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The ideal morning mix 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.

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

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

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 12 Jul 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.5 in C Minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Gossec: Symphonie 脿 dix-sept parties.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.
  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: John Lenehan. Performer: Paul Clarvis.
    • Nimbus Records.
  • Edgar Bainton

    And I saw a new Heaven

    Choir: The Sixteen. Performer: Robert Quinney. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A New Heaven, The Sixteen.
    • UCJ.
    • 9.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2 Zimerman/Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 4.
  • Eric Coates

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite; 3. Evening in Town

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon concerto in A minor RV.497

    Performer: Alberto Grazzi. Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • Naive.
  • Steve Reich

    Sextet (Crotchet = 192)

    Ensemble: LSO Percussion Ensemble.
    • Reich: Sextet, Clapping Music.
    • LSO Live.
    • 7.
  • William Walton

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue (concert version)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Walton: Spitfire etc.: Royal Liverpool hilharmonic Orchestra/Groves.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Traditional Lincolnshire

    Brigg Fair

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Singer: Ian Bostridge. Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • The English Songbook.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 23.
  • Marianna Martines

    Harpsichord Concerto in E major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major, D 956 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Torleif Thed茅en. Performer: Jens Peter Maintz.
    • Schubert/Schoenberg: Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah Pt. 3: The Trumpet Shall Sound

    Performer: Ute Hartwich. Conductor: Justin Doyle. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • Handel: Messiah, HWV 56.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 204.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    3 Spirituals

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
    • Naxos.
  • Irving Berlin

    Puttin' on the Ritz

    Singer: Fred Astaire.
    • CHARLY RECORDS.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    La Musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid (String Quintet Op. 30, No. 6; Mvt 4)

    Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Ensemble: Carmina Quartet.
    • Boccherini: La Musica Notturna Di Madrid, "Fandango"-Quintet & Haydn: 2 String Q.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.
  • Jack Strachey

    Theatreland (1940)

    Performer: Paul Guinery.
    • Paul Guinery - Dicky Bird Hop.
    • EM Records.
    • 01.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Times Square 1944 (No.3 of Three Dance episodes from 'On the town')

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Barber/Bernstein/Gershwin/Copland: Great American Showpieces.
    • Angel.
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne no.5

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.4 in D major BWV.1069 (Overture)

    Ensemble: La Petite Bande. Director: Sigiswald Kuijken.
    • Bach: The Orchestral Suites.
    • Accent.
    • 20.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Upon Your Heart

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 13.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.1 in C major H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.
  • Franz Liszt

    A Faust Symphony (3rd mvt: Mephistopheles)

    Singer: Hans Peter Blochwitz. Choir: Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Joseph Horovitz

    Sonatina (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • Chandos.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Festival Scherzo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Salter.
    • HYPERION.
  • Maurizio Cazzati

    Capriccio sopra sette note

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Wonder Women.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Brindisi (La traviata)

    Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Singer: Alfredo Kraus. Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Choir: Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
    • Verdi: La traviata: Zubin Mehta.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • John Field

    Piano Sonata in A major, Op 1 No 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: M铆膵e谩l O'Rourke.
    • John Field: Four Piano Sonatas: Miceal O'Rourke.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Jorge Morel

    Danza brasilera

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 ('Italian'): 3rd mvt Saltarello

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 \"Italian\", Symphony No. 5 \"Reformation\" & Th.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

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  • Fri 12 Jul 2024 09:30

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