
Celebrating classical greats
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Overture)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.- The Best ѿý Proms Album in the World... Ever!.
- Virgin.
- 6.
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Thomas Tallis
Spem in alium
Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.- Spem in alium. Vidi aquam.
- harmonia mundi.
- 1.
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Amy Beach
Scottish Legend, Op.54`1
Performer: Kirsten Johnson.- Amy Beach - Piano Music Volume 2.
- Guild.
- 20.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97 (Rhenish) - 2nd mvt
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.- R. Schumann: Complete Symphonies.
- PENTATONE.
- 302.
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Antonio Bazzini
La ronde des lutins Op.25
Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.- Homage: James Ehnes.
- Onyx.
- 1.
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Aaron Copland
Hoe-Down (4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo)
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Lane.- Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Fanfare.
- Telarc.
- 5.
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Frédéric Chopin
Allegro de concert Op.46
Performer: Louis Lortie.- Chandos.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in G Op.3`3
Ensemble: Combattimento. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.- Challenge Classics.
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Caroline Shaw
Cant voi l'aube
Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Ensemble: Brooklyn Rider.- Ïշ.
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Gustav Holst
A Somerset Rhapsody Op.21' 2
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- Debussy, Dutilleux & Ravel: String Quartets.
- Warner Classics.
- 118.
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Max Bruch
Romanian Melody and Scherzo for Clarinet, Viola & String Orchestra, Op. 83; ii
Performer: Dimitri Ashkenazy. Performer: Anton Kholodenko. Orchestra: Baltic Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Mats Liljefors.- Weber & Bruch: Works for Clarinet, Viola & Orchestra.
- Paladino Music.
- 401.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in A Minor, No.24, BWV 869
Performer: Ewa Pobłocka.- JS Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I.
- Warner Music UK Limited.
- 47.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony in D minor, 'Youth'
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Rachmaninoff: Symphony no.1 etc: ѿý Philharmonic/Noseda.
- Chandos.
- 2.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Caprice fantastique
Music Arranger: Rózsika Révay. Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Jonathan Feldman.- DG.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition: no.2 Gnomus
Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.- DG.
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Franz Schubert
Erlkönig D.328
Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Andreas Haeifliger.- Schubert Lieder Volume 7: Erlkönig.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 9.
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Astor Piazzolla
Libertango
Music Arranger: Luis Bacalov. Performer: Luis Bacalov. Performer: Héctor Ulises Passarella. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.- Bacalov: Misa Tango: Domingo, Martinez, Bacalov, Chung.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Phaëton Op.39
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Saint-Seans: Orchestral Works: Neemi Jarvi.
- Chandos.
- 3.
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Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.- Tous les matins du monde: Original soundtrack.
- Alia Vox.
- 1.
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Henry Purcell
In the black dismal dungeon of despair
Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Allan Clayton. Performer: Joseph Middleton.- Champs Hill Records.
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Franz Lehár
Gold and silver - waltz Op.79
Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Martin Sieghart.- Wien, Weib Und Gesang.
- ARTE NOVA.
- 7.
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Ottorino Respighi
Sinfonia Drammatica
Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Conductor: John Neschling.- BIS: BIS-2210.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Edvard Grieg
Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt, Op 23)
Singer: Marita Kvarving Sølberg. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.- Grieg: The Complete Orchestral Music: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Ruud.
- BIS.
- 5.
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Lili Boulanger
Reflets
Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Jâms Coleman.- Path to the Moon.
- Chandos.
- 105.
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Antonín Dvořák
Scherzo capriccioso Op.66
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, Scherzo Capriccioso etc..
- EMI.
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Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise in A major Op.40 no.1 'Military'
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.- Hyperion.
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Jean Sibelius
Finlandia, Op 26
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.- EMI.
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- Wed 18 Sep 2024 09:30ѿý Radio 3