Celebrating classical greats
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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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride (Overture)
Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.- harmonia mundi.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Perahia Plays Chopin.
- Sony Classical.
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Benjamin Britten
Courtly Dances (Gloriana - symphonic suite Op.53a)
Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.- Prospero.
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William Byrd
Emendemus in melius for 5 voices
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- The Deer's Cry.
- CORO.
- 4.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 60 in C major, 'Il Distratto' (5th & 6th mvts)
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Alpha.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Danse macabre vers. for violin and piano
Performer: Laurent Korcia. Performer: Michael Wendeberg.- Laurent Korcia: Cinema.
- Warner Classics.
- 119.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Trumpet Concerto in D Major TWV.51:D7
Performer: Niklas Eklund. Ensemble: Drottningholms Barockensemble. Conductor: Nils鈥怑rik Sparf.- Baroque Trumpet (The Art Of The), Vol. 1.
- Naxos.
- 1-4.
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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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Reynaldo Hahn
Quand la nuit n'est pas 茅toil茅e
Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Susan Graham.- Reynaldo Hahn: La Belle Epoque: Graham/Vignoles.
- Sony Classical.
- 013.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
3 Symphonic Dances Op.45 (no.2)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances.
- BR-Klassik.
- 6.
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Henry Purcell
Suite in G major Z.770
Ensemble: London Baroque.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble.- Schumann: Piano Quintet/Quartet: The Schubert Ensemble.
- ASV.
- 4.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in E minor, RV 484
Performer: Klaus Thunemann. Orchestra: I Musici.- Philips.
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Henry Purcell
When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas)
Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Elizabeth Kenny. Director: Steven Devine.- Purcell: Dido and Aeneas.
- Chandos.
- 30.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op 129, 'Rage Over a Lost Penny'
Performer: Alexis Weissenberg.- EMI.
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Leroy Anderson
Forgotten Dreams
Orchestra: 91热爆 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- NAXOS.
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Jacques Ibert
Divertissement
Conductor: Jean Martinon. Orchestra: Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris.- Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux D'Enfants - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, M.
- Decca.
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Astor Piazzolla
Libertango
Music Arranger: Luis Bacalov. Performer: Luis Bacalov. Performer: H茅ctor Ulises Passarella. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.- Bacalov: Misa Tango: Domingo, Martinez, Bacalov, Chung.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in C major for piano duet, K 521 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Christoph Eschenbach. Performer: Justus Frantz.- Mozart: Music for Piano Duet: Justus Frantz, Christoph Eschenbach.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 7.
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Cecilia Tyrrell
Wayfarer
Orchestra: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jack Sheen. -
Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
Chaconne des Scaramouches (Le bourgeois gentilhomme)
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'Orchestre Du Roi Soleil: Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Sa.
- Alia Vox.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Serenade for Wind
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Philips.
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Charles Gounod
Meditation on Bach's first prelude, 'Ave Maria'
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
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Traditional English
The Taylor and the Mouse
Singer: Malena Ernman. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- ERATO.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Solent
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- The Solent.
- Albion.
- 2.
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George Frideric Handel
Trio sonata in G minor HWV.393 'Dresden no.2' (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Convivium.- Handel, Trio Sonatas for Oboe and Violin: Convivium.
- Hyperion.
- 24.
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Johann Strauss II
Wiener Blut - waltz Op.354
Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Jack Rothstein. Conductor: Jack Rothstein.- By The Beautiful Blue Danube: The Johann Strauss Orchestra.
- Chandos.
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