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Celebrating classical greats

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.

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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3 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture, Op 96

    Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Symphony no.5: Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
    • Delos.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major, D.899 no.4

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Le Voyage Magnifique - Schubert: Impromptus: MAria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Lute Concerto in D RV.93

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Ensemble: Jupiter. Ensemble: Jupiter.
    • ALPHA.
  • William Byrd

    Crowned with flowers

    Choir: The Sixteen.
    • CORO.
  • Enrique Granados

    El fandango de candil (Goyescas)

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Granados: Goyescas: Ohlsson.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • The Berlin Album: Berliner Philharmoniker/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Suite d'apr猫s th猫mes, fragments et pi猫ces de Giambattista Pergolesi: IV. Gavotta con due variazioni

    Performer: Ilya Gringolts. Performer: Peter Laul.
    • Stravinsky: Music for Violin, Vol. 1.
    • BIS.
    • 704.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Orient et Occident, Op.25

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • Chandos.
  • Ina Boyle

    A Song of Shadows

    Singer: Ben McAteer. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • Delphian.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Violin Concerto In A, H.7a.3 - 1. Moderato

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs鈥惷塴ys茅es. Conductor: Alessandro Moccia.
    • Haydn: Violin Concertos.
    • DG Archiv.
    • 4.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg suite Op.40 (Rigaudon)

    Orchestra: Oslo Camerata. Conductor: Stephan Barratt-Due.
    • Naxos.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Which was the son of...

    Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Soir de f锚te Op.32

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • Pentatone.
  • Jules Massenet

    Castillane (Le Cid)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Massenet: Ballet Suites: Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marrin.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 1.
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Souvenirs d'Andalousie "Caprice de concert sur la ca帽a, le fandango,

    Performer: Philip Martin.
    • Gottschalk: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quintet No. 4 in D Major G 448 IV. Fandango

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Baroque.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Dance a Cachucha (The Gondoliers)

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Ensemble: The D鈥橭yly Carte Opera Company. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • The Gondoliers.
    • That鈥檚 Entertainment.
    • 5.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Blumine (Symphony No.1 in D major - original version)

    Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • RCA.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergine (Ave Maris Stella)

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • PHI.
  • Bill Evans

    Peace Piece

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Conversations with Bill Evans: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia concerto (Cantata no.174)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano/Alessandrini.
    • Naive.
    • 16.
  • Gustav Holst

    Cotswold symphony

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Holst: Cotswolds Symphony.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' - mov. 5 Air

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
    • Challenge Classics.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Demolirer Polka , Op. 269

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Quintet no.2 in E major Op.31 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Farrenc: Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 201.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Prelude in C# Minor.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

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