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Classical soundtrack for your morning

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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

Fri 1 Dec 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite (Miniature Overture)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Telarc.
    • 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Elgar, Cello Concerto; Carter; Bruch.
    • DECCA.
    • 2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and fugue no.5 in D major Op.87 no.5

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Sony.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.29 in A major K.201 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig Daser

    Benedictus Dominus

    Ensemble: Cinquecento.
    • Daser: Missa Pater noster & Other Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig Daser

    Danck sagen wir alle

    Ensemble: Cinquecento.
    • Daser: Missa Pater noster & Other Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 22.
  • Jacob Gade

    Jealousy

    Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • Tango in Blue: Barcelona SO, Serebrier.
    • Bis.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Septet in E flat major Op.65 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op.20 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Lawo.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Humoresque (Fantasiest眉cke Op.5)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Franz Ries

    La Capricciosa

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Jos茅 Gallardo.
    • Homage.
    • WARNER.
    • 1.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Recorder Concerto in C major, TWV 51 C1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Holtslag. Performer: Mark Caudle. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.
    • Telemann: Recorder Concertos: Peter Holtslag, The Parley of Instruments.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • James McMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
  • Richard Wagner

    Parsifal (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG.
  • Erik Satie

    Le Piccadilly

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Jean鈥怞oseph de Mondonville

    Sonate en symphonie in G major Op.3`5

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Archiv.
  • Eug猫ne Gigout

    Toccata in B minor

    Performer: Colin Walsh.
    • Great European Organs No.15: Colin Walsh.
    • Priory.
    • 2.
  • Mois茅s Moleiro

    Joropo

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Solatino.
    • EMI.
    • 029.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Jealousy

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Ave Maria (Otello)

    Singer: Margaret Price. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.
  • Carlos Gardel

    Por una cabeza

    Music Arranger: Aleksandar Sedlar. Performer: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Performer: Tijana Milo拧evi膰. Ensemble: Double Sens.
    • Roots.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde, D 797: Romanze

    Music Arranger: Anton Webern. Singer: Benjamin Appl. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Oscar Jockel.
    • Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C for cello, strings and basso continuo, RV 398

    Performer: Christophe Coin. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • NAIVE.
  • Edna Bentz Woods

    Valse Phantastique

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 1 in G minor, "Winter Daydreams" (3rd movement, Scherzo)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • LPO.
  • Gustav Holst

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • HYPERION.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Scaramouche: Valse

    Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • NAXOS.
  • David Popper

    5 Spanish dances Op.54 (Serenade)

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Complices.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 7 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER RECORDINGS.

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