
A feast of great 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.
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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Kodály Zoltán
Viennese Musical Clock (Hary Janos Suite)
Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Kodály: Háry János Suite, Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major.
- Naxos.
- 2.
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Frédéric Chopin
Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Perahia Plays Chopin.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
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Henry Purcell
The Indian Queen (Trumpet Overture)
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- L’OISEAU LYRE.
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Emilie Mayer
Symphony No 3 in C Major, 'Military' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.- Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7.
- CPO.
- 104.
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Philip Glass
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Performer: John Harle. Performer: Simon Haram. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.- Minimalists.
- Warner Classics.
- 105.
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Tan Dun
Symphony 1997 - Song of Peace
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Choir: Yip’s Children’s Choir. Ensemble: Imperial Bells Ensemble of China. Performer: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Tan Dun.- Sony.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major (1st mvt)
Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2: Vogt, Rattle.
- EMI Classics.
- 4.
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Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Peter Limonov.- Decca.
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Arthur Sullivan
When a Merry Maiden Marries (The Gondoliers)
Librettist: W. S. Gilbert. Singer: Regina Hanley. Ensemble: New D'Oyly Carte Opera. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.- TER Classics.
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Bedrich Smetana
From Bohemia's Woods and Fields (Má vlast)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pešek.- Smetana - Ma Vlast.
- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
- 4.
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Claude Debussy
La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)
Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K 364 (1st mvt)
Performer: Noah Bendix-Balgley. Performer: Diyang Mei. Orchestra: Berlin Baroque Soloists.- Sony.
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Trad.
Old Reinlender (Sonndala)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- dacapo.
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Pietro Mascagni
Hymn to the Sun (Iris)
Librettist: Luigi Illica. Orchestra: The Rome Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriele Santini.- 100 Best Choruses.
- Warner Classics.
- 603.
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Anna Clyne
Cello Concerto, 'Dance' (3rd mvt, 'in the middle of the fighting')
Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Anna Clyne: DANCE - Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto.
- AVIE Records.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony no.8 in D minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Vaughan Williams: Symphonies, vol.I.
- ONYX.
- 8.
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Benjamin Britten
Sunday Morning (Peter Grimes)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Eduard van Beinum.- Britten: Spring Symphony, Four Sea Interludes - The Young Persons Guide to....
- Decca.
- 14.
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Gioachino Rossini
Semiramide (Overture)
Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
- Decca.
- 6.
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Cecilia McDowall
Pavane
Conductor: George Vass.- McDowall: Shipping Forecast.
- Dutton Epoch.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Hyperion.
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James P. Johnson
Yamekraw
Performer: Marcus Roberts. Music Arranger: Robert Sadin. Orchestra: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: Robert Sadin.- Portraits in Blue.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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Edvard Grieg
Gavotte (Holberg Suite)
Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene. Conductor: Øyvind Gimse.- Trondheimsolistene - In Folk Style.
- 2L.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 (3rd mvt)
Choir: Norwegian Soloists Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen. Ensemble: Ensemble Allegria.- Bach: The Motets.
- BIS.
- 703.
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Toru Takemitsu
Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?
Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Jâms Coleman.- Path to the Moon.
- Chandos.
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Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- Offenbach/Saint-Saens/Dukas: Gaite Parisienne etc: Maazel.
- CBS.
- 3.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto à 5 in D Major, TWV 44:2
Ensemble: L’Orfeo Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Carin van Heerden.- Telemann: Wind Overtures, Vol. 1.
- CPO.
- 204.
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John Rutter
Mass of the Children (Sanctus and Benedictus)
Choir: Cantate Youth Choir. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.- Collegium.
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- Thu 19 Sep 2024 09:30ѿý Radio 3