
Your perfect classical playlist
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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George Frideric Handel
Eternal source of light divine (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne)
Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Performer: David Blackadder. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- HELIODOR.
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Giuseppe Verdi
La forza del destino (Overture)
Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- WARNER.
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Joan Trimble
Suite for Strings (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Fionnuala Hunt.- Black Box.
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Traditional Peruvian
Cachua Serranita
Orchestra: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- Bailar Cantando.
- Alia Vox.
- 20.
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Johann Strauss II
Wiener Blut (waltz)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- Legendary Moments of the New Year's Concert.
- Sony Classical.
- 9.
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Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
ѿýsickness (part 1)
Performer: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.- Ethiopiques 21.
- Buda Music.
- 09.
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Claude Debussy
Le Matin d'un jour de fête (Ibéria)
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.- Debussy: Jeux, Images & Musiques pour "Le roi Lear".
- Warner Classics.
- 7.
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Dmitry Bortniansky
O Lord, hear my prayer
Choir: Kyiv Chamber Choir.- Ukrainian Sacred Choral Music of the XVII - XVIII Centuries.
- Alexsey Zakharenko.
- 3.
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Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in F major, Op 46 No 4
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72.
- DECCA.
- 4.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Overture)
Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: René Jacobs.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Hector Berlioz
Absence (Les Nuits d'été)
Singer: Brigitte Balleys. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs‐Élysées. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- Berlioz: Nuits d'été, Herminie.
- harmonia mundi.
- 4.
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Ρένα Κυριακού
Burlesque, Op 9 No 2
Performer: Έφη Αγραφιώτη.- Sounds from the Drawer.
- Irida.
- 26.
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Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
ѿýsickness (part 1)
Performer: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.- Ethiopiques 21.
- Buda Music.
- 09.
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Edvard Grieg
The Last Spring (2 Elegiac melodies Op.34)
Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Iona Brown.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Graeme Koehne
Inflight Entertainment (3rd mvmt, Beat Girl)
Performer: Diana Doherty. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa.- Inflight Entertainment.
- Naxos.
- 4.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.- Bach: Cello Suites, BWVV 1007-1012.
- PENTATONE.
- 1.
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Dora Pejačević
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 33 (1st mvmt, Allegro moderato)
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Chandos.
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Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
ѿýsickness (part 1)
Performer: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.- Ethiopiques 21.
- Buda Music.
- 09.
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William Levi Dawson
Soon Ah Will Be Done
Choir: Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola.- Cool of the Day - A Cappella Choral Gems Through The Centuries.
- MSR Classics.
- 19.
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Grace Williams
Hiraeth (Yearning)
Performer: Edward Witsenburg.- Harp Music from Six Centuries.
- Globe.
- 20.
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Raffaella Aleotti
Audivi vocem de caelo
Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Conductor: Candace Smith.- Aleotti: Le Monache di San Vito.
- Tactus.
- 3.
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Angela Morley
Kehaar's Theme (Watership Down)
Performer: Angela Morley.- Watership Down (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Masterworks.
- 12.
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Ayo Bankole
Variations for Little Ayo
Performer: Rebeca Omordia.- Heritage.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (3rd mvmt, Allegro vivace)
Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- RCA Red Seal.
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Giuseppe Torelli
Sonata in D major, G.1
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.- Jubilo - Fasch, Corelli, Torelli & Bach.
- Warner Classics.
- 6-9.
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Cécile Chaminade
Piano Trio No 2 in A minor (2nd mvmt, Lento)
Ensemble: Trio Aralia.- Entre deux mondes.
- Initiale.
- 107.
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John Williams
Star Wars (main theme)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- Arista.
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Sir George Dyson
Hierusalem
Performer: Thomas Trotter. Singer: Valery Hill. Choir: St. Michael’s Singers. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Rennert.- HELIOS.
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Valerie Coleman
Le grand duc mambo (Portraits of Langston)
Ensemble: McGill / McHale Trio.- Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet & Piano.
- Cedille.
- 206.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Fantaisie-tableaux (Suite No 1), Op 5 (1st mvmt, Barcarolle)
Performer: André Previn. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Rachmaninov: Suites 1&2: Ashkenazy/Previn.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Richard Jones
Chamber airs for a violin and thorough bass in A minor, Op 2 No 4
Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- The Muses Restor'd.
- Channel Classics.
- 27-29.
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Franz Schubert
Entr'acte in B flat major (Rosamunde)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fete! (La Fille du regiment)
Singer: Michael Spyres. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: Marko Letonja.- ERATO.
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Vítězslava Kaprálová
Suita Rustica, Op 19 (3rd mvmt)
Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Alena Hron.- Kaprálová: The Completed Orchestral Works.
- CPO.
- 108.
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- Fri 14 Jun 2024 09:30ѿý Radio 3