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Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
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.
1230 Album of the Week
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Maurice Ravel
Menuet antique
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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George Frideric Handel
Air and variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Suite in E major, HWV 430)
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Sony.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV.537
Orchestrator: Edward Elgar. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- Elgar: A Self Portrait: Halle, Elder.
- Halle.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in G major, Op 1 No 2 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Vienna Piano Trio.- Beethoven: Piano Trios Op.1, Nos. 2 and 3.
- Nimbus Records.
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Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
The Enchanted Lake, Op.62
Orchestra: G眉rzenich-Orchester K枚ln. Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko.- Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov & Lyadov: Works.
- Oehms Classics.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Classical Hits: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Laetatus sum
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Dag Wir茅n
Marcia (Serenade in C major, Op 11)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Marriner.
- Decca.
- 15.
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Robert Schumann
My Rose (Op 90, No 2)
Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Performer: Anna Tilbrook.- A Gardener's World - Flowers in Song.
- Rubicon.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Romance in F minor Op.11
Performer: Thomas Zehetmair. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- The Teldec Recordings: Thomas Zehetmair.
- Teldec.
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Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
The Enchanted lake [Volshebnoye ozero] - symphonic poem Op.62
Orchestra: G眉rzenich-Orchester K枚ln. Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko. -
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Thomas Ad猫s
Les amusements (3 Studies from Couperin)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.- Ades: Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies.
- EMI.
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Henry Purcell
Fantazia No 6 in F major
Ensemble: Fretwork.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Op.80
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Brahms: The Symphonies.
- Decca.
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Jacques Ibert
3 Pieces breves
Performer: Les Vents Fran莽ais.- Warner Classics.
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Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
The Enchanted lake [Volshebnoye ozero] - symphonic poem Op.62
Orchestra: G眉rzenich-Orchester K枚ln. Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko. -
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Michael Tippett
The Rose Lake: XI. The Lake Sings Itself to Sleep; XII Calm
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Tippett: The Rose Lake & The Vision of St. Augustine.
- Catalyst.
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Franz Liszt
Au lac de Wallenstadt (Ann茅es de p猫lerinage, 1er ann茅e Suisse)
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Philips.
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Ola Gjeilo
The Lake Isle
Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Ola Gjeilo. Performer: Kristian Kvalvaag. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Ciaran McCabe. Performer: Jon Thorne. Performer: Matthew Sharp.- Decca.
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Witold Lutos艂awski
Variations on a theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra
Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS.
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Niccol貌 Paganini
Caprice in C major, Op 1 No 11
Performer: Julia Fischer.- Paganini, 24 Caprices: Julia Fischer.
- Decca.
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William Walton
Death of Falstaff; Touch her soft lips (Henry V)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Vaughan Williams, Walton, Delius, Zukerman, Black, ECO, Barneboim.
- Deustche Grammophon.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Cello Sonata No 2 in D major, Op 58 (1st mvt)
Performer: Richard Lester. Performer: Susan Tomes.- Mendelssohn: Complete music for cello and piano: Lester/Tomes.
- Hyperion.
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
Dances of Galanta
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Philips.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV.118 'O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht'
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 106; 118/231; 198.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in C minor, Op 25 No 12
Performer: Ronald Smith.- Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25: Ronald Smith.
- Nimbus.
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Ruth Gipps
Coronation Procession
Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no.38 in D major K.504 'Prague' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 36, 38, 40, 41.
- Supraphon.
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Duarte L么bo
Audivi vocem
Ensemble: The Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.- DELPHIAN.
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脡mile Waldteufel
Les Patineurs, Op 183
Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- European light music classics: New London Orchestra/Corp.
- Hyperion.
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