
Great classical music for your morning
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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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty Op.66 (Waltz)
Music Arranger: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Tchaikovsky, P.I.: Sleeping Beauty (The) / Moscow / 1812 Festival Overture / Voy.
- Delos.
- 4.
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Claude Debussy
Passepied (Suite bergamasque)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.3: Bavouzet.
- Chandos.
- 5.
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Anonymous
Ninna nanna
Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
- Virgin Classics.
- 2.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet in D minor Op.34 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Prague String Quartet.- Dvorák: The String Quartets.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 37.
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William James
An Australian Christmas
Orchestra: Sellers Engineering Band. Conductor: Phillip McCann.- A Christmas Celebration.
- Chandos.
- 4.
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Ernest John Moeran
In the Mountain Country
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Moeran: In the Mountain Country.
- Naxos.
- 2.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Gondoliers (Overture)
Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.- Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
- TER.
- 9.
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Amilcare Ponchielli
The Meeting
Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Ernst Ottensamer. Ensemble: Wiener Virtuosen.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Trad.
In dulci jubilo
Music Arranger: Robert Lucas Pearsall. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O’Donnell.- Adeste Fideles: Christmas music from Westminster Cathedral.
- Hyperion.
- 10.
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Sir Stephen Hough
Radetzky Waltz [after Johann Strauss I]
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
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William Grant Still
Lyric Quartet (The Jovial One)
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Uncovered, Vol 3.
- Azica.
- 6.
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Gabriel Fauré
Masques et bergamasques
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Chandos.
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Caroline Shaw
The Children's Eye
Performer: Ciara Hendrick. Choir: ѿý Singers. Director: Sofi Jeannin.- ѿý recording.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade no.2 in A major Op.16 (5th mvt)
Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jaime Martín.- Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1 & 2.
- Ondine.
- 13.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Winter Fairy (Cinderella)
Performer: Alexander Sitkovetsky. Performer: Olga Sitkovetsky.- Sasha Plays Romantic Russian Rarities.
- Angel Records.
- 5.
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Richard Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64: XII. Auf dem Gipfel
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Strauss: Alpine Symphony, Die Frau ohne Schatten & Dance of the Seven Veils.
- London Philharmonic Orchestra.
- 113.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Lift thine eyes (Elijah)
Singer: Renée Fleming. Singer: Libby Crabtree. Singer: Patricia Bardon. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- Decca.
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Alun Hoddinott
Investiture Dances Op.66 (no.2)
Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.- Elgar, E.: Symphony No. 2 / Hoddinott, A.: Investiture Dances.
- Divine Art.
- 202.
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Edward Elgar
Bavarian Dance No 1
Performer: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Performer: James Judd.- Elgar - Orchestral Minatures.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Richard Rodgers
Climb ev'ry mountain (The Sound of Music)
Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Christine Brewer. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.- Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 20.
- Chandos.
- 14.
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Maria Theresia von Paradis
Sicilienne
Music Arranger: Samuel Dushkin. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- BIS.
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Trad.
Zither Carol
Music Arranger: Malcolm Sargent. Choir: ѿý Singers.- James Galway's Christmas Carol.
- RCA Red Seal.
- 6.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto no.22 in E flat major K.482 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jonathan Bliss. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 21 & 22.
- Warner Classics.
- 6.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D Minor Kk.32
Music Arranger: Michael Lewin. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.- Baroque.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Philip Glass
Dance 8
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble.- Sony Classical.
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Sigur Rós
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Performer: Stephanie Gonley. Ensemble: The Dmitri Ensemble. Conductor: Graham Ross.- Ice Land: The Eternal Music.
- harmonia mundi.
- 18.
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Terje Isungset
Silent Coldness
Performer: Terje Isungset.- Ice Concerts (Icemusic).
- All Ice Records.
- 13.
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José Pacheco
Moita festa
Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra.- Midwinter's Eve: Music for Christmas.
- Sony.
- 12.
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Erno Dohnanyi
Pastorale
Performer: Martin Roscoe.- Hyperion.
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Franz Lehár
Gold and Silver - Waltz Op.79
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Vienna Soiree: Gardiner/Vienna PO.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
Broadcast
- Mon 11 Dec 2023 09:00ѿý Radio 3