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Celebrating classical greats

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

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

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.

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Wed 21 Feb 2024 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down (Rodeo)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Copland.
    • BIS Records.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune

    Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op.81 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
    • ONYX.

  • James Whitbourn

    Lux in tenebris (Luminosity)

    Choir: Commotio. Performer: Levine Andrade. Performer: Henry Parkes. Performer: Andrew Ker. Performer: Steffan Jones. Conductor: Matthew Berry.
    • Whitbourn: Luminosity and other choral works.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in D major, TWV.55:D18

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Telemann: Orchestral Suites.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Fulvio Caldini

    Clockwork Toccata Op.68c

    Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet.
    • Channel.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Fantaisie-tableaux, Op.5 (Barcarolle)

    Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rachmaninov: Suites 1&2: Ashkenazy/Previn.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto no.4 in D major K.218 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos: Viktoria Mullova.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Pieces

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Jos茅 Gallardo.
    • Naxos.

  • William Bolcom

    Song of Black Max [As Told by the de Kooning Boys]

    Singer: Hugh Cutting. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • 大象传媒 New Generation Artists recording.

  • Jan Koetsier

    Brass Symphony Op.80 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: tenThing.
    • Warner.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's suite Op.29`2

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade no.3 in A flat major Op.47

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • DG.

  • Leroy Anderson

    The Syncopated Clock

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Leroy Anderson: Favourites: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 16.

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Toccatina Op.36

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Kaleidoscope: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.

  • Henry Purcell

    A Clockwork Orange (Title music - based on Purcell's The Funeral of Queen Mary)

    Composer: Rachel Elkind. Composer: Wendy Carlos. Performer: Wendy Carlos.
    • A Clockwork Orange: Soundtrack.
    • Columbia.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 101 in D major 'The Clock' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Sony/RCA Red Seal.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Le Tic-Toc-Choc (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no.18)

    Performer: Ryan Corbett.

  • Trad.

    Cachua Serranita (Instrumental)

    Orchestra: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Bailar Cantando.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 20.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Notturno (Lyric Pieces - book 5 Op.54)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Air for Chalumeau "La Tortora"

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: Alexander Scherf. Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln.
    • Sony.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand March (Aida)

    Music Arranger: Alan Fernie. Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Symphonic Brass: Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Josef Suk

    Piano Quartet in A Minor Op.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Helmchen. Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Vicki Powell. Performer: Maximilian Hornung.
    • Dvorak & Suk: Trio & Quartet.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 106.

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • BIS.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Capriccio in A minor (3 Pieces Op.23)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Dohnanyi: Piano Music: Martin Roscoe.
    • ASV.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Fantasia a 6 MB 48 No.33

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Music for viols.
    • VIRGO.
    • 012.

  • Howard Hanson

    Symphony no.2 Op.30 'Romantic' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Hanson: Symphony No.2.
    • Naxos.
    • 003.

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