
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.
1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Essential Carol - introduced by a special guest
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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Ottorino Respighi
L'Adorazione dei Magi (Trittico Botticelliano)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 15.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Magnificat primi toni (for 8 voices)
Choir: Yale Schola Cantorum. Conductor: David Hill.- HYPERION.
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Béla Bartók
Romanian Christmas carols Sz.57
Performer: Zoltán Kocsis.- Philips.
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Michel Corrette
Les six symphonies de Noël (Sinfonia No 1)
Ensemble: La Fantasia. Director: Rien Voskuilen.- Corrette: Le Six SYmphonies de Noel.
- BRILLIANT.
- 1-4.
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Claude Debussy
The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner)
Performer: Pascal Rogé.- A Debussy Recital: Pascal Roge.
- Decca.
- 8.
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Gustav Holst
A Winter Idyll
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
German Dance No.3 in C major (Sleigh Ride)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Philips.
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Ferruccio Busoni
Sonatina 'in diem Nativitatis Christi MCMXVII' (No. 4), BV 274
Performer: Chiyan Wong.- LINN.
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Cornelius
Three Kings from Persian Lands afar
Performer: Stephen Cleobury. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.- Collins.
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Johann Strauss II
Schneeglöckchen-Walzer, Op. 143
Music Arranger: Heinz Sandauer. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.- Strauss, J.II: Waltzes, Polkas & Marches.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 7.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Canonic Variations on 'Vom Himmel hoch', BWV 769 arr Stravinsky
Music Arranger: Igor Stravinsky. Singer: Irène Friedli. Singer: Frieder Lang. Singer: Michel Brodard. Choir: Chœur Pro Arte de Lausanne. Choir: Swiss Romande Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- The Essential Stravinsky.
- Chandos.
- 32-37.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E Major RV.270 "Il riposo, per il Santissimo Natale"
Performer: Fredrik From. Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.- Per la notte di Natale: Italian Christmas Concertos.
- Naxos.
- 302.
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Thomas Tallis
Magnificat
Ensemble: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.- Virgin and Child - Music from the Baldwin Partbooks II.
- Signum Classics.
- 4.
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Jacques Offenbach
Boule de neige - overture
Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie. Conductor: Jean-Pierre Haeck.- Alpha.
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Rebecca Dale
Winter
Choir: VOCES8. Performer: Håkon Samuelsen. Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Huw Watkins. -
Georges Bizet
Jeux d'enfants (Le bal)
Performer: John Ogdon. Performer: Brenda Lucas.- EMI.
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Edward Elgar
Nursery Suite: V. The Wagon (Passes) (Allegretto)
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.- Elgar Wand of Youth.
- Halle Concerts Society.
- 19.
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Trad.
Sans Day Carol
Music Arranger: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.- John Rutter - The Choral Collection.
- Decca (UMO).
- 21.
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Lars‐Erik Larsson
A Winter's Tale Op.18
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Stig Westerberg.- Swedish Society.
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Ola Gjeilo
Serenity [O Magnum Mysterium]
Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Guy Johnston. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- KINGS COLLEGE.
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Mystery Sonata no.3 in B minor [The Birth of Jesus]
Ensemble: Cordaria.- Biber: Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas for Violin and Continuo.
- Signum Classics.
- 301-303.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kije - suite, Op 60
Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- Telarc.
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Michael Praetorius
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Music Arranger: Jan Sandström. Choir: VOCES8.- DECCA.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Danses caractéristiques (The Nutcracker)
Music Arranger: Nicolas Economou. Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nicolas Economou.- DG.
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George Whitefield Chadwick
Noël, from Symphonic Sketches
Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Hanson.- Mercury.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Little Prelude No 3 in D minor, BWV 935
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
- Hyperion.
- 3.
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Francesco Manfredini
Sinfonia da chiesa in D major, Op 2 No 12, 'Sinfonia pastorale'
Performer: Thorsten Rosenbusch. Performer: Christian Trompler. Performer: Karl-Heinz Schröter. Performer: Harald Winkler. Performer: Raphael Alpermann. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.- Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
Broadcast
- Mon 23 Dec 2024 09:30ѿý Radio 3