The very best of classical music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
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
Last on
More episodes
Music Played
-
![]()
Richard Rodgers
Carousel Waltz (Carousel)
Music Arranger: Edward Benson Powell. Music Arranger: Gus Levene. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- The Best of The John Wilson Orchestra.
- Warner Classics.
- 13.
-
![]()
Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Andr茅 Previn.- Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners: Previn, Perlman.
- EMI.
- 6.
-
![]()
George Frideric Handel
Rinaldo Suite (Overture)
Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.- Naxos.
-
![]()
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet in C major K.515 (4th mvt)
Performer: Quatuor 脡b猫ne. Ensemble: Antoine Tamestit.- Mozart: String Quintets K. 515 & 516.
- ERATO.
- 4.
-
![]()
Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin
Toccatina Op.36
Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.- Kaleidoscope: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
- Hyperion.
- 20.
-
![]()
Doreen Carwithen
Bishop Rock
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
-
![]()
Georg Philipp Telemann
Ouverture Burlesque TWV.55:B8 (extracts)
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.- Harmonia Mundi.
-
![]()
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Music Arranger: Timothy Walker. Performer: Sean Shibe.- An Orkney Wedding.
- LINN.
- 8.
-
![]()
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony no.1 in C minor Op.11 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
- BIS.
- 104.
-
![]()
Federico Garc铆a Lorca
Sevillanas del siglo VXII (Canciones espanolas antiguas)
Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Singer: Alessandro Fisher. -
![]()
Maurice Ravel
Une barque sur l'oc茅an
Ensemble: Bertrand Chamayou. -
![]()
Maurice Ravel
Alborada del Gracioso
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. -
![]()
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G minor RV.156
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- NAIVE.
-
![]()
Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto
Performer: Simon H枚fele. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Duncan Ward.- Simon Hofele - Standards.
- BERLIN CLASSICS.
- 1.
-
![]()
Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Parysatis - incidental music: Airs de ballet
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Saint-Sa毛ns: Africa.
- Signum Classics.
- 202.
-
![]()
Grace Williams
Sea Sketches No.1 - High wind
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.- Grace Williams - Sea Sketches etc..
- Lyrita.
- 13.
-
![]()
Charles Villiers Stanford
Drake's Drum (Songs of the Sea, Op.91)
Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
-
![]()
Sally Beamish
Seavaigers (Haven)
Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.- McKay Stout Music.
-
![]()
Johannes Ockeghem
Deo Gratias
Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.- Utopia Triumphans.
- Sony Classical.
- 004.
-
![]()
Gabriel Faur茅
Apres un reve
Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong. -
![]()
Sergey Prokofiev
Sinfonietta in A major Op.48, rev. from Op.5: 1st mvt; Allegro giocoso
Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dima Slobodeniouk.- Poulenc, Prokofiev & Britten: Sinfoniettas.
- BIS.
- 5.
-
![]()
Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.- Warsaw Concerto: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
- Decca.
- 7.
-
![]()
Hugo Alfv茅n
Festival Overture Op.52
Ensemble: Swedish Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.- BIS.
-
![]()
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 0-9 鈥� Wagner: Orchestral Music.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 32.
-
![]()
Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne in F Minor Op 55 no.1
Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili. -
![]()
Johann Christoph Bach
Ach, dass ich Wassers g'nug h盲tte (Arr. Spindler)
Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Music Arranger: Matthias Spindler. Ensemble: Berliner Barock Solisten. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- Bach Generations.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 14.
-
![]()
Felix Mendelssohn
Rondo capriccioso, Op 14
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2: Perahia.
- CBS.
- 9.
-
![]()
Johann Sebastian Bach
English suite no.2 in A minor BWV.807 (Bourree)
Performer: Ryan Corbett. -
![]()
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor Op.47 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.- Nielsen & Sibelius: Violin Concertos.
- BIS.
- 203.
Broadcast
- Thu 9 May 2024 09:30大象传媒 Radio 3
Our Classical Century
Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.
Time Travellers: the podcast
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.