A feast of great music
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
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 4 violins in B Minor Op.3 No.10 RV580: I. Allegro
Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- Channel.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Brindisi (La Traviata)
Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Roberto Alagna. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Verdi per due.
- EMI CLASSICS.
- 19.
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Louise Farrenc
Sextet in C Minor, Op.40 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.- Les Vents Fran莽ais - Winds & Piano.
- Warner Classics.
- 105.
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Philip Glass
Echorus
Performer: Jennifer Koh. Performer: Jaime Laredo. Ensemble: Curtis 20/21 Ensemble. Conductor: Vinay Parameswaran.- Cedille.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Bychkov.
- Philips.
- 9.
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William Grant Still
Can't You Line 'Em
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.- Still: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Henry Purcell
Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z.49, 'Bell Anthem'
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Neal Davies. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: St John's Sinfonia. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.- My Beloved Spake: Anthems by Purcell and Humfrey.
- Chandos.
- 10.
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Manuel de Falla
Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo)
Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.- Harmonia mundi.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: II. Larghetto quasi andante
Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax. Music Arranger: Ferdinand Ries.- Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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Arthur Sullivan
When I, good friends, was called to the bar (Trial by Jury)
Lyricist: William S. Gilbert. Singer: Richard Suart. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard & Trial by Jury.
- Telarc.
- 28.
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Dora Peja膷evi膰
Symphony in F sharp minor Op.41 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Chandos.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in A, D959 (4th mvt)
Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.- Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 958-960.
- PENTATONE.
- 801.
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
Prelude (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Philips.
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Silvestre Revueltas
Construction of the Railroads (Music para charlar)
Orchestra: Orquesta Filarm贸nica de la Ciudad de M茅xico. Conductor: Enrique B谩tiz.- Musica Mexicana Vol. 8.
- Decca (UMO).
- 6.
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Aaron Copland
John Henry: A Railroad Ballad for Orchestra
Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.- Copland: Lincoln Portrait & other works.
- Telarc.
- 001.
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Duke Ellington
Daybreak Express
Ensemble: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.- Early Ellington 1927-1934.
- RCA Bluebird.
- 19.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor, BWV,232 (Kyrie Eleison)
Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.- CPO.
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George Butterworth
English Idyll No 1
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- DECCA.
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Brendan Eder
QX 2021
Ensemble: Brendan Eder Ensemble.- Therapy.
- Brendan Eder Ensemble.
- 01.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No.18 in B flat (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jonathan Fournel. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 KV 456 & 21 KV 467.
- Alpha Classics.
- 3.
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Amy Beach
Symphony in E minor 'Gaelic' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn.- NAXOS.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Trio sonata in G major Op.3`6
Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.- Linn.
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Aaron Copland
Clarinet Concerto
Performer: Anthony McGill. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Jaap van Zweden.- DECCA.
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Franz Leh谩r
Gold and Silver Waltz
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Here Come the Classics, Vol. 12: The Glory of Vienna.
- RPO.
- 11.
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Francis Poulenc
Fleurs
Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Singer: Alessandro Fisher.- A Gardener's World.
- Rubicon.
- 14.
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Dani Howard
Argentum
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal. -
Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Piano Concerto no.1 in D major Op.17 (1st mvt)
Performer: Romain Descharmes. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.- Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Marin Marais
Rondeau in C major (Pi猫ces en trio, 1692)
Performer: William Hunt. Ensemble: Purcell Quartet.- Marin Marais 'La folia' & other music for viols and violins The Purcell Quartet.
- Hyperion.
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Joe Hisaishi
My Neighbor Totoro
Choir: The Tiffin Choirs. Choir: Bach Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Austin.- A Symphonic Celebration - Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki.
- DG.
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- Fri 3 May 2024 09:30大象传媒 Radio 3