A feast of great music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
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.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Suite (Waltz)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutshe Grammophon.
- 2.
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Eric Whitacre
Seal Lullaby
Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Performer: Christopher Glynn. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.- Eric Whitacre: Light & Gold: Eric Whitacre.
- Decca.
- 7.
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Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Céphale et Procris (Overture)
Orchestra: Cologne Baroque Orchestra.- Coviello Classics.
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Frédéric Chopin
12 Studies Op.25 (no.3 in F major)
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
- Sony Classical.
- 15.
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Carl Nielsen
Helios Overture
Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giordano Bellincampi.- Carl Nielsen: Symphony Nr. 3 "Espansiva", Helios, Ved en ung kunstners båre.
- Parlophone Denmark.
- 5.
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Ruth Gipps
Leviathan Op.59
Performer: Peter Wesley. Performer: Liivi Arder.- PDW.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.104 in D major 'London' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
- Naive.
- 12.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
Testa adorata (La Bohème)
Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
- Decca.
- 5.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in C minor Op.46 no.7
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel Å ejna.- SUPRAPHON.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
Étude no.78 in A major
Performer: Anna Petrova-Forster.- The Birth of the Étude.
- Toccata Next.
- 501.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.- J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 5.
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Franz Schubert
Entr'acte in B flat major (Rosamunde)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Havergal Brian
Farewell
Singer: Brian Rayner Cook. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- Toccata Classics.
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Gioachino Rossini
Il Signor Bruschino (Overture)
Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
- Decca.
- 2.
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Samuel Barber
Essay no.2 Op.17
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Naxos.
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Cristóbal de Morales
O magnum misterium
Ensemble: Musica Secreta.- Self release.
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Lucrezia Vizzana
O Magnum Mysterium
Singer: Ruby Hughes. Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Performer: Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann.- Heroines of Love & Loss.
- BIS.
- 14.
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Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Music Arranger: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ray Russell.- RCA.
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Erwin Schulhoff
Bass Nightingale (Melancolia)
Performer: Guus Dral.- Schulhoff: Solo & Ensemble Works, Vol. 2.
- Channel Classics.
- 1.
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Joseph Haydn
The Mermaid's Song (6 Original canzonettas - set 1)
Singer: Sarah Walker. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- Hyperion.
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Daniela Mars
These are my first words
Performer: Daniela Mars. Performer: Lou Dufoix.- These Are My First Words - for contrabass flute, alto flute and strings.
- VOCES8 Records.
- 1.
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Alan Hovhaness
And God created great whales Op.229 for orchestra & recorded whalesong
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- DELOS.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Nunc Dimittis (Vespers Op.37)
Singer: Konstantin Ognevoy. Choir: USSR State Academic Russian Choir. Conductor: Alexander Sveshnikov.- MELODIYA.
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Elgar Howarth
Lucerne Song
Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.- Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in Switzerland.
- Claves Records.
- 9.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Foxtrot [Blues] (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
- Decca.
- 3.
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Emily Hall
4.05
Ensemble: Juice Vocal Ensemble.- Snow Queens.
- Resonus Classics.
- 13.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no.27 in E minor Op.90 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Emil Grigoryevich Gilels.- Gilels plays Beethoven.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 104.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Dance (Othello Suite)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.- Coleridge-Taylor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Julian Bliss. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Mario Venzago.- Julian Bliss: Nielsen Clarinet Concerto, Mozart Clarinet Concerto.
- Signum Records.
- 8.
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Jean Sibelius
Ballade (King Christian II - suite Op.27)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.- EMI.
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Grażyna Bacewicz
Concerto for strings
Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- ALPHA.
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- Tue 16 Jan 2024 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3