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Refresh your morning with classical music

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 11 Jan 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive overture Op.96

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Grande Valse Brillante Op.34 no.2 in A minor

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili.
  • An-Lun Huang

    Saibei Dance (Saibei Suite no. 2)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Delights & Dances.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde', from Cantata BWV201

    Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty, Op 66 (Act 1 No 6 - Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • RPO.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Kikimora

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Lyadov - Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 006.
  • William Cornysh

    Ah Robin

    Music Arranger: Roderick Williams. Choir: The SDASA Chorale. Ensemble: I Fagiolini.
  • Franz Schubert

    Andantino varie, D 823

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Franz Schubert Piano Duets; Steven Osbourne / Paul Lewis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Orchestra: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Handel goes Wild.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev/Britten/Bizet: Symphonies: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Robert Schumann

    Mondnacht (Liederkreis Op.39)

    Performer: Kunal Lahiry. Singer: Konstantin Krimmel.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Brass Quintet no.1 Op.73 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass.
    • BIS.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Bolero

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars

    Performer: Jeremy Filsell. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)

    Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812/Romeo & Juliet/Nutcracker Suite: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/So.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    When the night wind howls (Ruddigore)

    Librettist: W. S. Gilbert. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: Radiok枚ren. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Dance Macabre

    Performer: Geoffrey Philippe.
    • Sounds Spectacular: Amazing N.L.M.C. Music Library Tracks, Volume 3.
    • Sinetone AMR.
    • 2.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Main Title / Finale (From "The Ghost And Mrs Muir")

    Conductor: Nicholas Charles Raine. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Prague Philharmonic Choir.
    • Film Music Masterworks - Bernard Herrmann.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 5.
  • Frank Churchill

    Whistle While You Work (Snow White)

    Music Arranger: Jonathan Tunick. Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Choir: London Voices. Ensemble: The Abbey Road Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Tunick.
    • When You Wish Upon a Star.
    • Warner.
    • 17.
  • Mel Bonis

    Sonata in F sharp minor Op.112 for violin and piano: 4th mvt

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Chandos.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B Minor, RV 580

    Performer: Avi Avital. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Joachim Raff

    Romeo and Juliet - overture

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Viola Concerto (4th mvt)

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Orchestra: Sinfonietta R墨ga.
    • P膿teris Vasks: Viola Concerto & Symphony No. 1 "Voices".
    • BIS.
    • 104.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite (for piano solo), Op. 40; V Rigaudon

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Simax.
  • John Jenkins

    Fantasy No 12 in D major

    Performer: Daniel Hyde. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • LINN.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41: Sir Colin Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

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  • Thu 11 Jan 2024 09:00

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