Great classical music for your morning
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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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Seventeen Come Sunday (English Folk Song Suite)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- HMV.
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Manuel de Falla
Interlude and Danse Espagnole (La Vida Breve)
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.- PENTATONE.
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Philip Glass
Etude no.2
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.- Deustche Grammophon.
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Louise Farrenc
Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.- Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
- Divox.
- 4.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B flat major, RV.166
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- Vivaldi - Concerti per archi II.
- Naive.
- 28-30.
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Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Etruscan Concerto (Meditation)
Performer: Caroline Almonte. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.- Women of Note.
- ABC.
- 08.
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 - finale
Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Decca.
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Nigel Hess
East Coast Pictures
Ensemble: London Symphonic Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Hess.- Chandos.
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Edvard Grieg
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces)
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Alexandre Tharaud: Autograph.
- Erato.
- 7.
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John Dowland
Time stands still
Performer: Sean Shibe. Singer: Karim Sulayman.- PENTATONE.
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William Grant Still
Pastorela
Performer: Zina Schiff. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.- Still: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 401.
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John Williams
Yoda's Theme (The Empire Strikes Back)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in E flat major, K.375 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists.- Linn.
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Florence Price
Symphony No 4 in D minor - 4th mvt: Scherzo
Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.- Naxos.
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Joe Zawinul
In a Silent Way
Performer: Miles Davis.- Forecast: Tomorrow.
- Columbia/Legacy.
- 1.
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Hector Berlioz
Harold in Italy, Op.16 (Serenade)
Performer: Lise Berthaud. Orchestra: Op茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Berlioz: Harold en Italie.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Reginald Smith Brindle
Etruscan Preludes: No. 1, Tempo libero (Con fuoco e passione)
Performer: Duilio Meucci.- Smith Brindle: Guitar Music, Vol. 1.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Jules Massenet
Meditation (Tha茂s)
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Paris, La Belle Epoque: Yo-Yo Ma/Kathryn Stott.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture Op.96
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Shostakovich: Symphony No.2 etc: Royal Philhamonic Orchestra/Ashkenazy.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Anna Bon di Venezia
Sonata No. 6 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Vladimir Soares. Performer: Fabian Grosch.- Anna Bon: Sonatas para Flauta Op. 1.
- Tratore.
- 18.
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Caroline Shaw
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (Leonardo da Vinci)
Performer: John Patitucci. Ensemble: Attacca Quartet. Ensemble: S艒 Percussion. Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.- Leonardo da Vinci: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, & David McMahon (Original S.
- Nonesuch.
- 16.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Rondo in G Minor, Op.94
Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.- Sony.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 83 in G minor, 'The Hen'
Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.- Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83 & 84: Tafelmusik/Weil.
- Sony Classical.
- 5.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2
Performer: Simon Trpceski.- Simon Trpceski Plays Rachmaninov.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
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Ruth Gipps
Symphony No 1, Op 22 (3rd mvmt, Allegro)
Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
- Chandos.
- 109.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite in F major, HWV 348, 'Water Music' (Aria)
Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Handel: Water Music: The English Concert, Pinnock.
- Archiv.
- 3.
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J贸n Leifs
Icelandic Folk Dances, Op 11 (No 4)
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.- Bis.
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Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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