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Great classical music for your morning

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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.

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

Mon 9 Sep 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major Op.18

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Chopin: Complete Waltzes.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • George Gershwin

    Walking the Dog (Shall we Dance)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Gershwin: The 1920s & 1930s: Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS Masterworks.
    • 8.
  • Edward Elgar

    Mina

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Onyx.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute and harp concerto in C major, K 299 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sandrine Chatron. Performer: Fran莽ois Lazarevitch. Orchestra: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien.
    • Mozart: Concertos pour fl没te & Concerto pour fl没te et harpe.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Entree de Polymnie (Les Boreades)

    Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra. Conductor: Gy枚rgy Vashegyi.
    • Rameau: Les Boreades.
    • Erato.
    • 64.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Doll's Song (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Fournillier.
    • Natalie Dessay - Airs d'Op茅ras Francais.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G minor (version for violin)

    Composer: Remo Giazotto. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Kate艡ina Chrobokov谩. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Hope.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Piano Quintet in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lena Johnson. Ensemble: The Stockholm Quartet.
    • Caprice.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Since we met (Waltz Suite for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Prokofiev: Waltz Suite: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Richard Strauss

    Wiegenlied, Op.41 no.1

    Singer: Diana Damrau. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs, Diana Damrau/Christian Thielemann.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 13.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Ojos brujos

    Performer: Lily Afshar.
    • Possession.
    • Archer Records.
    • 12.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio espagnol - Fandango asturiano

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Great Orchestral Works.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Prelude in B flat major, Op 11 No 21

    Performer: Mao Fujita.
    • 24 Preludes, Op. 11/No. 21 in B-Flat Major - Andante.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major Op.76`4 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Haydn: Six String Quartets, Op.76.
    • Decca.
    • 13.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude on the Welsh hymn tune 'Rhosymedre'

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestrator: Arnold Foster.
    • Vaughan Williams: Concerto Accademico etc.: Northern Sinfonia/Hickox.
    • EMI.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites: The Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto no.1 in F minor Op.73 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Collins.
    • Weber: Clarinet Concertos etc.: Stirling/CLS/Collins.
    • Chandos.
  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op 27 No 4 (transcribed for choir)

    Choir: Kammerchor Stuttgart. Conductor: Frieder Bernius.
    • R. Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op. 27: No. 4, Morgen! (Transcr. Gottwald for Choir).
    • Carus.
    • 1.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Delibes: Coppelia: Orchestre de l'opera de Lyon/Nagano.
    • Erato.
    • 2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Clockwork Doll (6 Children's Pieces, Op 69 No 6)

    Performer: Veronika Shoot.
    • Journey Through Childhood.
    • Ulysses Arts.
    • 51.
  • Jules Massenet

    Esprits de l'air! (Esclarmonde)

    Singer: Joan Sutherland. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Decca.
  • Nino Rota

    La Poupee automate (Il Casanova di Fellini - suite)

    Music Arranger: Bruno Moretti. Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • The Fellini Album.
    • Decca.
    • 24.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mahler Symphony No 1.
    • Pentatone.
    • 2.
  • Francesca Caccini

    O vive rose

    Singer: Shannon Mercer. Performer: Sylvain Bergeron. Performer: Amanda Keesmaat. Performer: Luc Beaus茅jour.
    • Francesca Caccini: O Viva Rosa.
    • Analekta.
    • 1.
  • Louiguy

    La Vie en Rose

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Ensemble: I Giardini.
    • Alpha.
  • Edward Elgar

    Violin concerto in B minor, Op 61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Warner Classics.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Alla Hornpipe (Water Music, Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    The Water Goblin, Op 107

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Symphony No. 7, Nocturne in B Major & The Water Goblin.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Trad.

    Danny boy (Londonderry air)

    Performer: Coco Tomita. Performer: Yume Tomita. Music Arranger: Aleksey Igudesman.
    • Echoes.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 121.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D major Kk.430

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violins & bassoon in C major, RV 557

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi X22.
    • Signum.
    • 1-3.
  • Imogen Holst

    On Westhall Hill

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • Discovering Imogen.
    • NMC.
    • 10.
  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Regina Caeli

    Conductor: Peter Phillips. Choir: El Le贸n de Oro.
    • Hyperion.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Phi.

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