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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 familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 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.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Apr 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.
  • George Gershwin

    It Ain't Necessarily So (Porgy And Bess)

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Sandra Rivers. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • Debut.
    • EMI.
    • 18.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony No 1 in E flat, Op 1 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Stravinsky: The Complete Ballets & Symphonies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Alma redemptoris mater

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Armide - Overture

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Septet in E flat major Op.65 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria Rusticana: "Viva la vino spumeggiante"

    Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Singer: Adriane Martino. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana.
    • DG.
    • 20.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne Op.78

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.
    • Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • César Franck

    Symphony in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • PENTATONE.
  • George Walker

    Trombone Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • BIS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Allegretto in C minor D.915

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonata D.845, Wandererfantasie D.760: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Abendempfindung

    Performer: Mathieu Pordoy. Singer: Sabine Devieilhe.
    • Mozart & Strauss: Lieder.
    • ERATO.
    • 24.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 1 in C Minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia no.6 in F major Z.737

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Henry Purcell The Complete Fantazias Fretwork.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets Suite, Op. 32: I. Mars

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Holst: The Planets.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 101.
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana: In Taberna - In taberna quando sumus

    Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Orff: Carmina burana.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Béla Bartók

    Hungarian sketches for orchestra (Sz.97): no.4; Slightly tipsy

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Bartok: Hungarian Connections, Chicago Symmphony Orchestra.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Robert Schumann

    Album for the Young: Vintage Time

    Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • Schumann Project: The Complete Solo Piano Music.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 184.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Drink up, the wine is here! (from The Seasons)

    Orchestra: Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Chór NFM. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn: The Seasons.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 10.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works including Symphony no.3, The Wasps Overture,.
    • HALLE.
    • 7.
  • William Walton

    Set me as a seal upon thine heart

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Walton: Coronation Te Deum: Polyphony/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Stanley Myers

    Cavatina (The Deer Hunter)

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.204

    Performer: Federico Guglielmo. Performer: Esther Crazzolara. Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco. Director: Federico Guglielmo.
    • BRILLIANT.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor, Op 31

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No 2 in B minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 8.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No 1 In D

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1 & 2.
    • DG.
    • 1-3.
  • John Williams

    Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams & Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Brilla nell' alma un non inteso ancor (from Alessandro)

    Performer: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood. Performer: Tom Freeman‐Attwood. Performer: Anna Szalucka. Music Arranger: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood. Music Arranger: Timothy Jones.
    • Handel for Trumpet.
    • Linn Records.
    • 21.
  • Edward Elgar

    There is Sweet Music (4 Part Songs, Op 53)

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • There Is Sweet Music: English Choral Songs, 1890-1950.
    • Collegium.
    • 1.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice in B flat major, Op 1 No 13

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos.
    • Paganini: 24 Capricci: Leonidas Kavacos.
    • Dynamic.
    • 13.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4.
    • Ondine.
    • 203.

Broadcast

  • Fri 5 Apr 2024 09:30

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