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Your perfect classical playlist

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 8 Jan 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.2 in D major H.7b.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Butterworth/Delius: English Rhapsody: Halle, Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 4.
  • Philip Stopford

    Canticle of Christening

    Choir: Choir of St Luke's, Chelsea. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • Philip Stopford: Sacred Choral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 109.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 14 No.2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • WARNER.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet for oboe and strings in F major, K.370 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Kristina Blaumane.
    • BIS.
  • 脡mile Waldteufel

    The Skaters

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • SONY.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major BWV.1049 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 1.
  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Lustspiel Overture

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Busoni: Orchestral works, vol.2: 大象传媒 Philharmonic/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Philip Glass

    Echorus

    Performer: Jennifer Koh. Performer: Jaime Laredo. Ensemble: Curtis 20/21 Ensemble. Conductor: Vinay Parameswaran.
    • Cedille.
  • Peter Ludwig Hertel

    Clog Dance (La fille mal gard茅e)

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Herold/Messager: La Fille mal gardee: Wordsworth/Lanchbery/Jacquillat.
    • EMI.
    • 14.
  • Katia Beaugeais

    Like Snowdrops You Will Shine

    Performer: Helena Rathbone. Ensemble: ACO Collective.
    • Collective Wisdom [Hush, Volume 18].
    • 8.
  • Richard Wagner

    Pilgrims' Chorus (Tannhauser)

    Music Arranger: Edwin Lemare. Performer: Simon Preston.
    • The World of The Organ, Simon Preston.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Drake's Drum (Songs of the Sea, Op.91)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccio Brillante in B minor, Op.22

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor Op.10 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • Sam Fonteyn

    Pop Looks Bach ['Ski Sunday' theme']

    Ensemble: London Music Works.
    • 100 Greatest TV Themes, Vol. 3.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 35.
  • Claude Debussy

    The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • A Debussy Recital: Pascal Roge.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Danny Elfman

    Ice Dance (Edward Scissorhands)

    Ensemble: The Paulist Choristers of California. Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra. Conductor: Shirley Walker.
    • Edward Scissorhands.
    • Geffen.
    • 7.
  • Vince Guaraldi

    Skating (A Charlie Brown Christmas)

    Ensemble: Vince Guaraldi Trio.
    • A Charlie Brown Christmas.
    • Craft Recordings.
    • 7.
  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Sleigh with little bells (Musical Toys)

    Performer: Claire鈥怣arie Le Guay.
    • Gubaidulina : Portrait.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 13.
  • Jerry Herman

    Mack And Mabel (Overture)

    Orchestra: The Orchestra of 'Mack and Mabel'.
    • Dance! - The World's Favourite Ice-Dancing Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 217.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances.
    • HMV.
    • 8.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Exultate, jubilate

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Karl Jenkins: Motets.
    • DG.
    • 12.
  • Giovanni Paisiello

    Mandolin Concerto in E Flat Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.
  • John Adams

    The Chairman Dances

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Sophia Bass

    Taal-Naad Naman

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Performer: Mari Tanaka. Performer: Vivek Pandya.
    • AVIE Records.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to come (March)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos Movies.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.2 in A minor Op.13 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Aparte.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Simax.

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