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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.

1200 鈥�25 for 25: Sounds of the Century鈥� 鈥� a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. In Birds of Paradise for the 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and violinist Freya Goldmark, Orcadian composer Erland Cooper reflects on the natural world in the 21st century and pays tribute to David Attenborough, whose landmark series Planet Earth and Life of Mammals brought it to record numbers of viewers in the early 2000s.

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  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon, Op 24 (Overture)

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Kabalevsky: Piano concerto etc: Kathryn Stott/91热爆 Philharmonic/Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Berceuse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 13.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trumpet Concerto in D major, TWV51:D7

    Performer: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Orchestra: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Let The Bright Seraphim Works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, A.Scarlatti and Handel.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no.3 in G minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Louise Farrenc: Symphonies 1 and 3.
    • CPO.
    • 7.

  • Jorge Cardoso

    Milonga

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Milo拧 Karadagli膰 - Latino Gold.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus, Op 43 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Beethoven: Overtures: Sir Colin Davis.
    • CBS.
    • 4.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Benedictus (The Armed Man)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Karl Jenkins: Motets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto in E major for two pianos (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Silver-Garburg Piano Duo. Orchestra: Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Oehms Classics.

  • George Frideric Handel

    La R茅jouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Zefiro. Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini.
    • Arcana A 386.
    • Arcana.
    • 4.

  • Richard Strauss

    Fr眉hling (Four Last Songs)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Houston Symphony. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • The Opera Album 2002.
    • Virgin.
    • 15.

  • Trad.

    The Song of the Birds

    Music Arranger: Sally Beamish. Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • J S Bach - The Cello Suites - Steven Isserlis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 37.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Glen Dempsey. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Locus Iste.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.

  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 7.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor RV.578

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Pierre Hanta茂. Orchestra: Concert Des Nations.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Frederick Loewe

    The Rain in Spain (My Fair Lady)

    Singer: Julie Andrews. Singer: Rex Harrison.
    • Masterworks Broadway.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Phaeton: Overture

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ERATO.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Vers La Flamme: Poeme, Op.72

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion: CDA67895.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Walkure - conclusion "Magic Fire Music"

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Orchestra: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jaap van Zweden.
    • Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Highlights).
    • Naxos.
    • 706.

  • Vivien Ellis

    Coronation Scot (Paul Temple)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics: The New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Doreen Carwithen. Work incl. Overture (ODTAA), Suffolk suite and others.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite for orchestra no. 1 (BWV.1066) in C major, Overture

    Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen. Director: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • CPO.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Dietmar Schwalke. Performer: Alexander Malter.
    • ECM.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Dies Natalis (The Salutation)

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Director: Jacqueline Shave.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Erland Cooper

    Birds of Paradise

    Performer: Freya Goldmark. Orchestra: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jack Sheen.

  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris

    Orchestra: Houston Symphony. Conductor: Andr茅s Orozco鈥怑strada.
    • Music of the Americas.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 401.

  • Bj枚rn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson

    Take A Chance On Me

    Music Arranger: Bo Wiget. Performer: Asya Fateyeva. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.
    • Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)

    Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Peter Maxwell Davies: A Celebration of Scotland: Scottish Chamber Orch & Choir.
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op 33 No 3, 'Bird' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • ASV.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29 "Polish": IV. Scherzo - Allegro vivo - Trio

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.
    • Tchaikovsky, Symphonies Nos. 1-6.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.

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