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Celebrating classical greats

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 2 May 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • John Williams

    Superman (Main theme)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Rhino.
  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring (Nos.7 & 8)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Roadtrip.
    • Warner.
    • 14-15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! (Cantata no.51, BWV.51)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Toshio Shimada. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    F锚te polonaise (Le roi malgr茅 lui)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • Cl茅ment Doucet

    Chopinata

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Le Boeuf sur le toit : Swinging Paris.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Thomas Campion

    Never weather-beaten sail

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Copp茅lia (Mazurka)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Adagio (after the 2nd mvt of Bach's Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero. Music Arranger: Gabriela Montero.
    • Bach and Beyond.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 103.
  • Percy Grainger

    Mock Morris

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grainger Edition Vol.6: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Scott Joplin

    The Sycamore

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 016.
  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a while (Oedipus)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 13.
  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite Op 29`2 (Finale; The Dargason)

    Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Rees.
    • Wilson: St Kentigern Suite: Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Rees.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 23.
  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Ballades, Op 10: No 4

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
    • Brahms: Piano Works.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Sarah Rimkus

    My heart is like a singing bird

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Fading.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Sea Hawk - Suite (Main Title)

    Music Arranger: Hugo Friedhofer. Music Arranger: Milan Roder. Music Arranger: Ray Heindorf. Music Arranger: Patrick Russ. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Korngold: Suites From Film Scores.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Hubert Parry

    Never weather beaten sail (Songs of Farewell)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas: "Come Away, Fellow Sailors" - Sailors' Dance

    Singer: Daniel Lochmann. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Purcell: Dido & Aeneas; The Indian Queen.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 26.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage) - overture Op. 27

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
  • Jules Massenet

    Toccata

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Ravel/Debussy/Massemet: Various works: Bavouzet/大象传媒 SO/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
  • William Walton

    Partita (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Suite for Violin and Piano: Waltz

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Britten: Violin Concerto, Chamber Works.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 9.
  • Franz Schubert

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

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor Op.15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Kathryn Stott. Ensemble: Hermitage String Trio.
    • Chandos.
  • Louis James Alfred Lef茅bure鈥怶茅ly

    Sortie in E flat major (L'Orgue moderne, Bk.11)

    Performer: David Sanger.
    • Lefebure-Wely Organ Music played by David Sanger.
    • MERIDIAN.
    • 8.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in C major, Hob.VIIb:1

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Petra M眉llejans.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • George Gershwin

    S'Wonderful (Funny Face)

    Music Arranger: Julian Bliss. Music Arranger: Neal Thornton. Music Arranger: Lewis Wright. Ensemble: The Julian Bliss Septet.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
  • Carlos Guastavino

    La rosa y el sauce

    Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Singer: Alessandro Fisher.
    • A Gardener's World.
    • Rubicon.
    • 18.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Waltz (Masquerade Suite)

    Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.
    • RCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major - 2nd mvt: Larghetto

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Romanza andaluza

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Naoko Tanaka.
    • Romances: Gil Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no. 1 in D major Op.47

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

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  • Thu 2 May 2024 09:30

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