
Great classical music for your morning
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.
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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Emmanuel Chabrier
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Ensemble: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.- Musicales Actes Sud.
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Johann Pachelbel
Canon in D major
Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.- Atma Classique.
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Kerensa Briggs
Media Vita
Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- SIGNUM.
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Carl Nielsen
Symphony No 2, Op 16, 'The Four Temperaments' (4th mvt, Allegro sanguineo)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.- Nielsen: Complete Symphonies.
- Chandos.
- 8.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in B flat, Op 130 (5th mvmt, Cavatina)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- ECM.
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Amy Beach
Bal Masqué
Orchestra: Moravská filharmonie Olomouc. Conductor: Hector Valdivia.- CENTAUR.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso in F major, Op 6 No 12
Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Archiv.
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Franz Schubert
An die Musik
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.- An die Musik.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 15.
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Helena Munktell
Suite for large orchestra (Finale)
Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.- Sterling.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn quintet in E flat major, K 407 (2nd mvt, Andante)
Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: Zemlinsky Quartet.- Berlin Classics.
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Louis Ballard
The Four Moons (Finale: Pas de quatre)
Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.- Ballard: Devil's Promenade, Fantasy Aborigine No. 3, The Four Moons & Scenes fro.
- Naxos.
- 110.
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Barbara Strozzi
Che si puo fare
Performer: Leonardo García Alarcón. Performer: Mariana Flores. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea.- Ambronay.
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Amy Beach
Bal Masqué
Orchestra: Moravská filharmonie Olomouc. Conductor: Hector Valdivia.- CENTAUR.
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Charles Gounod
Petite symphonie in B flat major (3rd mvt, Scherzo)
Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Gounod/Bizet: Symphony no.1/L'Arlesienne: St Paul Chamber Orch/Hogwood.
- Decca.
- 7.
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Phyllis Tate
London Fields (Suite)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Lyrita.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
November (In the Troika), from The Seasons
Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.- harmonia mundi.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no.6 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 6.
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Amy Beach
Bal Masqué
Orchestra: Moravská filharmonie Olomouc. Conductor: Hector Valdivia.- CENTAUR.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Masks (Romeo and Juliet - suite no.1 Op.64a)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.- Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Excerpts from Suites No.1-3.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 7.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera (Saper vorreste - Oscar's aria)
Singer: Reri Grist. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.- Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera.
- Warner Classics.
- 25.
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François Couperin
Les Baricades Mistérieuses (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no.6)
Performer: Davitt Moroney.- Couperin / Les Idées Heureuses.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 10.
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Jocelyn Pook
Masked Ball (Eyes Wide Shut)
Performer: Jocelyn Pook.- WARNER.
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Roger Sessions
Dance (The Black Maskers)
Orchestra: Juilliard Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Zukofsky.- Works by Schuman, Copland, Sessions.
- New World Records.
- 3.
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Johann Strauss II
J. Strauss II: Act 2: "Klänge der Heimat"
Lyricist: Karl Haffner. Lyricist: Richard Genée. Lyricist: Henri Meilhac. Lyricist: Ludovic Halévy. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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Josephine Lang
Arabesque
Performer: Ian Tindale. -
Anonymous 15th Century
Pulcherrima rosa
Performer: Jan Garbarek. Music Arranger: Jan Garbarek. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.- Officium.
- ECM.
- 7.
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Gustav Holst
Suite in E flat major for military band (1st mvmt, Chaconne)
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.- British Wind Band Classics.
- Chandos.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 100 in G major, 'Military' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Brüggen.- Decca 478 9604.
- Decca.
- 8.
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Irene Britton Smith
Violin Sonata (2nd mvmt, Andante con sentimento)
Performer: Dawn Wohn. Performer: Emely Phelps.- DELOS.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710: "Scenderò, volerò, griderò"
Singer: Lea Desandre. Ensemble: Jupiter. Director: Thomas Dunford.- Amazone.
- Warner Classics.
- 25.
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Richard Strauss
Don Juan Op.20
Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- REFERENCE RECORDINGS.
Broadcast
- Fri 17 Nov 2023 09:00ѿý Radio 3