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Classical soundtrack for your morning

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 – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 4 Jun 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in excelsis Deo from Gloria for soloists, chorus and orchestra (RV.589)

    Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria/Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.
  • Émile Waldteufel

    Les Patineurs

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Entry of the Gladiators.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.
  • Karen Tanaka

    Water Dance (Very lightly, like a harp)

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • Crystalline.
    • 2L.
    • 4.
  • Paul Hindemith

    Symphonic Metamorphosis (Turandot - Scherzo)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • DECCA.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata No.2 in G major

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Nicola Eimer.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Burlesque de Quixotte (Overture)

    Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Simon Standage.
    • Telemann: Burlesque De Quixotte: Collegium Musicum 90/Standage.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.
  • Trad.

    Greensleeves

    Music Arranger: Alfred Reed. Ensemble: US Army Field Band.
    • Let There Be Peace On Earth.
    • Altissimo!.
    • 12.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 102 in B flat major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 4.
  • Augusta Holmès

    Les Lavandières

    • La Veillée imaginaire: Airs populaires harmonisés, de Chopin à Canteloube.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 9.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.2 'A London Symphony' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphonies, vol.I.
    • ONYX.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Moments Musicaux, D.780 (no.2)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert 3: Imogen Cooper.
    • Ottavo.
    • 3.
  • George Gershwin

    Second Rhapsody

    Performer: Wayne Marshall. Orchestra: Aalborg Symphony. Conductor: Wayne Marshall.
    • Gershwin - Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Francisco Guerrero

    Surge propera amica mea

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell.
  • John Foulds

    Le Cabaret, Op.72a

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overture from the British Isles, Vol.2.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Anonymous

    Romance Viejo De Lanzarote

    Singer: Montserrat Figueras. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Miguel De Cervantes: Don Quijote De La Mancha / Romances Y Músicas.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 7.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ludwig Minkus

    Spanish Dance (Don Quixote)

    Orchestra: Sofia National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Boris Spassov.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • Mitch Leigh

    The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha)

    Singer: Richard Kiley.
    • Man Of La Mancha.
    • Verve (Adult Contemporary) MC.
    • 11.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • William Grant Still

    The Sentimental One (Lyric Quartet)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol 3.
    • Azica.
    • 4.
  • Anne Lovett

    Infinity for vocal ensemble

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Infinity.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major K.361 'Gran Partita' (7th mvt)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B flat major, K361 'Gran Partita': Linos Ensemble.
    • Capriccio.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Hilary Hahn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig Göransson

    The Mandalorian

    Conductor: Ludwig Göransson.
    • The Mandalorian: Chapter 1 (Original Score).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 9.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Etude in C sharp minor Op.25 No.7

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 19.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in G major Op.3`3

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Performer: Rachel Brown. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Siegfried-Idyll; Overtures.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Federico Mompou

    Impresiones intimas: VII. Cuna

    Performer: Artur Pizarro.
    • COLLINS.
  • Franz Berwald

    Septet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

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  • Tue 4 Jun 2024 09:30

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