
The very best of classical 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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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Overture)
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: René Jacobs.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.- The Mystery of Christmas.
- harmonia mundi.
- 19.
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Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
Trio Sonata in G Minor (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot. Conductor: Johannes Pramsohler.- J.G. Goldberg & W.F. Bach: Trio Sonatas.
- Audax Records.
- 114.
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Frédéric Chopin
2 Nocturnes Op.27 (no.2 in D flat major)
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Chopin: Nocturnes: Daniel Barenboim.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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Edward Elgar
Carissima
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Elgar: The longed for light: ѿý Concert Orchestra/John Wilson.
- Somm.
- 5.
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Henriette Renié
Danse des Lutins
Performer: Judy Loman.- Harp Showpieces.
- Naxos.
- 009.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano Quintet in G minor Op.1 (4th mvt)
Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Azica.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Zaïs (Prologue: Overture)
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.- Rameau: Overtures: Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
- 3.
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Minna Keal
Ballade
Performer: Alexander Baillie. Performer: Martina Baillie.- Minna Keal: Cello Concerto & Ballade.
- NMC Recordings.
- 4.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in C major Kk.251
Music Arranger: Sérgio Assad. Performer: Odair Assad. Performer: Sérgio Assad.- Nonesuch.
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Gioachino Rossini
Introduction, Theme and Variations
Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Philharmonia Zürich. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.- A Night at the Opera: Sabine Meyer.
- EMI Classics.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
I Love You (The Queen Of Spades)
Singer: Pavel Lisitsian. Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra.- The Best Of Russian Opera and More.
- Prism Leisure Ltd.
- 9.
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Leonard Bernstein
3 Dance episodes from 'On the town'
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Sony.
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Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56
Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.- Bartok: Cedric Tiberghien.
- Hyperion.
- 1-6.
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Peter Warlock
Capriol Suite
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.- English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
- Warner Apex.
- 7.
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Antonio Bazzini
La ronde des lutins Op.25
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: David Garvey.- Perlman: Violin Sonatas reDISCOVERED.
- BMG Classics.
- 18.
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Claude Debussy
La danse de Puck (Preludes, Book 1)
Performer: Zoltán Kocsis.- Debussy: Preludes Books I & II: Zoltan Kocsis.
- Philips.
- 11.
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Florence Price
Elfentanz
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- From Brighton to Brooklyn.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
Ceffylau [Horses]
- ARC.
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John Tavener
Mother of God, Here I Stand (The Veil of the Temple)
Choir: VOCES8.- LUX/Voces 8.
- Decca.
- 5.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G minor RV.157 (1st mvt)
Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Orchestra: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.- Handel goes Wild.
- Warner Classics.
- 4.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.55 'Eroica' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Verbier Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Henry Purcell
O solitude, my sweetest choice Z.406
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Fretwork.- If.
- Signum Classics.
- 015.
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Caroline Shaw
Plan & Elevation (The Orangery)
Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.- Orange.
- Nonesuch.
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Giuseppe Torelli
Trumpet concerto in D major
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
- EMI Classics.
- 7.
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Antonín Dvořák
Piano Trio in F minor Op.65 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.- Philips.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride (Overture)
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Darrell Ang.- Smetana: Triumphal Symphony & Overture and Dances from The Bartered Bride.
- Naxos.
- 5.
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- Tue 21 Nov 2023 09:00ѿý Radio 3