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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.
1230 Album of the Week
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Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Music Arranger: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ray Russell.- RCA.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.- Berlin Philharmonic.
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Ernesto Nazareth
Carioca
Performer: Gabriela Montero.- SOLATINO.
- Warner Classics.
- 26.
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Reinhard Keiser
Croesus (Overture)
Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- Keiser: Croesus: Rene Jacobs.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Robert Schumann
Marchenerzahlungen, Op.132 (Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell)
Performer: J枚rg Widmann. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: D茅nes V谩rjon.- MYRIOS CLASSICS.
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William Byrd
Crowned with flowers
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo (Toccata)
Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- ARCHIV.
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Alexander Borodin
Symphony no.2 in B minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DECCA.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no.21 in C Major Op.53 'Waldstein' (1st mvt)
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.- Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 "Path茅tique", 14 "Moonlight", 17 "The Tempest",.
- Warner Classics.
- 10.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Concerto no.1 in E flat major Op.107 (1st mvt)
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.- Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Franz Schubert
Nacht und Tr盲ume D.827
Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Alexander Schmalcz.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no.36 in C major K.425 'Linz' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- Sony.
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Dana Suesse
Piano Concerto in Three Rhythms (3rd mvt)
Music Arranger: Ferde Grof茅. Performer: Michael Gurt. Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.- Jazz Nocturne.
- Naxos.
- 009.
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Charles Avison
Concerto in 7 parts [after D Scarlatti] no.6 in D major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln.- Charles Avison: Concerti Grossi After Scarlatti.
- Berlin Classics.
- 6.
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Hector Berlioz
Queen Mab's Scherzo (Romeo et Juliette)
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.- RCA.
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George Gershwin
3 Preludes (no.1)
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.- Summertime.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 9.
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David Briggs
Improvisation on Baa-Baa, Black Sheep (Finale)
Performer: David Briggs.- David Briggs Improvisations.
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Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Ego flos campi
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- Clemens Non Papa: Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis: Tallis Scholars.
- Gimell.
- 9.
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Billy Mayerl
Marigold
Performer: Susan Tomes.- Loose Elbows - Susan Tomes plays the piano music of Billy Mayerl.
- Virgin Classics.
- 4.
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Richard Strauss
Presentation of the Rose (Der Rosenkavalier)
Singer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Singer: Lucia Popp. Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.- Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier: Brigitte Fassbaender, Bavarian State Opera, Carlo.
- Orfeo.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Keyboard Sonata in E flat major Wq.52`1 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Danny Driver.- C P E Bach - Keyboard Sonatas.
- Hyperion.
- 15.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Allegro appassionato Op.43
Performer: Mischa Maisky. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
Vesti la giubba (I Pagliacci)
Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
- Decca.
- 6.
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Andrzej Panufnik
Landscape
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrzej Panufnik.- UNICORN-KANCHANA.
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Carl Orff
Carmina Burana (Dance)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.- Orff: Carmina burana.
- Warner Classics.
- 106.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio no.2 in C minor Op.66 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Performer: Jonathan Gilad.- PENTATONE.
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William Walton
Belshazzar's Feast (conclusion)
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: 91热爆 Singers. Choir: 91热爆 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- APEX.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- AVI MUSIC.
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John Field
Nocturne no.12 in E Major
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- Field: Complete Nocturnes.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 12.
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Johan Svendsen
Norwegian Artists' Carnival Op.14
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Chandos.
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Erno Dohnanyi
Sextet in C major Op.37 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Hyperion.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D Major Op.3 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Daniel Blendulf.- Tchaikovsky & Barber: Violin Concertos.
- BIS.
- 103.
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