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Great classical music for your morning

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.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite: Jig

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Gershwin

    Girl Crazy (Overture)

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue & Popular Orchestral Works.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Hieronymus Praetorius

    Tulerunt Dominum meum (Cantiones sacrae de praecipuis festis totius anni)

    Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.
  • George Enescu

    Romanian rhapsody no. 1, Op.11`1

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Liszt And Enesco Rhapsodies.
    • MERCURY.
    • 1.
  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Grainger: Solo Piano Music: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Karl Goldmark

    Symphony No 1 in E flat "Rustic Wedding Symphony": V. Dance

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony - Hindemith: Symphony in E-Flat Major.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Antonio Salieri

    La Scuola de' gelosi: Sinfonia

    Ensemble: l鈥檃rte del mondo. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • ONYX.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Fantasia no.10 in E major TWV.40:35 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.
    • GLOSSA.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    24 Preludes Op.11 (no.21 in B flat major)

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • Scriabin 鈥 Scarlatti: Singles (Pt. 1).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Scherzo (Souvenir d'un lieu cher)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • DECCA.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Lagrima (Preludes)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Milos - The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 004.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice: "Che far貌 senza Euridice"

    Singer: Jakub J贸zef Orli艅ski. Orchestra: Il Giardino d'Amore. Conductor: Stefan Plewniak.
    • Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30.
    • ERATO.
    • 22.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Scherzo in D minor

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Dances from Aleko & Scherzo in D Minor.
    • Telarc.
    • 5.
  • Franz Liszt

    Benedetto sia il giorno (Petrarch Sonnets)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Barenboim, Live at the Scala, Liszt.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.
    • 1.
  • Johann Christian Schickhardt

    Concerto in C major for four recorders, Op.19`1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Sirena Recorder Quartet. Performer: Mogens Rasmussen. Performer: Fredrik Bock. Performer: Leif Meyer.
    • Baroque - Sirena Recorder Quartet/Dan Laurin.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata, adagio and fugue in C major BWV.564 (Fugue)

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
    • HMV Classics.
    • 16.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Leonard Bernstein Conducts Dvor谩k and Smetana ((Remastered)).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • George Frideric Handel

    "Happy we!" (Acis & Galatea)

    Singer: Sophie Daneman. Singer: Paul Agnew. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • ERATO.
  • Michael Tippett

    Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage (conclusion)

    Choir: 91热爆 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • WARNER APEX.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise

    Performer: Scott Long. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Telarc.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Voi che sapete (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Orchestra: Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Gy枚rgy Fischer.
    • Mozart: Arias, Cecilia Bartoli.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Harry Burleigh

    Southland sketches (Nos 3 & 4) arr. for wind quintet

    Performer: Calefax Reed Quintet. Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis.
    • An American Rhapsody.
    • Pentatone.
    • 6-7.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto No 5 'Egyptian' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3-5.
    • BIS.
    • 303.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    The Lord is good for 2 sopranos and chorus

    Singer: Susanna Fairbairn. Singer: Miranda Laurence. Choir: Sospiri. Conductor: Christopher Watson.
    • NAXOS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite No 4 in D minor: Sarabande

    Ensemble: Jupiter. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.
    • Eternal Heaven - Handel: Suite No. 4 in D Minor: III. Sarabande.
    • ERATO.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 9 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 9.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV 1060 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Performer: Cecilia Bernardini. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn Records : CKD519.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    'Aeolian Harp' (脡tudes, Op 25 No 1)

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: 12 脡tudes, Op. 25: No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Aeolian Harp".
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    脡tudes, Op 10: No. 4 'Torrent'

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: 脡tudes, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.20 no.4 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, OP. 20 Nos. 4--6.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    O salutaris hostia

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • HYPERION.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.53 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.
    • Warner Classics.

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