Celebrating classical greats
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, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
1000 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1100 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.
1230 Album of the Week
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Arthur Bliss
Things to come (March)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Chandos Movies.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Classical Hits: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Jubilate Deo omnis terra 脿 8
Choir: Taverner Consort. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.- Music of the Sistine Chapel.
- HMV CLASSICS.
- 004.
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Claude Debussy
Par les rues et par les chemins (Iberia - 2nd mvt of Images)
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Debussy: Images, Jeux, La Plus que Lente.
- SFS media.
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William Byrd
Fantasia 脿 5 'Two in One'
Ensemble: Fretwork.- Virgin.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
On an Overgrown Path, Bk.1 (The Little Owl has not Flown)
Performer: Charles Owen.- Leos Janacek: Piano music: Charles Owen.
- Somm New Horizons.
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Gra偶yna Bacewicz
Folk Sketches
Orchestra: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jan Krenz.- Bacewicz: Polish Radio SO/Krenz.
- ACCORD.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Trio in C major for lute, violin and continuo, RV 82
Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette. Performer: Roy Goodman. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments.- HYPERION.
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John Ireland
A Downland Suite (3rd mvt, Minuet)
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Francis Poulenc
Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Olivier Doise. Performer: Laurent Lef猫vre.- Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Vol. 1.
- Naxos.
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Hugo Wolf
Italienisches Liederbuch: no.19 Wohl kenn' ich Euren Stand
Performer: Helmut Deutsch. Singer: Dawn Upshaw.- Hugo Wolf - The Anniversary Edition.
- Warner Classics.
- 21.
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Hugo Wolf
Italienisches Liederbuch: no.29 Wir haben beide lange Zeit geschwiegen
Performer: Helmut Deutsch. Singer: Dawn Upshaw.- Hugo Wolf - The Anniversary Edition.
- Warner Classics.
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Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op 22)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Sibelius Encore!: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
- BIS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850 (Book 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier)
Performer: Gary Cooper.- Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1.
- ASV Digital.
- 9-10.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No.1 'The Dance in the Village Inn'
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- PHILIPS.
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Edward Elgar
Owls, Op 53, No 4
Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- Elgar: Choral Songs: London Symphony Chorus/Handley.
- Hyperion.
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John Williams
Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter)
Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Fitzpatrick.- Silva Screen.
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Thomas Vautor
Sweet Suffolk Owl
Ensemble: Gesualdo Consort. Conductor: Gerald Place.- Vautor: Sing on Sister - Songs of Divers Airs and Natures.
- Meridian Records.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Wasps (Ballet and Final Tableau)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
- Naxos.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Magnificat, C75
Choir: Ex Cathedra. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Gabrieli: Sacred Symphonies: Ex Cathedra/Concerto Palatino/Skidmore.
- Hyperion.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.- Sony Classical.
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Dag Wir茅n
Concert overture no.2 Op.16
Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- Dag Wiren, Symphonies 2 & 3, Overtures.
- CPO.
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Maurice Ravel
Menuet antique
Performer: Jean鈥怭hilippe Collard.- EMI.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Trio in E flat major, D.897, 'Notturno'
Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.- Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat: Florestan Trio.
- Hyperion.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 84 in E flat major
Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.- Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83 & 84: Tafelmusik/Weil.
- Sony Classical.
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Orlando Gibbons
O clap your hands together
Choir: Stile Antico.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Astor Piazzolla
Oblivion
Ensemble: London Tango Quintet.- Dancing with Piazzolla.
- Untuned Sky Ltd.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no.1 in G minor "Winter Dreams" Op.13 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- CHANDOS.
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Gioachino Rossini
La Danza (Les soir茅es musicales)
Performer: Andrea Noferini. Performer: Denis Zardi. Music Arranger: Unknown.- Rossini for Cello.
- Tactus.
- 401.
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Bob Chilcott
Tallis Canon
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Coro.
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Gustav Holst
A Fugal Concerto Op.40`2
Performer: William Bennett. Performer: Peter Graeme. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Imogen Holst.- Holst: Brook Green Suite, Lyric Movement, Fugal Concerto: ECO, Imogen Holst.
- Lyrita.
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