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A feast of great music

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, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

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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Fri 17 May 2024 09:30
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Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore)

    Choir: Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • Verdi: Choruses: Santa Cecilia/Rizzi.
    • Teldec.
    • 8.

  • Franz Schubert

    Quintet in A Major D.667 'Trout' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Performer: Hwayoon Lee. Performer: Maximilian Hornung. Performer: Roman Patkol贸.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet.
    • DG.
    • 4.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 3 in C minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Andante Soave, Op.5 no.6

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn - Piano Music.
    • BIS.
    • 17.

  • Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello

    Overture-Suite in D Major (Ciaccona)

    Orchestra: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • Forza azzurri! Music by Dall鈥檃baco, Brescianello, Sammartini, Vivaldi and Zavate.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 24.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Delius: Orchestral Works: London Philharmonic Orchestra/Handley.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
    • 2.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Kaiser-Walzer

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.65 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Alkan; Chopin - Cello Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series volume II.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.
    • 2.

  • Joan Trimble

    Green Rain

    Performer: Gary Beecher. Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
    • Onyx.

  • Percy Grainger

    Irish tune from County Derry vers. for wind band

    Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • The Grainger Edition, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.25 in C major K.503 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos K. 238 & 503.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Spring Song

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • EMI.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird, Op.119 no.3

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • There is sweet music.
    • Collegium.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

  • Cosmo Sheldrake

    Cuckoo

    Performer: Cosmo Sheldrake.
    • Wake up Calls.
    • Tardigrade Records.
    • 1.

  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk

    Lady's Blues

    Performer: Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
    • Left & Right.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 95 in C minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.100 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 102.

  • John Barry

    Journey to Blofeld's Hideaway (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

    Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • EMI.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899, Op.90 (no.3 in G flat major)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Schubert: Impromptus: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring - Suite

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Spano.
    • Rainbow Body.
    • Telarc.
    • 3.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in G major Op.4`10

    Orchestra: Rebel Baroque Orchestra. Director: J枚rg-Michael Schwarz.
    • DORIAN.

  • Mois茅s Moleiro

    Joropo

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Solatino.
    • EMI.
    • 029.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 5 in D major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Vaughan williams: Symphonies nos. 4 & 5: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, Davis.
    • Teldec.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto, BWV 971 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christophe Rousset.
    • J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto/French Overture/Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue: Rousset.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Pineapple Poll (Reconciliation and Grand Finale)

    Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida etc..
    • Decca.
    • 17-18.

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