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Celebrating classical greats

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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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3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 15 Nov 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon, Op 24 (Overture)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Kabalevsky: Piano concerto etc: Kathryn Stott/ѿý Philharmonic/Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Marche hongroise [Rakoczy march] (La Damnation de Faust)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.
    • Berlioz: Harold en Italie: Pasquale, Ormandy.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata in C minor BWV.911

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in E minor for flute, recorder and strings, TWV 52 e1 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Michael Schneider. Performer: Wilbert Hazelzet. Orchestra: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Concertos pour Instruments à Vent (Ensemble : Musica Antiqua Köln - Direction :.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 19.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Violin Sonata No 1 in A major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Akira Eguchi.
    • Faure: Works for Violin, Piano and Cello.
    • Canary Classics.
    • 102.
  • John Taverner

    Western Wynde Mass (Sanctus)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Taverner: Western Wynde Mass & Other Sacred Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Prelude (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Carnival Waltz, Op.73

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 5 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 / Stravinsky: The Rite of Spr.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Orchestra: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.
  • Jules Massenet

    "Adieu, notre petite table" (Manon)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie.
    • Massenet: Manon.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 31.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Explorations.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Symphony in A major

    Orchestra: L’Orfeo Barockorchester. Orchestra: L’Orfeo Barockorchester. Director: Michi Gaigg.
    • CPO.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Lilacs, Op.21 no.5

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Transcriptions.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Samuel Barber

    Violin Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Daniel Blendulf.
    • Tchaikovsky & Barber: Violin Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarantelle for flute, clarinet and orchestra, Op 6

    Performer: Clara Novakova. Performer: Richard Vieille. Orchestra: Ensemble orchestral de Paris. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Saens: La Muse et le Poete etc: Kantorow.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Edward Elgar

    O wild west wind! (4 Choral Songs Op.53)

    Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.
    • Go, song of mine - Part-Songs and Choral Works.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 903.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Entrée de Polymnie (Les Boréades)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • Enfers.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 23.
  • Claude Debussy

    What the west wind saw (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Trad.

    Blow the wind southerly

    Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Performer: Phyllis Spurr.
    • Kathleen Ferrier - Vol.8: Blow the Wind Southerly.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Thomas Adès

    Hotel Suite from "Powder Her Face": V. Finale

    Orchestra: The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Adès: Orchestral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 5.
  • Jean‐Joseph de Mondonville

    Sonate en symphonie in G major Op.3`5

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Archiv.
  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Quartet for strings in C minor, Op 51 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • ALPHA.
  • Richard Strauss

    Wiegenlied, Op 41 No 1

    Singer: Christine Schäfer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Arias & R. Strauss: Orchestral Songs - Schafer, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.38 in D major K.504 'Prague' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 1.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Ensemble: Tempera Quartet.
    • Sibelius: String Quartets 1890 - 1922.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Louis Vierne

    Messe solennelle for choir and 2 organs: Gloria

    Performer: Winifried Bönig. Performer: Ulrich Bruggemann. Choir: Vocal Ensemble of Cologne Cathedral. Choir: Male Voices of Cologne Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Eberhard Metternich.
    • MOTETTE.
  • Nabil Benabdeljalil

    Nocturne No 4 for Piano Solo

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • African Pianism.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 6.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Weber : Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2/Concertino in E flat/Clarinet Quintet.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Robert Johnson

    The Fairies' Dance from 'Oberon, the Faery Prince'

    Performer: Nigel North.
    • NAXOS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto (Finale)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • EMI.

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