet

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simos Papanas. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin.
    • DG.
    • 5.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of youth - suite no. 2 Op.1b (March)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • The Wand Of Youth Suites etc..
    • Halle.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Rondo in E flat major K.371

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo.
    • I.M.P..
    • 12.
  • Arthur Butterworth

    The Green Wind

    Conductor: Arthur Butterworth. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • A Butterworth, Symphony no.5: RSNO/Butterworth.
    • Epoch.
    • 8.
  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.31 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Arensky: The Piano Trios.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 2.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: Overtures: London Symphony Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Will Gregory

    High life

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ellipsos.
    • United Colors.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 102.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun dorma (Turandot)

    Lyricist: Carlo Gozzi. Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Choir: The Apollo Voices. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni.
    • Il Tenore.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Sinfonia 脿 8 in A minor ZWV.189 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Gabriel Jackson

    Cecilia virgo

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Jackson: Not no faceless Angel: Polyphony, Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio espagnol Op.34

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.11 ( no.1 in E flat minor)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Romance 鈥 The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro Torna

    Performer: Stephen Stubbs. Performer: Erin Headley. Ensemble: Red Byrd. Singer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
    • Factory.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    12 Studies Op.25 (no.11 in A minor)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • Chopin: 12 脡tudes, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.
  • Max Steiner

    Gone with the Wind (main title)

    Orchestra: London Festival Orchestra. Choir: London Festival Chorus. Conductor: Stanley Black.
    • DECCA.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Wetterfahne (Winterreise)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Performer: Helmut Deutsch.
    • Schubert Winterreise.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 2.
  • Virgil Thomson

    Salute to the Wind (Autumn)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 2 (Variety Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 407.
  • Eug猫ne Ysa每e

    Variations on Paganini's Caprice no.24

    Music Arranger: Jacques Ysa每e. Ensemble: Ensemble Capriccio.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele)

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: N煤ria Rial. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Handel goes Wild.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Petite Messe Solennelle (Kyrie)

    Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Performer: Daniele Rossi. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle.
    • EMI.
    • 1-2.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Rhosymedre (3 Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes)

    Performer: Timothy Bond.
    • Twentieth Century Organ Music.
    • Regent Records.
    • 17.
  • Philip Glass

    Tissue No. 7

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Performer: Julien Brocal.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Fugue a la gigue' in G major, BWV. 577

    Orchestrator: Gustav Holst. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Bach Transcriptions.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Humoreske [for wind quintet]

    Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • French Music for Winds.
    • WARNER.
    • 7.
  • John Ireland

    A London Overture

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

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