
Celebrating classical greats
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 Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Freddy Kempf. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- BIS.
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Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Totus tuus
Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (Polonaise)
Performer: Jean‐Pierre Rampal. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
- RCA.
- 5.
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George Enescu
Impromptu concertant
Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simon Crawford‐Phillips.- DG.
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Antonio Vivaldi
L'Olimpiade (Sinfonia)
Orchestra: L'Arte dell'Arco. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Vivaldi: Sinfonie: Avanti L'Opera E Concerti: La'rte Dell Arco: Hogwood.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
- 4-7.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet in F, Op 96, 'American' (Finale)
Ensemble: Juilliard String Quartet.- Sony.
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Isaac Albéniz
El Albaicin (Iberia - Suite)
Orchestrator: Enrique Fernández Arbós. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Albeniz: Argerich, Barenboim.
- Erato.
- 5.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10
Music Arranger: Howard Cable. Ensemble: Canadian Brass. Conductor: Elmer Iseler.- Gabrieli for Brass.
- Philips.
- 19.
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Madeleine Dring
A Bay in Anglesey (5 Betjeman Songs, No 1)
Performer: Nathan Williamson. Singer: James Gilchrist.- One Hundred Years of British Song, Vol. 3.
- SOMM Recordings.
- 1.
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Johann Strauss II
Roses from the South, Op.388
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.- J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
- EMI Classics.
- 2.
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Claude Debussy
Saxophone Rhapsody
Performer: Theodore Kerkezos. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Simonov.- Legende: Theodore Kerkezos.
- Onyx.
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Joseph Haydn
Keyboard Sonata No. 60 in C Major, Hob.XVI:50: i. Allegro
Performer: Sarah Beth Briggs.- AVIE.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Concerto for violin & orchestra in G minor (2nd movement)
Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mike Hankinson.- Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto.
- AVIE.
- 2.
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Josef Suk
Towards a New Life, Op 35c
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Václav Neumann.- Supraphon.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge (No 1, On Wenlock Edge)
Performer: Simon Crawford‐Phillips. Singer: Andrew Kennedy. Ensemble: Dante Quartet.- Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge / / Gurney: Ludlow and Teme / Venables: Songs.
- Signum Classics.
- 1.
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John Williams
Olympic Fanfare and Theme (1984 Olympic Games)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Gabriel Fauré
Pavane, Op 50
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Tortelier.- French Impressions: Paul Tortelier, Jean-Bernard Pommier.
- Virgin Classics.
- 2.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Overture on Hebrew Themes
Ensemble: Roeland Hendrikx Ensemble.- Zayt Gezunterheyt: The folk soul of the Eastern clarinet.
- Antarctica.
- 2.
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Alexey Shor
The Well Tempered Chanson: XII. Lament
Performer: David Aaron Carpenter. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.- Motherland.
- Warner Classics.
- 127.
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George Frideric Handel
E vivo ancora?... Scherza infida (Ariodante)
Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Rachmaninov : Symphonic Dances; The Isle of The Dead; The Rock.
- Fazer Records/Finlandia.
- 4.
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Maurice Ravel
Menuet antique
Performer: Marielle Labèque.- Maurice Ravel Katia Et Marielle Labeque.
- KML.
- 10.
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Max Richter
Movement, Before All Flowers
Performer: Eloisa‐Fleur Thom. Performer: Max Baillie. Performer: Connie Pharoah. Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Zara Hudson‐Kozdoj. Performer: Max Richter. -
Henry Purcell
The Gordian knot unty'd, Z.597
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- DECCA.
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Pasquinade, Op 59
Performer: Alan Marks.- 'The Lady Fainted'.
- Nimbus.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.- Schubert: Symphonies No. 5 & 6: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Zinman.
- RCA Red Seal.
- 4.
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- Mon 14 Oct 2024 09:30ѿý Radio 3