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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.
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Franz Schubert
Marche militaire in D major, D.733 no.1
Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Radu Lupu.- Schubert: Marches Militaires: Daniel Barenboim/Radu Lupu.
- Teldec.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony no.3 in A minor, Op.56 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol.2.
- Chandos.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio No. 43, Op. 86, Hob. XV: 27 No. 1: III. Finale
Ensemble: Trio Gaspard.- Haydn: Piano Trio No. 43, Op. 86, Hob. XV: 27 No. 1: III. Finale.
- Chandos.
- 101.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D major for oboe and bassoon, RV 545
Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Performer: Alberto Grazzi. Ensemble: Zefiro Ensemble. Director: Alfredo Bernardini.- 狈础脧痴贰.
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Sir James MacMillan
So Deep
Choir: The Elysian Singers. Director: Sam Laughton.- The Elysian Singers - Cantos Sagrados.
- Signum.
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Christopher Gunning
Concertino for Flute & Small Orchestra, 3rd Mvt
Performer: Catherine Handley. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Gunning.- Gunning: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, Concerto for Clarinet and String Orc.
- Signum Classics.
- 103.
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Giacomo Puccini
O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Decca.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Overture on Hebrew Themes
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Andante favori
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- PHILIPS.
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Arianna Savall
La Salve
Singer: Arianna Savall. Ensemble: Hirundo Maris. Director: Petter Udland Johansen. -
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Jacques Offenbach
La belle H茅l猫ne (Overture)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- French Bonbons: 大象传媒 Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier.
- Chandos.
- 10.
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Alexander von Zemlinsky
Humoreske [for wind quintet]
Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.- French Music for Winds.
- WARNER.
- 7.
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Arnold Bax
Winter Legends (3rd & 4th mvts)
Performer: Ashley Wass. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Bax: Winter Legends: Ashley Wass, Bournemouth SO, James Judd.
- Naxos.
- 5.
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Ron Grainer
Doctor Who Closing Titles
Music Arranger: Delia Derbyshire.- Doctor Who - The 50th Anniversary Collection (Original Television Soundtrack).
- Silva Screen Records.
- 13.
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Simon Jeffes
Perpetuum mobile
Performer: Penguin Cafe Orchestra.- Signs of Life.
- E.G. Records.
- 9.
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John Dowland
Time stands still
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- DG.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Cinderella: Waltz coda and Midnight
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Decca.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)
Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jacques Ammon.- Spheres: Daniel Hope.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 7.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe d'amore after BWV.209 (1st mvt)
Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: The English Concert.- Voices of Bach: Albrecht Meyer.
- Decca.
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Derek Bermel
Gliding over Algiers (Murmurations)
Orchestra: River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.- INNOVA.
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Benjamin Britten
Courtly Dances (Gloriana)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Benjamin Britten: Works for Orchestra.
- CHANDOS.
- 3.
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Xaver Scharwenka
Spanish Serenade
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Spanish Album: Stephen Hough.
- Hyperion.
- 15.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Alleluja (Exsultate, Jubilate, K.165)
Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.- DG.
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Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen, Op 15
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. -
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Max Richter
Vivaldi Recomposed (Summer)
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.- DG.
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Gustav Holst
Scherzo (A Moorside Suite)
Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.- Chandos.
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Franz Schubert
Die Blumensprache, D. 519
Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Singer: Alessandro Fisher.- A Gardener's World.
- Rubicon.
- 101.
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Claude Debussy
Petite suite orch. Busser [orig. for piano duet]
Music Arranger: Henri B眉sser. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Signum.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Bassoon Concerto in F major s63/w23 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jaakko Luoma. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Janne Nisonen.- Mozart, Winter, Hummel & Rossini: Bassoon Concertos.
- Ondine.
- 103.
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