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Classical soundtrack for your morning

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

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

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

Fri 2 Feb 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (Variation 18)

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • The Rachmaninov Experience.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Daniel Blendulf.
    • Tchaikovsky; Barber: Violin Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 03.
  • Giovanni Croce

    In spiritu humilitatis for 8 voices

    Choir: London Oratory Schola Cantorum. Conductor: Charles Cole.
    • HYPERION.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in D Major for 2 Pianos, K 448 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Mozart, Schubert & Stravinsky Piano Duos.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Manuel de Falla

    The Three-Cornered Hat: The Grapes

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Falla: El sombrero de tres picos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • John Williams

    Jurassic Park (main theme)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • MCA Records.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia no.5 in B flat major Z.736

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Henry Purcell The Complete Fantazias Fretwork.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Caprice in E flat major [Alla saltarella]

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Jos茅 Gallardo.
    • Homage.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Benny Goodman

    Don't be that way - Stompin' at the Savoy

    Composer: Edgar Sampson. Ensemble: Julian Bliss Septet.
    • A Tribute to Benny Goodman.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • The Wagner Project.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 201.
  • Scott Joplin

    Original Rag

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Songs of the Auvergne: Brezairola

    Singer: Victoria de los 脕ngeles. Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux. Conductor: Jean鈥怭ierre Jacquillat.
    • EMI.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les Nations, 1st Order 'La Fran莽aise' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • Couperin: Les Nations.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata In G Minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • Rachmaninov & Chopin Cello Sonatas.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 8 in B Minor, D 759 'Unfinished' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Marcel Dupr茅

    Prelude (Prelude and fugue in B major Op.7`1)

    Performer: Robert Quinney.
    • SIGNUM.
  • George Frideric Handel

    O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Christopher Purves. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Frank Bridge

    Cherry Ripe

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • Trad.

    I will give my love an apple

    Performer: Edin Karamazov. Performer: Stacey Shames. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird: Game of the Princesses with the Golden Apples

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Brindisi (La Traviata)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Roberto Alagna. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Verdi per due.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 19.
  • Rachel Portman

    The Little Prince Orchestral Suite

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • 颁颈苍茅尘补.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze

    Music Arranger: Gabriela Montero. Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Gabriela Montero - Bach and Beyond.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 45 'Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist' (opening chorus)

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • PHI.
  • John Ireland

    Satyricon

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • John Ireland: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Meine Rose (7 Songs, Op 90 No 2)

    Performer: Markus Hinterh盲user. Singer: Matthias Goerne.
    • Schumann: Einsamkeit - Lieder.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto/Octet: James Ehnes.
    • Onyx.
    • 3.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major Kk.24

    Performer: Iosif Purits.
    • SELF RELEASE.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cello Concerto in B Minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Dvor谩k: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Variations On A Rococo Theme.
    • DG.
    • 3.

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  • Fri 2 Feb 2024 09:00

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