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The very best of classical music

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

Mon 19 Feb 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Max Richter

    Spring 1 (The Four Seasons)

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major 'Titan' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Mahler: Symphony no.1: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 2.
  • Julie Cooper

    Pavane in Burnt Orange (The Renaissance Suite)

    Ensemble: Oculus Ensemble.
    • Oculus.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 108.
  • Reinhold Moritzevich Gli猫re

    Harp Concerto, Op 74 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Claire Jones. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Watkins.
    • Signum.
  • Adolfo Berio

    Maria Isabella

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Encore! Katia and Marielle Labeque.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Michel Legrand

    The Windmills of Your Mind

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Erato.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.4 in G major Op.58 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4, Opp. 37 & 58.
    • Naxos.
    • 106.
  • Anon.

    Chiaccona a 4 in C major

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Himmelsmusik.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Bagatelles Op.47 (no.5)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Joie du sang des 茅toiles (Turangal卯la)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin. Performer: Nathalie Forget. Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno.
    • Messiaen: Turangal卯la-Symphony.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.35 in D major K.385 'Haffner' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Mozart: Paris & Haffner Symphonies & Oboe Concerto.
    • Pentatone.
    • 101.
  • Sandy Denny

    Who Knows Where The Time Goes?

    Music Arranger: Christian Reif. Music Arranger: Julia Bullock. Music Arranger: Jeremy Siskind. Singer: Julia Bullock. Performer: Christian Reif.
    • Walking in the Dark.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ysa每e.
    • Ravel/Debussy: String Quartets: Quatuor Ysaye.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no.1 in B flat major BWV.825 (Courante)

    Music Arranger: O Duo. Performer: O Duo.
    • Champs Hill.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    2 Symphonic Dances Op.45 (no.1)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.
  • Francesco Maria Veracini

    Concerto for eight instruments in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Alpha.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Perpetuum mobile Op.257

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.
  • Franz Schubert

    Gretchen am Spinnrade D.118

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Ouverture-Suite in G major TWV 55:G10 'Burlesque de Quixotte' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Apollo鈥檚 Fire. Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • Telemann: Don Quixote and Other Suites & Concertos.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 20.
  • Yann Tiersen

    Le moulin (Amelie)

    Performer: Yann Tiersen.
    • Le Fabuleux destin d'Am茅lie Poulain (Bande originale du film).
    • UGC Images/ADA France.
    • 6.
  • Frederick Loewe

    I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face (My Fair Lady)

    Lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner. Singer: Rex Harrison. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • CBS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor BWV.232 (Sanctus)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor: John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 10.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Gade (Lyric pieces - book 6 Op.57)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Music Arranger: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; A Night On The Bare Mountain.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 16.
  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
    • Skempton - Lento.
    • NMC.
    • 1.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral works: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in C major Kk.487

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    African Dance (African Suite)

    Music Arranger: Chris Cameron. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

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  • Mon 19 Feb 2024 09:00

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