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The very best 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 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
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Manuel de Falla
Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor brujo)
Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.- Harmonia mundi.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Prelude in D flat major, Op 28 No 15 (Raindrop)
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- Alice Sara Ott plays Chopin.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 16.
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Francesca Caccini
Ciaccona
Performer: Luigi Cozzolino. Ensemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini. Director: Gian Luca Lastraioli.- Maria, dolce Maria.
- Brilliant Classics.
- 3.
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Peteris Vasks
The Fruit of Silence
Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Orchestra: Sinfonietta R墨ga. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.- Vasks: Laudate Dominum.
- Ondine.
- 5.
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Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Hyperion.
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Imogen Holst
On Westhall Hill
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.- Discovering Imogen.
- NMC.
- 10.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 88 in G major (Finale)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Mariss Jansons: The SACD Recordings (Live).
- BR-Klassik.
- 504.
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Edvard Grieg
2 Elegiac Melodies for Strings, Op 34 鈥 No 1, Heart's Wounds
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- The Best of The Academy.
- EMI Classics.
- 2.
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Traditional Peruvian
Tonada: La Donosa
Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Ensemble: Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Bailar Cantando.
- Alia Vox.
- 3.
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Florence Price
Piano Quintet in E minor (2nd mvmt, Andante)
Performer: Michelle Cann. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Azica Records.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Yeomen of the Guard (Overture)
Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- The Yeoman of the Guard and Trial by Jury.
- TELARC.
- 1.
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Camilla de Rossi
Accostatevi a queste pupille (Il sacrifizio di Abramo)
Singer: Jan Stromberg. Ensemble: Weser-Renaissance Bremen. Director: Manfred Cordes.- CPO.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Three Wonders (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.- Suites by Russian Composers.
- Melodiya.
- 10.
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Imogen Holst
On Westhall Hill
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.- Discovering Imogen.
- NMC.
- 10.
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William Lawes
"Sunrise" Fantazy (Consort Suite in F)
Ensemble: Fretwork. Performer: Paul Nicholson.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.1 in C major Op.15 (3rd mvt; Rondo)
Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.- Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3: Brautigam.
- BIS.
- 3.
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Rita Strohl
Yajnavalkya (Prelude to Act 2)
Orchestra: Orchestre national d'脦le-de-France. Conductor: Case Scaglione.- Rita Strohl: Volume 3, Musique orchestrale.
- La Bo卯te 脿 P茅pites.
- 109.
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Scott Joplin
The Sycamore Rag
Performer: Dick Hyman.- Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
- RCA.
- 016.
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Imogen Holst
On Westhall Hill
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.- Discovering Imogen.
- NMC.
- 10.
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Debbie Wiseman
Father Brown
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Guildhall School. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.- Debbie Wiseman Live at the Barbican.
- Silva Classics.
- 10.
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Imogen Holst
The Fall of the Leaf (closing section)
Performer: Thomas Hewitt Jones.- NMC.
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Traditional English
Old Molly Oxford
Music Arranger: Gareth Turner. Music Arranger: John Fiddy. Performer: John Fiddy. Performer: Anna Ryder. Performer: Simon Care. Ensemble: Moulton Morris Men. Ensemble: Little Johnny England.- UK FOLK TODAY.
- SAS.
- 029.
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Gustav Holst
Cotswold Symphony H.47 (3rd mvt; Scherzo)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Holst: Cotswolds Symphony.
- Naxos.
- 4.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in G minor RV.315 'Summer' (1st mvt; Allegro non molto)
Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco. Performer: Federico Guglielmo. Director: Federico Guglielmo.- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Guglielmo.
- CPO.
- 4.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Wie? Was? Entsetzen! (Der Freisch眉tz)
Music Arranger: Wenzel Sedlak. Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.- Weber: Der Freischutz (Harmoniemusik), Consortium Classicum.
- MD&G.
- 12.
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V铆tezslav Nov谩k
In the Church (Moravian-Slovak Suite)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Franti拧ek Vajnar.- SUPRAPHON.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Slicked Back Tango
Performer: Elena Kats鈥怌hernin. Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.- ABC CLASSICS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (4th mvt; Rondo)
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.- Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
- EMI Classics.
- 4.
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Roy Harris
Symphony no. 3
Performer: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Harris: Symphony No.3 In One Movement / Schuman, W.H.: Symphony No.3 (Live).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Violin Sonata No 2 in D major (4th mvmt, Presto)
Performer: Lina Tur Bonet. Performer: Patxi Montero. Performer: Kenneth Weiss.- Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonates pour le violon et basse continue.
- Verso.
- 11.
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Gioachino Rossini
La cambiale di matrimonio (Overture)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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Girma Yifrashewa
Elilta: Cry of Joy
Performer: Rebeca Omordia.- African Pianism, Volume 2.
- Somm.
- 1.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No 2 in C major, Op 61 (2nd mvmt, Scherzo)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth. -
John Sheppard
Missa Cantate (Agnus Dei)
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- An Enduring Voice.
- CORO.
- 10.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin (Act 2 Waltz)
Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- Ballets russes.
- Parlophone (France).
- 11.
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- Wed 13 Nov 2024 09:30大象传媒 Radio 3