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Classical soundtrack for your morning

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

Thu 4 Jan 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • G.F. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks: English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo sinfonico

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Klassiske Mesterv忙rker.
    • Universal Music A/S.
    • 12.
  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G minor, Op.10 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Virgin.
  • Henry Purcell

    An Evening Hymn Z.193

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.
    • BIS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.74 'Pathetique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Path茅tique".
    • Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • 2.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    6 Bagatelles (no.1)

    Ensemble: London Winds.
    • Chandos.
  • Hector Berlioz

    La course 脿 l'ab卯me & Pandaemonium (La Damnation de Faust Op.24)

    Singer: Bryan Hymel. Singer: Christopher Purves. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Berlioz: La damnation de Faust.
    • Lso Live.
    • 215.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D.898, Op. 99: II. Andante un poco mosso

    Performer: Rapha毛l Oleg. Performer: Sonia Wieder鈥怉therton. Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert: Trios for Piano and Cello and Arpeggione Sonata.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no.6 in B Minor Op.54 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Var猫se: Am茅riques - Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms - Shostakovich: Symphony No..
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 6.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola, Act 2: "Sia qualunque delle figlie"

    Conductor: Gabriele Ferro. Orchestra: Cappella Coloniensis.
    • Rossini: La Cenerentola.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 27.
  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Dreamland

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rchibudelli. Ensemble: Smithsonian Chamber Players.
    • Anner Bylsma plays Chamber Music Vol. 1.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana - rhapsody

    Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales.
    • Chandos.
    • 01.
  • Richard Strauss

    Also sprach Zarathustra - opening fanfare

    Orchestra: Portsmouth Sinfonia.
    • The Transatlantic Story.
    • Essential.
    • 17.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Promenade (Pictures at an Exhibition orch Ravel)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Conductor: Fritz Reiner. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • RCA.
  • Spike Jones

    Cocktails for Two

    Ensemble: Spike Jones and His City Slickers. Singer: Carl Grayson.
    • Comedy Legends Uk & USA.
    • Graffiti Classics.
    • 21.
  • Conlon Nancarrow

    Study no.6

    Music Arranger: Yvar Mikhashoff. Ensemble: Ensemble Modern. Performer: Ingo Metzmacher.
    • RCA.
  • Paul Desmond

    Take Five

    Ensemble: The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
    • Hits of the World 1960-61.
    • Polygram.
    • 16.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonatina (Cantata no.106)

    Music Arranger: Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g. Performer: Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g. Performer: M谩rta Kurt谩g.
    • ECM New Series.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Music for strings, percussion and celesta Sz.106: 2nd mvt; Allegro

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Phillips.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major, K 361, 'Gran Partita' - 5th movement; Romanze

    Ensemble: Maurice Bourgue Wind Ensemble.
    • Pierre Verany.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 9 in D Minor

    Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Giulini In Vienna.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 53.
  • Domenico Zipoli

    Elevazione

    Performer: Caroline Dale. Performer: John Anderson. Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra.
    • Such Sweet Thunder.
    • Dharma Records.
    • 11.
  • Anonymous

    Hornpipes "Morepeth Rant" (et al)

    Ensemble: The Curious Bards.
    • Indiscretion.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 117.
  • Bobby McFerrin

    Grace

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Singer: Bobby McFerrin.
    • Hush.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

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  • Thu 4 Jan 2024 09:00

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