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The ideal mix 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.

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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.

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Music Played

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique.
    • Linn Records.
    • 4.
  • Franz von Supp猫

    Pique-Dame (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Decca.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Toccatina Op.36

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Kaleidoscope: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite) (TWV.55:D6) in D major (Ouverture)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel - Au Temps de Louis XV: Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Saval.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G Minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Debussy, Attahir, Ravel.
    • ERATO.
    • 2.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dio, che nell'alma infondere (Don Carlos)

    Singer: Jos茅 Carreras. Singer: Piero Cappuccilli. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Opera Arias.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 102.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Cornish Dances for orchestra (No 1)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 19.
  • Gwenllian Ll欧r

    Strawberry Moon

    Performer: Gwenllian Ll欧r.
    • SAIN.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Symphony in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Concerto in D major, H.18.11 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • EMI CLASSICS : CZS-574789 2.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    Am Tage aller Seelen [Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen] D.343

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Helmut Deutsch.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Bernhard Forck. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies, Wq 175 & 183/17.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 106.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 408: II. Largo

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • SONY.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 3 in B flat major, K 281 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • 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.
  • Pierre de la Rue

    O salutaris hostia

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 4

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Ben Bernie

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    Composer: Maceo Pinkard. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: St茅phane Grappelli. Music Arranger: Max Harris. Director: Max Harris.
    • Icon: Menuhin and Grappelli.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in F minor Op.55 no.1

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Georges Bizet

    Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers)

    Singer: Jussi Bj枚rling. Singer: Robert Merrill. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Renato Cellini.
    • RCA.
  • Edward Elgar

    Nimrod (Enigma Variations, Op. 36)

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Warner.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Two-part Invention in D minor, BWV 775

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Maxim Rysanov.
    • DECCA.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no. 1 in D major Op.47

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Earl Wild

    Seven Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin: No 1, I Got Rhythm

    Performer: Xiayin Wang.
    • The Piano Music of Earl Wild.
    • Chandos.
    • 118.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Susan Graham.
    • Reynaldo Hahn: La Belle Epoque: Graham/Vignoles.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Valse Rustique (4 Characteristic Waltzes)

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, orchestral works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 7.
  • John Sheppard

    Libera nos

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Renaissance: Music for inner peace.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 16.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Igor Levit. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos & Solo Piano Opp. 116 - 119.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Apr猫s un r锚ve, Op 7 No 1

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad. Music Arranger: Pau Casals.
    • Casals Encores: Gerhardt/Licad.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Phaeton (Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • APARTE.
  • Robert Alexander Schumann

    Liederkreis, Op 39: Mondnacht

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Schumann: Works for Oboe & Piano.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 13.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Polonaise de concert

    Performer: Bomsori. Music Arranger: Jerzy Kornowicz. Orchestra: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Violin on Stage.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in F minor, K 481

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No.41 in C major "Jupiter" (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41 "Jupiter".
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 204.

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