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The ideal mix of classical music

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.

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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.

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kommt, ihr T枚chter, helft mir klagen (St Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon. Choir: Ma卯trise de Radio France.
    • JS Bach: Matth盲us-Passion.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    La clemenza di Tito, K621 - Overture

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Serenade in E major Op.22 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 415-364-2.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Premier Piano Trio in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Debussy Sonates & Trio.
    • Erato.
    • 12.
  • Richard Wagner

    Das Rheingold: "Sanft schlo脽 Schlaf dein Aug"

    Lyricist: Richard Wagner. Singer: Walter Kreppel. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Wagner: Das Rheingold.
    • DECCA.
    • 8.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.
    • Chopin: Nocturnes.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: G眉rzenich-Orchester K枚ln. Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko.
    • Shostakovich, D.: Symphonies Nos. 6, 7, 9.
    • Capriccio.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in B flat major, Op.3'1

    Orchestra: Academy For Early Music. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 3.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Introduction and tarantelle Op.43

    Performer: Midori. Performer: Robert Macdonald.
    • SONY.
  • Franz Schubert

    Mondenschein D.875

    Choir: The London Schubert Chorale. Performer: Graham Johnson. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 2 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Humoreske

    Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • French Music for Winds.
    • WARNER.
    • 7.
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Trumpet Concerto in D major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Thomas Klug. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony no.9 in D minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • George Gershwin

    It Ain't Necessarily So (Porgy And Bess)

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Sandra Rivers. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • Debut.
    • EMI.
    • 18.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Abu Hassan (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Kaleidoscope: An Orchestral Extravaganza: Mackerras, LSO.
    • Mercury.
    • 4.
  • George Frideric Handel

    O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Christopher Purves. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Eric Coates

    The Selfish Giant

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Avie.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade Op.31 (Pastoral)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Performer: Richard Watkins. Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings. Conductor: Markus D盲unert.
    • Linn.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wir glauben all en einen Gott (Giant Fugue) BWV.680

    Performer: Simon Preston.
    • J S Bach: The Organ Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Jing-Ping Zhang

    Harvest Celebration

    Music Arranger: Yi-Wen Jiang. Ensemble: The Shanghai Quartet.
    • China Song.
    • Delos.
    • 601.
  • Henry Purcell

    Dido & Aeneas: Overture

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • OISEAU LYRE.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Gershwin, Saint-Daens, Ravel: Benjamin Grosvenor, RLPO, James Judd.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos.
    • DG.
    • 4.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Bourr茅e fantasque

    Performer: Alain Plan猫s.
    • Chabrier: Piano Works.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 11.
  • Edward Elgar

    La capricieuse, Op.17

    Orchestrator: S酶ren Barfoed. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto: Sol Gambetta.
    • RCA.
    • 7.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Cringlemire Garden - an impression for string orchestra

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 06.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Quartet No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Korngold: The String Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Salvator mundi 1

    Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Tallis: Spem in alium & other choral works: Winchester Cathedral Choir.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Richard Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op.28

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Andris Nelsons conducts Richard Strauss.
    • Orfeo.
    • 11.

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