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The best classical morning music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

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

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

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

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • German Opretta Overtures: Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor Op.13 'Pathétique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Beethoven Piano Sonatas: 'Moonlight' 'Pathetique' 'Waldstein' Steven Osborne pia.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.1 In C Major H.7b.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • DG : 4796789.
    • DG.
    • 7.
  • Henry Purcell

    Hail, bright Cecilia Z.328 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse macabre Op.40

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Le Boeuf sur le toit.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G minor, Op.10 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Virgin.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in E flat major K.452 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Robert Levin. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble.
    • Mozart & Beethoven: Fortepiano Quintets.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nachtgesang im Walde, D. 913

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Scharoun Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • Schubert: Nachtgesang.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 10.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.29 'Wir Danken Dir, Gott, Wir Danken Dir' (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Director: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 20.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 28.
  • Louiguy

    La Vie en Rose

    Singer: Véronique Gens. Ensemble: I Giardini.
    • Alpha.
  • Anna Meredith

    Spook

    Performer: Tom Kerstens. Performer: Karen Hutt. Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet.
    • Ignite: New Music for Guitar, Vol. 3.
    • BGS Records.
    • 101.
  • William Walton

    Symphony no.1 in B flat minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Walton: Symphony No 1: LSO, Previn.
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 (no.4 in D major)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski.
    • Rachmaninov: Simon Trpceski.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 11.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto a due cori no.2 in F major HWV.333 (5th & 6th mvts)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra Müllejans. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Handel: Concerti a due cori.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 119.
  • Henry Purcell

    March; Canzona; Thou knowest, Lord (Funeral Music for Queen Mary)

    Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London. Conductor: Martin Neary.
    • EMI.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse Macabre

    Performer: Cathy Berberian. Performer: Bruno Canino.
    • There Are Fairies At The Bottom Of Our Garden.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 3.
  • Wendy Carlos

    Main Title (The Shining)

    Composer: Rachel Elkind. Singer: Rachel Elkind. Performer: Wendy Carlos.
    • The Shining (Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • WaterTower Music.
    • 1.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Dream of a Witches' Sabbath (Symphonie Fantastique)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: Le Carnival Romain: Anima Eterna Brugge.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 5.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Violin Concerto in D major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Stravinsky: Violin Concerto & Chamber Works.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.
  • David Orlowsky

    Serendipity

    Performer: David Orlowsky. Performer: David Bergmüller.
    • Alter Ego.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro in G flat major

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Soloists.
    • ԻéԲ.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Octet-Partita in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • ASV.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Piano Quintet no.2 in C minor Op.115 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Angelich. Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Fauré Complete chamber music for strings.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 506.
  • Juan García de Zéspedes

    Guaracha: Aye que me abrazo

    Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • A la vida.
    • Fra Bernardo.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Dvorak:Symphony no. 7 Suite in A major,Budapest Festival Orchestra,Ivan Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Sep 2023 09:00

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