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The ideal morning mix of classical 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 – 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

Wed 3 Jul 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Jerome Moross

    The Big Country (main theme)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • The Big Country.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 1.
  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Augusta Holmès

    Sérénades: II. Sérénade d'été

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Mary Bevan. Ensemble: Ruisi Quartet.
    • Visions illuminées.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 23.
  • William Walton

    Symphony No 2 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Concerto in E Minor, D56 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Director: Andrea Marcon.
    • ALPHA.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hear my prayer

    Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Singer: Jeremy Budd. Performer: Andrew Lucas. Director: John Scott.
    • Hear my Prayer: Budd/St Paul's Cathedral Choir/Scott.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony in E flat major Op.1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Waltz in G sharp minor

    Performer: Stephen Coombs.
    • The Early Scriabin.
    • Helios.
    • 5.
  • Arthur Keegan

    Elegies for Emma: VI. Days to Recollect (Pt. 2)

    Performer: James Girling. Singer: Lotte Betts-Dean.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 72 No 10

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • DG.
  • John Ireland

    Concertino pastorale (Toccata)

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Ireland: A Downland Suite etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No 7 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • LSO LIVE.
  • György Ligeti

    6 Bagatelles (no.3)

    Ensemble: London Winds.
    • Twentieth-Century Chamber Works for Winds.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 23 in A Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.24 & 23.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    2nd movement; Lively (Horseplay for ensemble)

    Ensemble: Continuum. Conductor: Philip Headlam.
    • Wallen: The Girl in my Alphabet.
    • AVIE.
    • 9.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Look! Up there (Flight)

    Singer: Christopher Robson. Singer: Claron McFadden. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-10197.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.
  • Evelyn Glennie

    A Little Prayer

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • Rhythm Song.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 10.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin, Act 3: "In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten"

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Kaufmann: Mozart/Schubert/Beethoven/Wagner.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.81 in G major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: L’Orfeo Barockorchester. Conductor: Michi Gaigg.
    • Haydn: Arie per un'amante.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Eric Coates

    The Dam Busters March

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Symphonic Eric Coates.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 13.
  • William Kroll

    Banjo and Fiddle

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Charles Abramovic.
    • Simply Sarah: Sarah Chang.
    • EMI Classics.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Giulio Cesare in Egitto: "Son nata a lagrimar"

    Singer: Marianne Rørholm. Singer: Bernarda Fink. Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 203.
  • Frank Bridge

    Valse intermezzo

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral works vol.5: ´óÏó´«Ã½ NOW/Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 14.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Preludes Op.28 (no.4 in E minor)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 4.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 2 in D Major (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7; Tapiola; 3 Late Fragments.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Romance in A major, Op 69

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Cécile Licad.
    • Faure - Cello Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Danzón No 2

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • The Vienna Recital.
    • DG.
    • 16.
  • Franz Schreker

    Intermezzo for strings Op. 8

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Arnold Bax

    Oboe Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • William Byrd

    Vigilate

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vigilate! Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 9.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Marche Slave, Op.31

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • ORFEO.

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  • Wed 3 Jul 2024 09:30

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