
Georgia Mann
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
0915 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1100 Essential Five – the last of our picks this week of the best music written by Shostakovich.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Juan de Araujo
Los coflades de la estleya
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- New World Symphonies - Baroque Music from L:atin America: Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey S.
- Hyperion.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No 1 in B flat major, K 207 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Vilde Frang. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.- Warner.
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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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Antonín Dvořák
Piano Quintet no.2 in A major Op.81 (4th mvt)
Performer: Stefan Vladar. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.- Dvorak: Quatuor Op.95 'Americain'.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Jennifer Higdon
Harp Concerto (Lullaby)
Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare. Conductor: Ward Stare.- American Rapture.
- Azica.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
La Cupis (Pieces de clavecin en concerts - concert no.5)
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- Debussy/Rameau.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 20.
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Traditional Irish
Innesheer; Ships in Full Sail; I Saw Three Ships; New Christmas Reel
Music Arranger: Kathie Stewart. Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.- AVIE.
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Maurice Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales arr for orchestra
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
- EMI Classics.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor Op.25 (4th mvt)
Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Jaime Laredo. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.- Brahms: Piano Quartets Opp. 25, 26 & 60: Ax/Stern/Laredo/Ma.
- Sony Classical.
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Francisco Tárrega
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.- The Guitar: Milos Karadaglic.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Misha Mullov-Abbado
The Linden Tree
Singer: Héloïse Werner. Ensemble: The Hermes Experiment.- Here We Are.
- Delphian.
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Lorenzo Allegri
Canario
Orchestra: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
- Virgin Classics.
- 16.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E minor, Op 44 No 2 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- Erato.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in C major BWV.846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier - Bk.1)
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Robert Parsons
Ave Maria à 5
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.- Treasures of Tudor England: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
- Coro.
- 1.
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Franz Schubert
Ellens Gesang 3, D 839 (Ave Maria)
Performer: Geoffrey Parsons. Singer: Barbara Bonney.- Schubert: Lieder: Barbara Bonney, Geoffrey Parsons.
- Teldec.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in F minor BWV 881, from Well-tempered Clavier, Book 2
Music Arranger: Jacques Loussier. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.- Universal Music Jazz.
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Francesco Manfredini
Concerto Grosso in C Major Op.3`12 'per il santissimo natale' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.- Per la notte di Natale: Italian Christmas Concertos.
- Naxos.
- 401.
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Stephanie Spragg
Love came down at Christmas
Music Arranger: Ken Burton. Choir: ѿý Singers. Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam. Conductor: Owain Park. -
Michele Turney
Love came down at Christmas
Music Arranger: Ken Burton. Choir: ѿý Singers. Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam. Conductor: Owain Park. -
Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- DG.
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Charles‐Marie Widor
Piano Quintet in D minor Op.7 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: I Giardini.- ALPHA.
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Thomas Adès
Powder Her Face - suite
Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- Ades: Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies.
- EMI.
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Philip Stopford
Lullay, My Liking
Choir: Belfast Cathedral Choir. Director: Matthew Owens.- Resonus Classics.
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Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, Op.11 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.- DECCA.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Lute Concerto in D RV.93
Performer: Thomas Dunford. Ensemble: Jupiter. Ensemble: Jupiter.- ALPHA.
Broadcast
- Fri 17 Dec 2021 09:00ѿý Radio 3