Refresh your morning with classical music
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
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George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Alia Vox.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in G flat major, Op 25 No 9 (Butterfly)
Performer: Beatrice Rana.- Chopin: 12 脡tudes, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
- Warner Classics.
- 9.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Three Shakespeare Songs for chorus [complete]
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Music of the Spheres.
- Signum.
- 6.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622.
- PENTATONE.
- 103.
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Maurice Ravel
Les entretiens de la belle et de la b锚te (Ma m猫re l'oye)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.- Giulini in America: Los Angeles Philharmonic/Giulini.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
- 7.
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Edward Elgar
Piano Quintet in A Minor, last Mvt.
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Elgar: Violin Sonata / Piano Quintet.
- Hyperion.
- 6.
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John Adams
Tromba lontana
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.- John Adams: The Chairman Dances, Two Fanfares, Other Works.
- Elektra Nonesuch.
- 3.
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Joseph Haydn
The heavens are telling (The Creation)
Singer: Arleen Aug茅r. Singer: Philip Langridge. Singer: David Thomas. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Warner.
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Traditional British
O Waly, waly
Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Ian Bostridge. Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings etc..
- Warner Classics.
- 9.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto no.4 in G minor, Op.40 (1st mvt)
Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- DG.
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Johann Rosenm眉ller
Sonata da Camera No.11
Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- ASTREE.
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Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Lane.- Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Fanfare.
- Telarc.
- 1.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Piano Concerto No.5 "Egyptian" (3rd mvt)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Hyperion.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G minor RV.105
Ensemble: Collegium Pro Musica.- BRILLIANT.
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Luigi Denza
Finiculi, Finicul谩
Lyricist: Giuseppe Turco. Music Arranger: Giancarlo Chiaramello. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Choir: Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Anton Guadagno.- The Essential PAVAROTTI.
- Decca.
- 16.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3&4: Andras Schiff.
- Teldec.
- 5.
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Georges Auric
Beauty and the Beast: Main Title
Composer: Georges Auric. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adriano. Conductor: Adriano.- Auric: La Belle Et La Bete (Beauty and the Beast).
- Marco-Polo.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Alan Menken
La Belle et la B锚te (de "La Belle et la B锚te")
Performer: Lang Lang. Lyricist: Howard Ashman. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.- The Disney Book (Deluxe Edition).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite no.2 in B minor BWV.1067 (Badinerie)
Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 7.
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Florence Price
Symphony no.4 in D Minor (Juba Dance)
Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.- Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4.
- Naxos.
- 203.
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Giacomo Puccini
Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma!"
Singer: Pene Pati. Choir: Choir of Bordeaux National Opera. Orchestra: National Orchestra of Bordeaux Aquitaine. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume.- Puccini: Turandot: "Nessun dorma".
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex (Main Title; Darling; Finale)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- DG.
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Phamie Gow
Rackwick Bay
Performer: Phamie Gow.- Anthems For Scotland (By Classic FM).
- Decca (UMO).
- 18.
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Hubert Parry
I was glad
Performer: Timothy Byram-Wigfield. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Choir: Waynflete Singers. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.- Jerusalem: Winchester Cathedral Choir/Waynflete Singers/Bournemouth SO/Hill.
- Argo.
- 1.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Grand Duo Concertante, Op 48
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale. -
Friedrich Kuhlau
Trillingbrodene fra Damask (Overture)
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt.- Kuhlau: Overtures: Danish National Radio Symphony Orch/Schonwandt.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzona No.13 a 12
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Georges Bizet
Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22, WD 56: No. 12, Le bal
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Martin James Bartlett.- Four Hands.
- Warner Classics.
- 22.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.5 in C minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
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Frank Martin
Mass For Double Choir: Credo
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Frank Martin.
- Coro.
- 17.
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Charles Avison
Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op 10 No 3
Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.- The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
- Divine Art.
- 20.
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