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The very best of classical music

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 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

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Music Played

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Christmas Overture (The Forest of Wild Thyme Op.74)

    Music Arranger: Sydney Baynes. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • The Night Before Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33: I. Allegro non troppo

    Performer: Bruno Philippe. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Franck, Faur茅 & Poulenc.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 106.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4

    Performer: Alessio Bax.
    • Rachmaninov: Preludes & Melodies: Bax.
    • Signum.
    • 4.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat major, RV.253 'La Tempesta di Mare'

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: Il Cimento dell'armonia e dell'Inventione.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 13-15.

  • Traditional Irish

    The Wexford Carol

    Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Carducci Classics.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.
    • Music of Manuel De Falla: Simon Bolivar Symophony Orchestra, Mata, Senn.
    • Dorian.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Orchestra: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.

  • SENIOR Carol 1 - Andrew Collier

    Polaris

    Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.10 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Dvorak - Complete Symphonies and Concertos.
    • DECCA.
    • 001.

  • Carl Orff

    Street Song (Schulwerk)

    Composer: Gunild Keetman. Ensemble: T枚lzer Knabenchor.
    • Musica Poetica 鈥� Orff Schulwerk.
    • RCA.
    • 14.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248 - Grosser Herr und starker Konig [aria]

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: Wiener Concert-Verein.
    • Berlin.

  • Thomas Weelkes

    To Shorten Winter's Sadness

    Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Performer: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. Performer: Owain Park.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op.26

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Re-invention No. 1 For Descant Recorder

    Performer: Genevieve Lacey. Ensemble: Flinders Quartet.
    • Reinventions.
    • ABC.
    • 1.

  • Ahti Sonninen

    Rauhaa, vain rauhaa (Peace, only peace)

    Composer: Jarkko Kiiski. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Christmas Music From Finland.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.3 in E flat major, Op.55 'Eroica' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
    • 8.

  • Jelly Roll Morton

    Billy Goat Stomp

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Stardust.
    • 15.

  • Peter Warlock

    Pieds en l'air (Capriol suite)

    Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Danny Davis and The Nashville Brass

    Ring of Fire

    • Movin' On.
    • RCA/Legacy.
    • 11.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Bonfire (Winter Bonfire Op.122)

    Narrator: Gabriel Prokofiev. Narrator: Oleg Prokofiev. Singer: Penelope Walmsley-Clark. Ensemble: Finchley Childrens Music Group. Performer: David Juritz. Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Prokofiev: Music for Children: New London Orchestra/Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • Magnet

    Lullaby (from The Wicker Man)

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (Finale)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Frederick Delius

    Sleigh Ride (Winter Night)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Delius in Norway.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    The Arts and the Hours

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • The Arts and the Hours (Arr. for Guitar by Michael Lewin).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Camille P茅pin

    Avant les clart茅s de l'aurore

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Ben Glassberg.
    • Les Eaux c茅lestes.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 108.

  • SENIOR Carol 2 - Richard Mack

    Polaris

    Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata No 39 in D major, H XVI 24 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Haydn Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    2 Christmas Lullabies: No. 2, Quiet Night

    Singer: Ieva Ezeriete. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.
    • Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing.
    • Ondine.
    • 15.

  • Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Lezghinka (Caucasian sketches - suite no.2 'Iveria')

    Orchestra: Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian.
    • Ippolitov-Ivanov: Mtsiri; Armenian Rhapsody; Caucasian Sketches -Suite no.2.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 4.

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Gigue in D major for three violins and continuo

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major, K 595 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 20, K466 & 27, K595; Mitsuko Uchida, The Cleveland Orche.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

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