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Essential Classics for a magical morning

Start your day with the perfect classical playlist, guaranteed to give your morning a touch of magic. Georgia Mann introduces an hour of classical tracks, from Mozart and Bach, to Joan Trimble and C茅cile Chaminade, to ease you into your morning.

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  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: William Tell: Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Dario Marianelli

    Dawn

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Pride & Prejudice (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Decca.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Children's Intermezzo (Othello)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Othello, Op. 79: II. Children's Intermezzo.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Joan Trimble

    Suite for Strings (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Fionnuala Hunt.
    • Black Box.

  • Jocelyn Pook

    How sweet the moonlight (The Merchant of Venice)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Siobh谩n Armstrong. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet.
    • Decca.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Prelude in E flat major, Op 28 No 19

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 19.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 1 (Entr'acte)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suites/Ponchielli: Cance of the Hours - PO, Ormandy.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Stokowski: Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Whispered lullaby

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Evelyn Chang.
    • AVIE.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Barcarolle 'Morning' (from 'In the Bottoms' suite)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 91.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in C major K.373

    Music Arranger: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Sepec.
    • DG.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12 vers. for orchestra

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse profane (Danse sacr茅e et danse profane)

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Ensemble: Quatuor Voce.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Serenade espagnole

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Kyung-wha Chung. Performer: Phillip Moll.
    • Brahms/Kreisler/Elgar: Con Amore: Kyung Wha Chung.
    • Decca.
    • 15.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Suite: iv: Panorama

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites, Wiener Philharmoniker.
    • Decca.
    • 18.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    12 Movements from Romeo and Juliet Op. 64: Morning Serenade

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Sergei Babayan. Music Arranger: Sergei Babayan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Aladdin Suite, Op. 34, FS 89: II. Aladdin's Dream and Dance of the Morning Mist

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Nielsen: Flute Concerto - Clarinet Concerto - Aladdin Suite.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 302.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major D.667 "Trout" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Thomas Ad猫s. Performer: Corina Belcea. Performer: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Performer: Alasdair Tait. Performer: Corin Long.
    • Ades: Piano Quintet & Schubert: Piano Quintet.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.