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A feast of great music

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

Thu 26 Sep 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants (Le bal)

    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Rossini-Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque - Davis.
    • CBS.
    • 17.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Jesse Diener-Bennett. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Orchestra: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • Golijov: Azul.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 102.
  • William Grant Still

    Suite for violin and piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lynn Chang. Performer: Vivian Taylor.
    • New World.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Master-Singers of Nuremberg (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Wagner: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.
  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata No 6 in C

    Ensemble: Retrospect Trio.
    • LINN.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to Come (Epilogue)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Beethove/Britten: Violin Concertos: Janine Jansen/Paavo Jarvi.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Philip Sparke

    Jubilee Overture

    Ensemble: United States Air Force Band of Mid鈥怉merica. Conductor: Lieutenant Colonel Steven Grimo.
    • On Tour.
    • Altissimo!.
    • 2.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String quartet in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny: Quatuor Ebene.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.
  • Johanna Kinkel

    Nachtlied

    Performer: Thomas Palm. Singer: Ingrid Schmith眉sen.
    • Kinkel: An Imaginary Voyage Through Europe 鈥 32 Songs.
    • CPO.
    • 901.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.4 in E minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.13

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Roland Furieux (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: Michael Francis.
    • Augusta Holm猫s: Symphonic Poems.
    • CPO.
    • 101.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in C major, H VIIb 1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Edgar Moreau. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Erato.
  • Amanda Aldridge

    Cavalcade (Carnival Suite)

    • Bach To Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. II.
    • Albany Records.
    • 49.
  • Carl Davis

    The World at War

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Carl Davis.
    • Documents.
    • 1.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Gayane: Adagio (From "2001: A Space Odyssey")

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • Time Warp.
    • Telarc.
    • 10.
  • John Ireland

    These Things Shall Be

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Ireland: Orchestral and Choral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Un Bal (Symphonie Fantastique Op.14)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: LSO/Sir Colin Davis.
    • LSO Live.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Guitar Quintet No 4 in D major G.448 (1st mvt - Pastorale)

    Performer: Johan L枚fving. Ensemble: Consone Quartet.
    • Fandango! Music for Solo Guitar and String Quartet.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 8.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Piano Quartet in F minor (2nd mvt)

    • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Dixit Dominus (1640)

    Choir: I Fagiolini. Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. Choir: 24. Director: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Decca : 00289 483 1654.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto in One Movement

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement: Andantino - Allegretto.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 4

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Turlough O'Carolan

    Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady

    Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard S酶rensen. Music Arranger: Frederik 脴land. Music Arranger: Asbj酶rn N酶rgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sj枚lin. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Keel Road.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 7.
  • Trad.

    Pericondine / Fair Isle Jig

    Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard S酶rensen. Music Arranger: Frederik 脴land. Music Arranger: Asbj酶rn N酶rgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sch酶yen Sj枚lin. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Keel Road.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 2.
  • Mel Bonis

    Le R锚ve de Cl茅op芒tre

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Nikolaj Znaider.
    • Bru Zane.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto no.5 in A major K.219 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Warner.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Sapphire Rag

    Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1901.
  • Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie

    Burns [Scottish rhapsody no.2] Op.24 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Orchestral Music.
    • HYPERION.
    • 11.

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