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.
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John Williams
Superman (Main theme)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- Rhino.
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Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Hyperion.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto [fragment] in D major, BWV.1045
Performer: Natsumi Wakamatsu. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- J.S.Bach: Cantatas: BCJ, Suzuki.
- Bis.
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Joseph Horovitz
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano (3rd mvt)
Performer: Ronald Van Spaendonck. Performer: 脡liane Reyes.- Fuga Libera.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony no.10 (Purgatorio)
Composer: Deryck Cooke. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- 150th Anniversary Box - Mahler.
- Warner Classics.
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Trad.
Do the Birds Worry?
Music Arranger: Cyrillus Kreek. Choir: Vox Clamantis. Performer: Anna-Liisa Eller. Performer: Marco Ambrosini. Performer: Angela Ambrosini. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.- ECM.
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Pablo de Sarasate
Concert Fantasy on Gounod's Faust
Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Jonathan Feldman.- DG.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Za茂s (Entr'acte)
Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.- APARTE.
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Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor (3rd & 4th mvts)
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- DECCA.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony no.9 in E flat major Op.70 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9.
- Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
- 101.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Et incarnatus est (Mass in C minor, K 427)
Singer: Arleen Aug茅r. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- L'OISEAU LYRE.
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Edvard Grieg
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces - book 8 Op.65)
Orchestrator: Franz Josef Breuer. Orchestrator: Franz Josef Breuer. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.- Grieg: Peer Gynt, Sigur Jorsalfar.
- NAXOS.
- 11.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Violin Sonata in F major, Op 5 No 4 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Paul Nicholson. Ensemble: Locatelli Trio.- Corelli: Violin Sonatas: The Locatelli Trio.
- Hyperion.
- 17.
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Eug猫ne Gigout
Toccata in B minor
Performer: Colin Walsh.- Great European Organs No.15: Colin Walsh.
- Priory.
- 2.
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Anton Webern
Langsamer Satz
Ensemble: Signum Quartett.- Quartet Movements.
- CAPRICCIO.
- 007.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.101 in D major 'Clock' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
- Naive.
- 10.
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Bobby McFerrin
Don't Worry, Be Happy
- The Best Of Bobby McFerrin.
- Blue Note Records.
- 1.
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Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
The Lark [after Glinka's song]
Performer: Evgeny Kissin.- RCA.
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William Cornysh
A Robyn, gentyl Robyn
Choir: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.- Metronome.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf (The Procession to the Zoo)
Narrator: David Bowie. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.- RCA.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
4 Characteristic waltzes Op.22 (Valse de la reine)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Lyrita.
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Franz Schubert
Suleika I, D.720
Performer: Eric Schneider. Singer: Katharina Konradi. -
Benjamin Britten
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Fugue)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- Das Orchester for Kids. Prokofiev: Peter und der Wolf - Britten: Orchesterf眉hrer.
- Warner Classics.
- 160.
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William Henry Harris
Bring Us, O Lord God
Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.- Light of the Spirit.
- Collegium.
- 2.
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Alexander Glazunov
Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.55 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.- Glazunov: Symphony no.5/The Seasons.
- WARNER.
- 2.
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Ethel Smyth
Piano Suite in E Major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Liana 葮erbescu.- CPO.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite (Chinese Dance)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.- Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
- Telarc.
- 7.
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Detlev Glanert
Four Preludes and Four Serious Songs (live)
Composer: Johannes Brahms. Singer: Konstantin Krimmel. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
Claude Debussy
La Fille aux cheveux de lin
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.- Debussy 鈥 Rameau.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 18.
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Nico Muhly
Patterns: Move along
Performer: James McVinnie.- Dreamcatcher.
- Pentatone.
- 2.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in B flat major for 3 oboes (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Telemann: Wind concertos: Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Trad.
Banish Misfortune
Performer: Ronn McFarlane.- The Celtic Lute.
- Sono Luminus.
- 102.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
String Sextet in A Major (1st mvt)
Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Bernhard Hartog. Performer: Wolfram Christ. Performer: Tanja Christ. Performer: Georg Faust. Performer: Olaf Maninger.- Dvo艡谩k: String Sextet, Op. 48 - Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
Broadcast
- Tue 25 Feb 2025 09:30大象传媒 Radio 3