Your perfect classical playlist
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
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Scott Joplin
The Easy Winners
Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: John Novacek.- Philips.
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Max Reger
Scherzo (Romantic Suite)
Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Op茅ra de Lyon.- Schoenberg: Kaiserwalzer and other Transcriptions: Soliste de l'Opera National d.
- Erato.
- 2.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in C Minor "Path茅tique" (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jonathan Biss.- Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 8.
- Orchid Classics.
- 103.
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John Ireland
A Downland Suite: III. Minuet
Ensemble: London Brass Virtuosi. Conductor: David Honeyball.- English Music for Brass: Elgar, Vaughan Williams & Ireland.
- Hyperion.
- 3.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade Op.35)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- LAWO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Oboe d'amore Concerto (from BWV.54)
Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Trinity Baroque. Ensemble: The English Concert.- ARCHIV.
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Claude Debussy
Beau Soir
Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-Selim Abdelmoula. -
Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Litolff Concertos Symphoniques Nos 2 & 4.
- Hyperion.
- 2.
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George Frideric Handel
As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)
Singer: Mary Bevan. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera. Conductor: Ian Page.- 'Where're You Walk' - Aria's for Handel's Favourite Tenor.
- Signum.
- 10.
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George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So
Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.- Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So (Arr. Heifetz).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto in G major, K 313 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Mozart Flute Concertos Concerto For Flute And Harp.
- EMI Classics.
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Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima" (Arr. P. Kuusisto for String Orchestra): I. 1957.
Director: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.- Nico Muhly & Philip Glass: Works.
- PENTATONE.
- 5.
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Doreen Carwithen
Orford Ness (Suffolk Suite)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Morten Lauridsen
O nata lux (Lux aeterna)
Choir: VOCES8.- Lux.
- Decca.
- 11.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sea Symphony (1st mvt - conclusion)
Singer: Felicity Lott. Singer: Jonathan Summers. Choir: Cantilena. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- EMI.
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John Ireland
Sea Fever
Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- EMI.
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Catriona McKay
Swan LK243
Performer: Catriona McKay. Performer: Donald Grant. Ensemble: Red Skies string ensemble.- Glimster.
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Jacques Offenbach
Robinson Crusoe, Act 3: Entr'acte
Conductor: Alun Francis. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Offenbach: Robinson Crusoe.
- Opera Rara.
- 1.
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Bernard Herrmann
Main Titles (From "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad")
Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.- Citizen Kane: The Essential Bernard Herrmann.
- Silva Screen Records.
- 10.
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Tielman Susato
Basse danse; Branle; Ronde No 6; Saltarello (Danserye 1551)
Orchestra: Early Music Consort of London. Conductor: David Munrow.- David Munrow: Two Renaissance Dance Bands; Monteverdi's Contemporaries.
- Testament.
- 1-3.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Piano Trio no.1 in B flat major Op.21 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Tempest Trio.- Dvo艡谩k: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 鈥 Nos. 1 & 2.
- Naxos.
- 103.
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Derek Bermel
Gliding over Algiers (Murmurations)
Orchestra: River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.- INNOVA.
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Joaqu铆n Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Los Romeros. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Philips.
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Dorothy Howell
Piano Concerto in D minor
Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.- The Romantic Piano Concerto 70 - Beach, Chaminade & Howell.
- Hyperion.
- 001.
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Stefano Landi
Augellin
Music Arranger: Nora Fischer. Music Arranger: Marnix Dorrestein. Singer: Nora Fischer. Performer: Marnix Dorrestein.- Hush.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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Franz Schubert
3 Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1 in D Major
Ensemble: Alexandre Tharaud. Ensemble: Michel Dalberto.- Four Hands.
- Warner Classics.
- 9.
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Hector Berlioz
Harold in Italy (Marche des p猫lerins)
Performer: David Aaron Carpenter. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Ondine.
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John Dowland
Queene Elizabeth, Her Galliard
Performer: Ian Watt.- Britten; Walton; McLeod; Wilson; Dowland.
- Nimbus Records.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97, 'Rhenish' (1st mvt)
Conductor: David Zinman. Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra.- Robert Schumann: Symphonies 1-4.
- Arte Nova Classics.
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- Tue 28 Jan 2025 09:30大象传媒 Radio 3