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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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  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 2 in D Major, Op 36 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 204.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Moto perpetuo in C major, Op.11

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • Paganini for Two: Gil Shaham/Goran Sollscher.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 22.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33; 2nd mvt Adagio con estro

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.1 in C major BWV.1066 (Overture)

    Ensemble: Sonnerie. Director: Monica Huggett.
    • Avie.
  • Charles Gounod

    Romeo et Juliette (Act 2: L'amour, l'amour... Ah! leve-toi, soleil!)

    Singer: Vittorio Grigolo. Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Evelino Pid貌.
    • Sony.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • MERCURY.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau for piano

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Haydn: The London Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 12.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: III. Andantino

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Bruce: Gumboots - Brahms: Clarinet Quintet.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.
  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik D.547

    Music Arranger: Max Reger. Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra: Von Otter, Quasthoff, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    6 Romances sans paroles Op.76 (Elevation)

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 12.
  • Michael Nyman

    Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds (The Draughtsman's Contract)

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Conductor: Michael Nyman.
    • The Very Best of Michael Nyman - Film Music 1980-2001.
    • Venture.
    • 2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Cello Sonata in F major Op 6; 1st mvt Allegro con brio

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • A Golden Cello Decade.
    • Hyperion.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Decca.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97, 'Rhenish' - 1st movement, Allegro

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3: Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, J盲rvi.
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Song of Proserpine

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 6.
  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Clair de lune (3 Petites pieces)

    Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: H茅l猫ne Couvert.
    • ALPHA.
  • Gustav Holst

    Dance of Spirits of Fire (The Perfect Fool)

    Orchestra: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Dudley Moore

    Beethoven pastiche (theme from Bridge over the River Kwai) from 'An Audience with Dudley Moore'

    Performer: Dudley Moore.
    • An Audience With Dudley Moore.
    • Redbush Entertainment.
    • 1.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Comedians' Galop (The Comedians)

    Orchestra: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian.
    • Kabalevsky: Romeo and Juliet - Suite, The Comedians - Suite, Colas Breugnon - Su.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 12.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet Op.33 no.2 'Joke' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos 1-3.
    • BIS.
    • 204.
  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C Sharp Minor

    Performer: Lang Lang. Music Arranger: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • Memory.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.1`1

    Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players. Director: Nicholas Kraemer.
    • HYPERION.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Sibelius: Violin Concerto.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Ivo Antognini

    Come to me for chorus

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Singer: Helena Paish. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414 (Cpte)

    Conductor: Uri Segal. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.12 & 21 etc.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B Minor 'Path茅tique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Path茅tique".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Trad.

    Wallom Green (From Playford's "The English Dancing Master")

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Terra Mater.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Frank Bridge

    Spring Song (4 Short Pieces)

    Performer: Madeleine Mitchell. Performer: Andrew Ball.
    • Mitchell, Madeleine: Violin Songs.
    • Divine Art.
    • 1201.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Thunder and Lightning, Op 324

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Champagne and Laughter: The Music of Johann Strauss II.
    • EMI.
    • 17.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D major, K 29

    Performer: Ursula D眉tschler.
    • Domenico Scarlatti: Zwolf Cembalosonaten: Ursula Duetschler.
    • Claves.
    • 4.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Symphony no.5 in D major 'L'Allegro ed il Penseroso' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Chandos.

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