
A feast of great 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.
0930 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.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
The Ruins of Athens Op.113 (Overture)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Beethoven: Overturen - Weiner Philharmoniker/Claudio Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
- 3.
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George Frideric Handel
Zadok the priest HWV.258
Ensemble: Apollo's Singers. Orchestra: Apollo’s Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.- Handel: Dixit Dominus, Zadok the Priest, Ode for Queen Anne: Apollo's Fire, Sorr.
- Avie.
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Kurt Weill
September Song
Music Arranger: Paul Bateman. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jacques Ammon. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.- Daniel Hope For Seasons.
- DG.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A Major K.581 (1st mvt)
Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.- Mozart & Weber Quintets.
- SIGNUM CLASSICS.
- 5.
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Edvard Grieg
4 Norwegian Dances Op.35 (no.3)
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.- CHANDOS : CHAN-9028.
- CHANDOS.
- 3.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
The place where the rainbow ends (Magnolia Suite)
Performer: Clipper Erickson.- My Cup Runneth Over.
- NAVONA.
- 5.
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Doreen Carwithen
Suffolk Morris: Ritmico (Suffolk Suite)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Carwithen: Orchestral Music.
- Chandos.
- 008.
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Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari
Idillo-concertino in A major, Op.15 (4th mvt)
Performer: Andrea Tenaglia. Orchestra: Orchestra sinfonica di Roma. Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia.- Complete Wind Concertos.
- Naxos.
- 4.
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Franz Schubert
Fantasia for Piano Four Hands in F Minor, D. 940
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Sergio Tiempo.- AVANTI.
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Astor Piazzolla
María de Buenos Aires (Fuga y Misterio)
Performer: Bjarke Mogensen. Ensemble: Storstrøms Kammerensemble.- Album for Astor.
- OUR Recordings.
- 106.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op 96, 'American' (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Richard Strauss
Four Last Songs - 2. September
Performer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Decca.
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Frédéric Chopin
Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op 63 No 3
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Chopin: Late Masterpieces, Stephen Hough.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F major BWV.1047
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- J.S.Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3: Reinhard Goebel.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Richard Wagner
Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt.- Warner Classics.
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Roger Quilter
Fairy Frolic (Where the Rainbow Ends)
Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.- English Miniatures: Hickox.
- EMI Classics.
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Harold Arlen
Over the Rainbow
Music Arranger: Keith Jarrett. Performer: Keith Jarrett.- ECM.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 - II. Allegro scherzando
Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.- harmonia mundi.
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Alfred Schnittke
Choir Concerto (4th mvt, 'Complete this work which I began')
Choir: Danish Radio Choir. Conductor: Stefan Parkman.- Schnittke: Minnesang/Choir Cto.
- CHANDOS.
- 5.
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Anna Clyne
Masquerade
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Anna Clyne: Mythologies.
- Avie.
- 1.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in C major, RV 194
Performer: Boris Begelman. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- ï.
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José White Lafitte
La Bella Cubana (Arr. for Solo Winds and Orchestra by Jorge Aragón)
Performer: Sarah Willis. Conductor: José Antonio Méndez Padrón. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra.- ALPHA.
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Cécile Chaminade
Pêcheurs de nuit, Op 127 No 4
Performer: Peter Jacobs.- Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
- Helios.
- 17.
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Benjamin Britten
Courtly Dances (Gloriana)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Benjamin Britten: Works for Orchestra.
- CHANDOS.
- 3.
Broadcast
- Fri 8 Sep 2023 09:00ѿý Radio 3