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Celebrating classical greats

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 14 Oct 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Freddy Kempf. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • BIS.
  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    Totus tuus

    Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (Polonaise)

    Performer: Jean鈥怭ierre Rampal. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
    • RCA.
    • 5.
  • George Enescu

    Impromptu concertant

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips.
    • DG.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    L'Olimpiade (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: L'Arte dell'Arco. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Vivaldi: Sinfonie: Avanti L'Opera E Concerti: La'rte Dell Arco: Hogwood.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4-7.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet in F, Op 96, 'American' (Finale)

    Ensemble: Juilliard String Quartet.
    • Sony.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    El Albaicin (Iberia - Suite)

    Orchestrator: Enrique Fern谩ndez Arb贸s. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Albeniz: Argerich, Barenboim.
    • Erato.
    • 5.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10

    Music Arranger: Howard Cable. Ensemble: Canadian Brass. Conductor: Elmer Iseler.
    • Gabrieli for Brass.
    • Philips.
    • 19.
  • Madeleine Dring

    A Bay in Anglesey (5 Betjeman Songs, No 1)

    Performer: Nathan Williamson. Singer: James Gilchrist.
    • One Hundred Years of British Song, Vol. 3.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Roses from the South, Op.388

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Saxophone Rhapsody

    Performer: Theodore Kerkezos. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Simonov.
    • Legende: Theodore Kerkezos.
    • Onyx.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Sonata No. 60 in C Major, Hob.XVI:50: i. Allegro

    Performer: Sarah Beth Briggs.
    • AVIE.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Concerto for violin & orchestra in G minor (2nd movement)

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mike Hankinson.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto.
    • AVIE.
    • 2.
  • Josef Suk

    Towards a New Life, Op 35c

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • Supraphon.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    On Wenlock Edge (No 1, On Wenlock Edge)

    Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips. Singer: Andrew Kennedy. Ensemble: Dante Quartet.
    • Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge / / Gurney: Ludlow and Teme / Venables: Songs.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.
  • John Williams

    Olympic Fanfare and Theme (1984 Olympic Games)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pavane, Op 50

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Tortelier.
    • French Impressions: Paul Tortelier, Jean-Bernard Pommier.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Overture on Hebrew Themes

    Ensemble: Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble.
    • Zayt Gezunterheyt: The folk soul of the Eastern clarinet.
    • Antarctica.
    • 2.
  • Alexey Shor

    The Well Tempered Chanson: XII. Lament

    Performer: David Aaron Carpenter. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • Motherland.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 127.
  • George Frideric Handel

    E vivo ancora?... Scherza infida (Ariodante)

    Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Rachmaninov : Symphonic Dances; The Isle of The Dead; The Rock.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 4.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Maurice Ravel Katia Et Marielle Labeque.
    • KML.
    • 10.
  • Max Richter

    Movement, Before All Flowers

    Performer: Eloisa鈥怓leur Thom. Performer: Max Baillie. Performer: Connie Pharoah. Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Zara Hudson鈥怟ozdoj. Performer: Max Richter.
    • DECCA.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Gordian knot unty'd, Z.597

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Pasquinade, Op 59

    Performer: Alan Marks.
    • 'The Lady Fainted'.
    • Nimbus.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Schubert: Symphonies No. 5 & 6: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Zinman.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.

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  • Mon 14 Oct 2024 09:30

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