The very best of classical music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
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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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)
Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Hardenberger/Marriner.
- Philips.
- 10.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the Dance Op.65
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough In Recital.
- Hyperion.
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Jean Sibelius
The Bard, Op. 64
Composer: Jean Sibelius. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.- Sibelius: Violin Concerto.
- Ondine.
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Michiru Oshima
Memories for violin and piano
Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Georges Bizet
L'Arl茅sienne Suite No 1 (Carillon)
Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.- Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1: Jesus Lopez-Cobos.
- Telarc.
- 10.
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Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
Regina coeli
Singer: Monique Zanetti. Singer: Arlette Steyer. Singer: Marie Boyer. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.- Lully: Petits Motets: Arts Florissants.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Samuel Barber
The School for Scandal Op.5
Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Barber/Bernstein/Gershwin/Copland: Great American Showpieces.
- EMI.
- 5.
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Ferenc Farkas
Five Ancient Hungarian Dances for wind quintet
Performer: Janna Huneke. Performer: Sarah Devonald. Performer: Mark Lacey. Performer: Tim Swanwick. Performer: Alec Forshaw.- Harmoniemusik.
- The Classical Recording Company.
- 18.
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Thomas Dunhill
The Cloths of Heaven
Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Julius Drake.- The English Songbook.
- EMI.
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Claude Debussy
Saxophone Rhapsody
Performer: Theodore Kerkezos. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Simonov.- Legende: Theodore Kerkezos.
- Onyx.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Humoresque No 7 in G flat major, Op 101
Performer: Stefan Veselka.- Dvorak: Complete Published Solo Piano Music Vol.4: Veselka.
- Naxos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in B flat major, K.137
Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: S谩ndor V茅gh.- CAPRICCIO.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
M茅ditation from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42
Performer: Aleksey Semenenko. Performer: Inna Firsova. -
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Franz Schubert
Rosamunde, Op. 26, D. 797: IIIa. Entr'acte No. 2 (Andante)
Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.- Schubert: Early Symphonies & Stage Music.
- PENTATONE.
- 302.
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Marin Marais
La sonnerie de Sainte-Genevi猫ve du Mont de Paris
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.- Tous Les Matins Du Monde: Bande Originale du Film, Jordi Savall.
- Alia Vox.
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Albert Ket猫lbey
Bells across the Meadows
Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- British Light Music Classics, Vol. 1.
- Hyperion.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
2 Nocturnes Op.27 (no.2 in D flat major)
Performer: Nelson Freire.- Nelson Freire: Chopin, The Nocturnes.
- Decca.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite no.4 in D major BWV.1069 (Overture)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
- RCA.
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Rebecca Dale
Salve Regina
Singer: Rosanna Wicks. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Night Seasons.
- Signum Classics.
- 106.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Wind Octet in E flat major, Op 103 (1st mvt)
Performer: George Caird. Performer: Victoria Wood. Performer: Angela Malsbury. Performer: Michael Harris. Performer: Peter Francomb. Performer: Simon Morgan. Performer: Gareth Newman. Performer: Robin Kennard. Performer: Martin Field. Ensemble: Albion Ensemble.- Hummel/Beethoven/Gluck: Wind Music: Albion Ensemble.
- Helios.
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Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129
Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.- Harmonia Mundi HMC 902197.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 001.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11
Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Timothy Ravalde. Performer: Graham Walker. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.- Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr.
- Chandos.
- 13.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Tambourin (From Les F锚tes d'H茅b茅)/Money, Money, Money arr. for baroque ensemble
Composer: Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus. Performer: Asya Fateyeva. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.- Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony in D minor, 'Youth'
Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DECCA.
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Igor Stravinsky
March (Three Easy Pieces)
Ensemble: Katia & Marielle Lab猫que.- Stravinsky / Debussy Katia Et Marielle Labeque.
- KML.
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Franz Leh谩r
Gold and Silver - Waltz Op.79
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Vienna Soiree: Gardiner/Vienna PO.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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