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The very best of classical music

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 – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 5 Dec 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary 'The Prince of Denmark's March'

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini: Overtures: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Max Richter

    Recomposed: Vivaldi - The four seasons: Winter 3

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: André de Ridder.
    • Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse à cinq temps (18 Pieces Op.72)

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • Romeo & Juliet: Tchaikovsky on the Piano.
    • BIS.
    • 110.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.3 in G major BWV.1048

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 14.
  • Eric Coates

    Calling All Workers - march

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Dunk.
    • Showtime - 25 years of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 11.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos: Hough/Dallas Symphony Orch/Litton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Francisco Tárrega

    Gran Vals for guitar

    Performer: Mats Bergström.
    • Gorgeous Guitar: Best Loved Classical Guitar Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1001.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet movement in B flat major K.516c

    Orchestrator: Robert Levin. Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Torleif Thedéen.
    • Mozart - Clarinet Concerto; Kegelstatt Trio - Martin Fröst.
    • BIS.
    • 7.
  • Bob Marley

    Redemption Song

    Ensemble: Kanneh-Masons.
    • Decca.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.5 in D major Op.107 'Reformation' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5.
    • Linn Records.
    • 6.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Trio for flute, oboe and piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Juliette Bausor. Performer: Daniel Bates. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • Stone Records.
  • Trad.

    I Saw Three Ships

    Music Arranger: James Morgan. Music Arranger: Juliette Pochin. Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Performer: Piano Hands. Conductor: James Morgan.
    • Carols Revisited - Christmas with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.
  • Jack Strachey

    In a party mood [Housewives' Choice theme tune]

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Italian' Concerto in F major BWV.971 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach - Italian Concerto; French Overture; Capriccios.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Frank Churchill

    Whistle While You Work (Snow White)

    Composer: Larry Morey. Singer: Adriana Caselotti.
    • Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs Original Soundtrack.
    • Parlophone Catalogue.
    • 8.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Toy Symphony Op.62 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Tom Hammond.
    • Orchid.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Petite Suite (Nocturne)

    Orchestrator: Alexander Glazunov. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Borodin: Requiem: Philharmonia Orchestra/´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus/Simon.
    • Cala.
    • 14.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Tundra

    Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Ola Gjeilo. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Ciaran McCabe. Performer: Jon Thorne. Performer: Matthew Sharp. Director: Nigel Short.
    • Ola Gjeilo.
    • Decca.
    • 09.
  • Louis Vierne

    Organ Symphony no.1 in D major Op.14 (6th mvt)

    Performer: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • PRIORY.
  • Carlos Guastavino

    Bailecito

    Performer: Sergio Tiempo. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Hommage.
    • 2023 Avanticlassic.
    • 9.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.103 in E flat minor 'Drum Roll' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • Nimbus.
  • Rosey Chan

    Adagio for Planet Earth

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Watkins.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.6 in F major Op.68 'Pastoral' (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.
  • Michael Torke

    December

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Torke.
    • Three.
    • Ecstatic Records.
    • 5.

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