
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 discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
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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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Dance of the Tumblers (The Snow Maiden)
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Suites.
- Naxos.
- 4.
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Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Op.40 'In London Town'
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- First Hand Records.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Dardanus: "Paix favorable, paix adorable"
Singer: Françoise Masset. Singer: Jean-Louis Bindi. Choir: Chœur des Musiciens du Louvre. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Rameau: Dardanus.
- ARCHIV.
- 47.
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Franz Schubert
Allegretto in C minor, D 915
Performer: Eric Lu. -
George Frideric Handel
My Heart is Inditing: Upon thy right hand; Kings shall be thy nursing fathers
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Handel: Coronation Anthems.
- Coro.
- 5.
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Johann Strauss II
Pizzicato-Polka
Composer: Josef Strauss. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Johann Strauss II Waltzes, Polkas and Marches.
- Apex.
- 7.
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Kurt Atterberg
A Värmland Rhapsody Op.36
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- CHANDOS.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat major (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.- Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets Op. 13 in A minor, Op. 80 in F minor:.
- Virgin.
- 8.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony no.10 (Purgatorio)
Composer: Deryck Cooke. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- 150th Anniversary Box - Mahler.
- Warner Classics.
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George Butterworth
Is My Team Ploughing? (Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad')
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Iestyn Davies.- Divine Music – An English Songbook.
- Signum Classics.
- 20.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe, violin & strings in C minor BWV.1060 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.- BIS.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
La Tarantelle Fretillante from Petite Suite de Concert, Op.77
Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, orchestral works.
- MARCO POLO.
- 5.
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Francis Poulenc
Flute Sonata (1st mvt)
Orchestrator: Lennox Berkeley. Performer: Katherine Bryan. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- LINN.
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Bedrich Smetana
Salon Polka in F sharp major, Op.7 No.1
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- TELDEC.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.- Sir Thomas Beecham: The French Collection.
- EMI Classics.
- 11.
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William Boyce
The King Shall Rejoice
Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.- Coronation Anthems: Academy of Ancient Music/New College Choir/Higginbottom.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Errollyn Wallen
Concerto Grosso (1st mvt)
Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.- Spark Catchers.
- NMC Recordings.
- 101.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Pur ti miro, pur ti godo (L'incoronazione di Poppea)
Singer: Sylvia McNair. Singer: Dana Hanchard. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea: John Eliot Gardiner.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 10.
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Jean Sibelius
Andante festivo
Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.- BIS.
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Henry Purcell
A New Irish Tune; A New Scotch Tune
Performer: Grigory Sokolov.- Purcell & Mozart (Live).
- DG.
- 6-7.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Moscow-Cheryomushki Suite (Dances)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Shostakovich: Cheryomushki; The Bolt; etc.
- Decca.
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Owain Park
Prière pour Marie
Ensemble: Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.- Queen of Hearts: Laments and Songs of Regret for Queens Terrestrial and Celestia.
- Hyperion.
- 11.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Presto in C major
Ensemble: Quatuor Diotima.- NAIVE.
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Erik Satie
Gymnopédie No 2 in C major
Performer: Pascal Rogé.- Satie: 3 Gymnopedies & Other Piano Works; Pascal Roge.
- Decca.
- 2.
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Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto, Op.14
Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- DECCA.
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John Williams
Theme from Jurassic Park
- MCA Records.
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Claude Debussy
Beau soir
Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Jâms Coleman.- Path to the Moon.
- Chandos.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.- Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
- Signum Classics.
- 103.
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Johann David Heinichen
Dresden Concerto in F major, S 231
Orchestra: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerti Musica Antiqua Koln Reinhard Goebel.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 11.
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Robert Schumann
Liederkreis (Op.24), no.5; Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Singer: Matthias Goerne.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Richard Strauss
Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, TrV 233.
- Orfeo.
- 2.
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