
The best classical morning music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.
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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Dmitry Shostakovich
The Gadfly Suite Op.97a (Galop)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Shostakovich: Film Music Vol.2: ѿý Philharmonic/Sinaisky.
- Chandos.
- 11.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto no.21 in C major K.467 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Maria João Pires. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DGG.
- 5.
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Edvard Grieg
In Autumn (Overture)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Rebecca Clarke
Daybreak
Performer: Florence Cooke. Performer: Louise Craigie. Performer: Andrew Griffiths. Performer: James Hopkins. Singer: Alexandra Kidgell.- Clarke: Choral Music.
- ASV.
- 7.
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Sinfonia for strings in G minor
Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.- Venice by Night.
- Avie.
- 5-7.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
The Witching Hour (Spectres in the Forest)
Orchestra: Australian World Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Briger.- ABC CLASSICS.
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Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 72 No 2
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- DECCA.
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Franz Schubert
Moments musicaux D.780 (no.4 in C sharp minor)
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.- Schubert: Moments musicaux: Kovacevich.
- EMI Classics.
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Suor Leonora d'Este
Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas
Ensemble: Musica Secreta. Choir: Celestial Sirens. Director: Laurie Stras. Director: Deborah Roberts.- OBSIDIAN.
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Jean Françaix
Wind Quintet no.1 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Quintette à vent français.- The Flute Master.
- Warner Classics.
- 18.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty (Rose Adagio)
Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Lazarev.- Tchaikovsky Essentials.
- Warner Classics International.
- 27.
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George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in B flat major Op.4 no.2 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Director: Ottavio Dantone.- Handel: Organ Concertos, Op.4.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
- 6.
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Wilhelm Stenhammar
Florez och Blanzeflor
Singer: Bo Skovhus. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Schønwandt.- Scandinavian Songs.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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Gioachino Rossini
Il Signor Bruschino (Overture)
Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
- Decca.
- 2.
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Florence Price
Ethiopia's Shadow in America
Orchestra: New York Youth Symphony. Conductor: Michael Repper.- AVIE.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Les Paladins (Entrée des pèlerins)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.- Rameau: Suite Les Paladins: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Leonhardt.
- Philips.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Hexenlied [Witches' Song] (12 Songs Op.8)
Singer: Nicholas Phan. Performer: Myra Huang.- Gods & Monsters.
- AVIE Records.
- 13.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Baba Yaga (Pictures at an Exhibition)
Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.- ONYX.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Witches' Chorus (Macbeth)
Choir: Chorus of Welsh National Opera. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Richard Armstrong.- Verdi Choruses.
- EMI.
- 006.
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Igor Stravinsky
Infernal Dance (The Firebird - Suite)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Channel Classics.
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Franz Schubert
Erlkönig D.328
Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Performer: Gerald Moore.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Doreen Carwithen
Framlingham Castle (Suffolk Suite)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Variation 25)
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 26.
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Giacomo Puccini
E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni.- Il Tenore.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 6.
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Joseph Haydn
Baryton Trio in D major H.11.97 (7th mvt)
Ensemble: Netherlands Baryton Trio.- ETCETERA.
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Augusta Holmès
Night and Love (Ludus pro Patria)
Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider.- Bru Zane.
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Leos Janáček
Sinfonietta
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Janácek : Sinfonietta; Ballad of Blanek; Fiddler's Child; Taras Bulba.
- Fazer Records/Finlandia.
- 1-5.
Broadcast
- Tue 31 Oct 2023 09:00ѿý Radio 3