
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
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Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo
Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- DG.
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George Gershwin
It Ain't Necessarily So (Porgy And Bess)
Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Sandra Rivers. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.- Debut.
- EMI.
- 18.
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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.
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Cecilia McDowall
Alma redemptoris mater
Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Hyperion.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Armide - Overture
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- ARCHIV.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Septet in E flat major Op.65 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Hyperion.
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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.
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Gabriel Fauré
Sicilienne Op.78
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.- Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
- EMI Classics.
- 6.
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César Franck
Symphony in D minor (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Marek Janowski.- PENTATONE.
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George Walker
Trombone Concerto (3rd mvt)
Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.- BIS.
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Franz Schubert
Allegretto in C minor D.915
Performer: Paul Lewis.- Schubert: Piano Sonata D.845, Wandererfantasie D.760: Paul Lewis.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 11.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Abendempfindung
Performer: Mathieu Pordoy. Singer: Sabine Devieilhe.- Mozart & Strauss: Lieder.
- ERATO.
- 24.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No 1 in C Minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Brahms: The Symphonies.
- DECCA.
- 4.
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Henry Purcell
Fantazia no.6 in F major Z.737
Ensemble: Fretwork.- Henry Purcell The Complete Fantazias Fretwork.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 6.
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Gustav Holst
The Planets Suite, Op. 32: I. Mars
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.- Holst: The Planets.
- London Philharmonic Orchestra.
- 101.
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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.
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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.
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Robert Schumann
Album for the Young: Vintage Time
Performer: Eric Le Sage.- Schumann Project: The Complete Solo Piano Music.
- Alpha Classics.
- 184.
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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.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Wasps (Overture)
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.- Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works including Symphony no.3, The Wasps Overture,.
- HALLE.
- 7.
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William Walton
Set me as a seal upon thine heart
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Walton: Coronation Te Deum: Polyphony/Layton.
- Hyperion.
- 5.
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Stanley Myers
Cavatina (The Deer Hunter)
Performer: John Williams.- Sony.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in D major RV.204
Performer: Federico Guglielmo. Performer: Esther Crazzolara. Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco. Director: Federico Guglielmo.- BRILLIANT.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Niccolò Paganini
Caprice in B flat major, Op 1 No 13
Performer: Leonidas Kavakos.- Paganini: 24 Capricci: Leonidas Kavacos.
- Dynamic.
- 13.
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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.
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