
Great classical music for your morning
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.
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.
1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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Gustav Holst
St Paul's Suite: Jig
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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George Gershwin
Girl Crazy (Overture)
Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue & Popular Orchestral Works.
- Sony Classical.
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Hieronymus Praetorius
Tulerunt Dominum meum (Cantiones sacrae de praecipuis festis totius anni)
Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.- Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets.
- harmonia mundi.
- 105.
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George Enescu
Romanian rhapsody no. 1, Op.11`1
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.- Liszt And Enesco Rhapsodies.
- MERCURY.
- 1.
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Percy Grainger
Handel in the Strand
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.- Grainger: Solo Piano Music: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
- Hyperion.
- 13.
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Karl Goldmark
Symphony No 1 in E flat "Rustic Wedding Symphony": V. Dance
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony - Hindemith: Symphony in E-Flat Major.
- Sony Classical.
- 5.
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Antonio Salieri
La Scuola de' gelosi: Sinfonia
Ensemble: l’arte del mondo. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.- ONYX.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia no.10 in E major TWV.40:35 (1st mvt)
Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.- GLOSSA.
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Alexander Scriabin
24 Preludes Op.11 (no.21 in B flat major)
Performer: Julius Asal.- Scriabin – Scarlatti: Singles (Pt. 1).
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 2.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Scherzo (Souvenir d'un lieu cher)
Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- DECCA.
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Francisco Tárrega
Lagrima (Preludes)
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.- Milos - The Guitar.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 004.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice: "Che farò senza Euridice"
Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Orchestra: Il Giardino d'Amore. Conductor: Stefan Plewniak.- Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30.
- ERATO.
- 22.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Scherzo in D minor
Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Dances from Aleko & Scherzo in D Minor.
- Telarc.
- 5.
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Franz Liszt
Benedetto sia il giorno (Petrarch Sonnets)
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Barenboim, Live at the Scala, Liszt.
- Warner Classics and Jazz.
- 1.
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Johann Christian Schickhardt
Concerto in C major for four recorders, Op.19`1 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Sirena Recorder Quartet. Performer: Mogens Rasmussen. Performer: Fredrik Bock. Performer: Leif Meyer.- Baroque - Sirena Recorder Quartet/Dan Laurin.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Richard Wagner
Tannhauser: Overture
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- EMI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata, adagio and fugue in C major BWV.564 (Fugue)
Performer: Peter Hurford.- J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
- HMV Classics.
- 16.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.- Leonard Bernstein Conducts Dvorák and Smetana ((Remastered)).
- Sony Classical.
- 7.
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George Frideric Handel
"Happy we!" (Acis & Galatea)
Singer: Sophie Daneman. Singer: Paul Agnew. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.- ERATO.
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Michael Tippett
Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage (conclusion)
Choir: ѿý Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- WARNER APEX.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Performer: Scott Long. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.- Telarc.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Voi che sapete (The Marriage of Figaro)
Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Orchestra: Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: György Fischer.- Mozart: Arias, Cecilia Bartoli.
- Decca.
- 2.
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Harry Burleigh
Southland sketches (Nos 3 & 4) arr. for wind quintet
Performer: Calefax Reed Quintet. Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis.- An American Rhapsody.
- Pentatone.
- 6-7.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Piano Concerto No 5 'Egyptian' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.- Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3-5.
- BIS.
- 303.
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Cecilia McDowall
The Lord is good for 2 sopranos and chorus
Singer: Susanna Fairbairn. Singer: Miranda Laurence. Choir: Sospiri. Conductor: Christopher Watson.- NAXOS.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite No 4 in D minor: Sarabande
Ensemble: Jupiter. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.- Eternal Heaven - Handel: Suite No. 4 in D Minor: III. Sarabande.
- ERATO.
- 1.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 9 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Mahler: Symphony No. 9.
- Channel Classics.
- 4.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV 1060 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)
Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Performer: Cecilia Bernardini. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- Linn Records : CKD519.
- Linn Records.
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Frédéric Chopin
'Aeolian Harp' (Études, Op 25 No 1)
Performer: Yunchan Lim.- Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 1 in A-Flat Major "Aeolian Harp".
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Frédéric Chopin
Études, Op 10: No. 4 'Torrent'
Performer: Yunchan Lim.- Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major Op.20 no.4 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets, OP. 20 Nos. 4--6.
- BIS.
- 2.
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Gioachino Rossini
O salutaris hostia
Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O’Donnell.- HYPERION.
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Antonín Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.53 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.- Warner Classics.
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- Fri 7 Jun 2024 09:30ѿý Radio 3