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Celebrating classical greats

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

Mon 4 Dec 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 'Eroica'

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 28.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    The Force of Destiny (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

    Trio sonata in C major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot. Director: Johannes Pramsohler.
    • J.G. Goldberg & W.F. Bach: Trio Sonatas.
    • Audax Records.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto no.2 in D major H.7d.4 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: W眉rttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Ruben Gazarian.
    • Horn Concertos.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 6.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Cello or violin sonata in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Paris La Belle Epoque: Faure; Franck; Massenet; Saint-Saens.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Alexander Litvinovsky

    Morning Jogging (The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats)

    Orchestra: Metamorphose String Orchestra. Conductor: Pavel Lyubomudrov.
    • The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats.
    • Halidon.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.21 in C major K.467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 24.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Capriccio pastorale

    Performer: Katharina B盲uml. Ensemble: Capella de la Torre.
    • Capriccio Pastorale (Italian Christmas Music).
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.
  • Ernest Bloch

    Pastorale and rustic dances (Concerto Grosso no.1)

    Performer: Barton Weber. Orchestra: Amadeus Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Agnieszka Duczmal.
    • Ernest Bloch - Concerti grossi 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 3.
  • Gustav Mahler

    St. Anthony's Sermon to the Fishes (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The magician and the witch play cards (The love for three oranges - suite Op.33b)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Prokofiev: Chout Suite, Love for Three Oranges Suite & Waltz Suite.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Blue air (Colour suite)

    Performer: Sarah Cahill.
    • The Future is Female, Vol. 2: The Dance.
    • First Hand Records.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No.8 in B minor "Unfinished" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: B鈥橰ock Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished" & Symphony No. 9 in C M.
    • Pentatone.
    • 6.
  • Sarah Latto

    Little Girl blue/Emmanuel

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Emma Tring. Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Stained Glass.
    • BIS.
    • 5.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Proclaim, fortunate Hamburg Wq.216

    Choir: Akademie Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Die K枚lner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Magnificat Wq. 215.
    • CPO.
    • 20.
  • George Gershwin

    Promenade 'Walking the Dog'

    Music Arranger: Hal Borne. Performer: Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • Gershwin/Kern etc: That certain feeling: Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
  • Trad.

    Oes Gafr Eto? [Goat counting song]

    Choir: Treharris Male Voice Choir.
    • Songs Of Wales (2022 Remaster).
    • Mundo Sounds / EMG.
    • 4.
  • Gabriel Piern茅

    Entrance of the Fauns (Cydalise et le chevre-pied)

    Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Thomas.
    • The Best Classical Music Of All Time.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 11.
  • Richard Rodgers

    The Lonely Goatherd (The Sound of Music)

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Music Arranger: Irwin Kostal. Singer: Julie Andrews. Singer: Angela Cartwright. Singer: Nicholas Hammond. Singer: Kym Karath. Singer: Duane Chase. Singer: Charmian Carr. Singer: Heather Menzies. Singer: Debbie Turner. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Irwin Kostal.
    • RCA BMG.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Viola da Gamba Sonata no.1 in G major BWV.1027 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Stuart Duncan. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.
    • The Goat Rodeo Sessions.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.221

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Avie.
  • Herbert Howells

    A Spotless rose

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Singer: Simon Grant. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Advent Live, Vol. 2.
    • Signum Records.
    • 3.
  • Traditional

    Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

    Music Arranger: Bugge Wesseltoft. Performer: Bugge Wesseltoft.
    • It's snowing on my piano.
    • ACT Music & Vision.
    • 10.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.20 in E Minor

    Performer: Sergio Tiempo. Performer: Alan Weiss.
    • Hommage.
    • Avanti.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.5 in F sharp minor

    Performer: Sergio Tiempo. Performer: Alan Weiss.
    • Hommage.
    • Avanti.
    • 7.
  • Sir George Macfarren

    Chevy Chace

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Victorian Concert Overtures.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du menestrel Op.71

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Richard Strauss

    Capriccio (Sextet)

    Ensemble: The Raphael Ensemble.
    • HELIOS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Notturno (Lyric pieces - book 5 Op.54)

    Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Grieg: Piano Concerto & Lyric Pieces.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 110.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto serenata (Sarao)

    Performer: Nancy Allen. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique B谩tiz.
    • Rodrigo: Concertos: Moreno, Ara, Cohen, Batiz.
    • EMI Classics.

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