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The best classical morning 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

Wed 28 Feb 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de Matin Op.15 no.2

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jane Berthe. Music Arranger: Paul Bateman. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Belle 脡poque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Henry Balfour Gardiner

    Evening Hymn

    Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Performer: Andrew Lucas. Conductor: John Scott.
    • The English Anthem 1: Stainer, Stanford, Bairstow, Ireland, Finzi etc..
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    La f锚te infernale; Les d茅mons (Suite from Alceste)

    Orchestra: Concert Des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 28.
  • William Walton

    Scapino - overture

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • DECCA.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che faro senza Euridice? (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Andreas Scholl - Heroes.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Edward Gregson

    Cornet Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Richard Marshall. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Doyen.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humoreske

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.
    • Orchesterwerke.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV 1060

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Im Fr眉hling D.882

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Performer: Gerold Huber.
    • Schubert: Schwanengesang & 4 Lieder: Gerhaher/Huber.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 18.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    And birds are still... Op.72

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.
  • Joseph Haydn

    L' Incontro improvviso. H.28.6 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker. Conductor: Thomas Fey.
    • Hanssler.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chabrier: Piano Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.
  • Ludwig Thuille

    Sextet in B flat major Op.6 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Les Vents Fran莽ais. Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • Les Vents Fran莽ais - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 121.
  • John Williams

    Escapades - Closing in (Catch me if you can)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.
    • Rise.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Vesti la giubba (I Pagliacci)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella (Gavotta con due variazioni)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Stravinsky: Complete Ballets and Symphonies: Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, r.
    • Decca.
  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Great Escape (main theme)

    Music Arranger: James Langley. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Raine.
    • Film Music Gala: A Celebration of the Greatest Film Music Ever Written.
    • RPO.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Rigaudon (Holberg Suite, Op.40)

    Music Arranger: Jon Faukstad. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • Fairy Tales.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 14.
  • Vladimir Cosma

    Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Erato.
  • Florence Price

    Sunset

    Performer: Baptiste Trotignon. Lyricist: Odessa P. Elder. Singer: Reginald Mobley.
    • Because.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 12.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Gordian Knot Unty'd

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without words - book 1 Op.19 (no.1 in E major)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • Andr茅 Messager

    Solo de concours

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • Frost and Friends.
    • BIS.
    • 008.
  • Thomas Campion

    Never weather-beaten sail

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Staatskapelle. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Teldec.

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