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The very best of classical music

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.

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

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Mon 22 Jul 2024 09:30
91热爆 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt, Allegro vivace)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 404.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta diva (Norma)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Choir: International Chamber Vocalists. Orchestra: Orchestra La Scintilla. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Bellini: Norma: Cecilia Bartoli/Giovanni Antonini.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Trad.

    Ladies, Step Up to Tea (Arr. L煤nasa for Ensemble)

    Ensemble: L煤nasa.
    • Irish Roots.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 27.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concert piece no. 2 in D minor Op.114

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Wolfgang Meyer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Cringlemire Garden Op.39

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • British Music for Strings Vol. 3.
    • CPO.
    • 13.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rondo in G minor Op.94

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Pavel Gililov.
    • Strauss/Dvorak: Morgen: Mischa Maisky/Pavel Gililov.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Max Reger

    Scherzo (Romantic Suite)

    Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Lyon Opera Soloists.
    • Schoenberg: Kaiserwalzer and other Transcriptions: Soliste de l'Opera National d.
    • Erato.
    • 2.

  • Spencer Williams

    Basin Street Blues

    Music Arranger: Luther Henderson. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • Best of The Canadian Brass.
    • CBS.
    • 16.

  • Osvaldo Golijov

    L煤a Descolorida (3 Songs)

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • Renewal.
    • BIS.
    • 302.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Les Chasseresses (Sylvia - suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in B flat major, Op.97 'Archduke' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat, Op.97 'Archduke': The Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Arthur Butterworth

    Path Across the Moors

    Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Performer: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Resonance.

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon - Overture

    Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Darrell Ang.
    • Kabalevsky: Works for Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.
    • 1.

  • Pau Casals

    Sardana

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Guy Johnston. Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • DECCA.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Silent Worship (Tolomeo, re d'Egitto)

    Music Arranger: Sir Arthur Somervell. Singer: Nicky Spence. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ian McMillan.
    • Nicky Spence EP.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 15.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    An Acre of Land

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Vaughan Williams: Over Hill, Over Dale 鈥� Partsongs, Folksongs & Shakespeare Set.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma m猫re l'oye (Le jardin f茅erique)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 17.

  • Alessandro Stradella

    Sonata in D major for trumpet and 8 viols

    Performer: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments.
    • HYPERION.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Die Schone Melusine, Op.32

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue - Contrapunctus 8

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • J.S. Bach: Die Kunst Der Fuge.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 12.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So (Arr. Heifetz).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Giovanni Bolzoni

    Minuet

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Favourite Encores: Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Robert Schumann

    Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Steven Isserlis plays Schumann.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 1.

  • Francesca Caccini

    Ciaccona

    Performer: Luigi Cozzolino. Ensemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini. Director: Gian Luca Lastraioli.
    • Maria, dolce Maria.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 3.

  • William Bolcom

    3 Ghost Rags: No. 1, Graceful Ghost Rag

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Bolcom: The Complete Rags.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no. 6 in B minor 'Pathetique', Op.74 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • ALPHA.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Piano Quartet in F sharp minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Notos Quartet.
    • RCA Red Seal.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Waverley Overture

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • RCA.

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