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The greatest classical music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

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 19 Dec 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major Op.25 'Classical' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Variations [after Vladimir Horowitz]

    Performer: Arcadi Volodos.
    • Piano Transcriptions.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.83 in G minor "The Hen" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
  • Trad.

    Remember, O thou man

    Music Arranger: Arthur Oldham. Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. Conductor: Francis Grier.
    • ASV.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Symphony in F sharp major, Op.40 (2nd mvt)

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

    Lullaby my Jesus

    Music Arranger: Andrew Carter. Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • O magnum misterium: 20th Century Christmas Carols.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Trevor Duncan

    Little suite for orchestra: March

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • MARCO POLO.
  • William Walton

    Viola Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Walton, Rubbra: Viola Concertos: Lawrence Power, 大象传媒SSO, Ilan Volkov.
    • Hyperion.
  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

    Hodie Christus natus est

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • A Renaissance Christmas.
    • CORO.
    • 2.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Marche Slave, Op.31

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • ORFEO.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in G major TWV.52:G3

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Sabine Fehlandt. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Deck the Halls/Have yourself a merry little Christmas

    Performer: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Bob Chilcott.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor Op.30 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.
  • Gustaf Nordqvist

    Jul, jul, str氓lande jul

    Music Arranger: Christian Eggen. Singer: Lise Davidsen. Choir: Norwegian National Opera Children's Choir. Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Eggen.
    • Christmas from Norway.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Schlafendes Jesuskind (M枚rike-Lieder)

    Singer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Eggen.
    • Christmas from Norway.
    • DECCA.
    • 11.
  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Symphony no.6 in G minor, Op.42/2: v) Finale. Vivace

    Performer: Christian Schmitt.
    • CPO.
  • Trad.

    Rocking

    Music Arranger: David Hill. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: David Hill.
    • 40 Christmas Choir Essentials.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 37.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    4 Last Songs: Tired

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Simon Keenlyside.
    • Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge / Five Mystical Songs (English Song, Vol. 3).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • Philip Stopford

    Lully, Lulla, Lullay

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Director: Barnaby Smith.
    • After Silence.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 10.
  • Duke Ellington

    Nutcracker Suite [after TCHAIKOVSKY] (Toot tootie toot)

    Composer: Billy Strayhorn. Music Arranger: Jeff Tyzik. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Grams.
    • The Nutcracker Suite.
    • DECCA.
    • 2.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    E Lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • DECCA.
  • Rebecca (Junior Carol Competition winner)

    Polaris

    Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.
  • JUNIOR Carol 4 - Isabelle

    Polaris

    Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.1 in E minor Op.39 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus M盲kel盲.
    • DECCA.
  • Andr茅 Messager

    Solo de concours for clarinet and piano

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • The Virtuoso Clarinet.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.
  • James McMillan

    Christmas Oratorio (My love and tender one are you)

    Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • LPO.
  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Good-will to men, and peace on Earth

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • A Ceremony of Carols.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 19.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony no.2 in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Boy was Born: In the Bleak Midwinter/Corpus Christi Carol

    Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

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