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Relax into the day with classical

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.

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.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 6 Mar 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • La Roxolana.
    • Alpha.
    • 09.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes.
    • DG.
    • 28.
  • Bryce Dessner

    Circles

    Performer: Julien Labro. Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Yarlung Records.
  • William Byrd

    Nunc dimittis servum tuum

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Tallis/Byrd/Sheppard: Music for Compline: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 15.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les cloches de Gen猫ve (Annees de pelerinage - 1er annee, Suisse S.160)

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
    • Liszt: Ann茅es de p猫lerinage I, S. 160 "Suisse" & L茅gende No. 2.
    • Orfeo.
    • 109.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Marche en rondeau 'Les Combattants' (Alceste)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 20.
  • Alberto Ginastera

    Malambo (Estancia)

    Orchestra: Orquesta Sinf贸nica de Venezuela. Conductor: Theodore Kuchar.
    • Latin American Classics: Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela/Kuchar.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 8.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor Op.10 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 1: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Azica Records.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.169 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben' (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Arcangelo. Performer: Tom Foster. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Story of the Kalendar Prince (Scheherazade Op.35)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Performer: Francesco Tristano.
    • Scandale.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Horn Concerto Op.58 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.
    • Malcolm Arnold, Christoph Sch枚nberger & Ruth Gipps: Horn Concertos.
    • Willowhayne Records.
    • 9.
  • Jerome Kern

    All the Things You Are

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Joyce and Tony.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 20.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.36 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Beethoven for all.
    • Decca.
    • 004.
  • Claude Debussy

    Piano Trio in G major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Debussy: String Quartet & Piano Trio: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sonata in C major Op.56 for 2 violins (4th mvt)

    Performer: Jaakko Kuusisto. Performer: Pekka Kuusisto.
    • Apex: Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas / Kuusisto.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 4.
  • Sam Fonteyn

    Pop Looks Bach ['Ski Sunday' theme']

    Ensemble: London Music Works.
    • Great British TV Themes.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 12.
  • Claude Debussy

    La cath茅drale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Debussy: Preludes I, L'Isle Joyeuse; Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures from an exhibition (La grande porte de Kiev)

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Lutz K枚hler.
    • Accentus Music.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen)

    Singer: Marianne Crebassa. Choir: Ch艙ur du Capitole de Toulouse. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Ben Glassberg.
    • Erato.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Etude en forme de valse (6 Studies Op.52)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Saint Saens: Concertos 2 & 5; Solo Piano Works.
    • ERATO.
    • 8.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat major RV.250

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in B flat major K.270 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor Op.18 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    I am the True Vine

    Choir: Nederlands Kamerkoor. Conductor: Risto Joost.
    • GLOBE.
  • Aaron Copland

    Ukelele Serenade (2 Pieces)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • From Brighton to Brooklyn.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story (America)

    Performer: Rita Moreno. Performer: Betty Wand. Performer: George Chakiris. Ensemble: West Side Story Orchestra. Conductor: Johnny Green.
    • West Side Story: Original Soundtrack Recording (1961).
    • Sony.

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