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Celebrating classical greats

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.

0930 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

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Thu 21 Sep 2023 09:00
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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite No. 4 in G Major, Op. 61 "Mozartiana": III. Preghiera

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Suite No. 4 \"Mozartiana\".
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Madamina, il catalogo e questo (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Tutto Mozart!.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.

  • Michael Nyman

    In re Don Giovanni

    Performer: Michael Nyman. Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Director: Michael Nyman.
    • VENTURE.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34

    Performer: Oph茅lie Gaillard. Ensemble: Members of the Sirba Octet.
    • Exiles.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.2 in A major, Op.16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • LSO Live.

  • Francis Poulenc

    3 Mouvements perp茅tuels

    Performer: Gabriel Tacchino.
    • Poulenc: Piano Melodies.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet no.14 in D Minor D.810 'Death and the Maiden' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 14 & 9.
    • BIS.
    • 102.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Glagolitic Mass (Organ solo & Intrada)

    Performer: Jan Hora. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Supraphon.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pastorale

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Ensemble: Les Si猫cles.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70

    Performer: Jasper de Waal. Performer: Frank van de Laar.
    • Brahms - Schumann - Reinecke.
    • Channel Classics.

  • George Frideric Handel

    As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture 'Leonore' no.3, Op.72b

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.

  • John Adams

    Son of Chamber Symphony (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Alarm Will Sound. Conductor: Alan Pierson.
    • Splitting Adams.
    • Cantaloupe Music.
    • 8.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    5 Solfeggios, K. 393: No. 2 in F Major, Adagio

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon. Orchestra: Pygmalion.
    • Mozart & The Weber Sisters.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner: The Little Shepherd

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • DECCA.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Peter Limonov.
    • Decca.

  • Richard Strauss

    Presentation of the Rose (Der Rosenkavalier)

    Singer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Singer: Lucia Popp. Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier: Brigitte Fassbaender, Bavarian State Opera, Carlo.
    • Orfeo.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet, M. 35: I. Allegro moderato - Tr猫s doux

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Debussy, Dutilleux & Ravel: String Quartets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 117.

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Piano 脡tude No. 74 in C Minor

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult: 脡tudes.
    • BIS.
    • 117.

  • Franz Liszt

    2 Scenes from Lenau's Faust: The Dance in the Village Inn (Mephisto Walz No. 1)

    Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • Liszt: Ungarische Rhapsodien / Les Pr茅ludes (CC).
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Mons Leidvin Takle

    Festmusikk

    Performer: Christopher Herrick.
    • Hyperion.

  • Howard Skempton

    Rise Up, My Love

    Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • First Drop.
    • Cantaloupe Music.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Impromptu No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 31

    Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Scriabin/Faure/Chopin: Impromptus.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
    • 4.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13 - IV. Allegro con fuoco

    Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony 1 + Symphonic Dances.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

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    91热爆 Radio 3

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