
Great classical music for your morning
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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Aaron Copland
Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Copland the Populist: Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony.
- RCA Red Seal.
- 1.
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de matin Op.15`2
Performer: Midori. Performer: Robert McDonald.- Sony Classical.
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Henry Purcell
Chaconne (King Arthur)
Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.- Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
- Decca.
- 4.
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Florence Price
Piano Sonata in E Minor (Arr. for Wind Quintet): 2nd mvt Andante
Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.- An American Rhapsody.
- PENTATONE.
- 12.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in G major, Op.1`2 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.- Beethoven: The Complete Music for Piano Trio, Vol. 3: Florestan Trio.
- Hyperion.
- 8.
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Leos Janáček
The Makropoulos Case (Overture)
Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- EMI.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the dance
Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- HYPERION.
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Philip Glass
That Place (Powaqqatsi)
Conductor: Michael Riesman.- Powaqqatsi.
- Nonesuch.
- 4.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No.1 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- Alpha.
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Johanna Kinkel
Blaue Augen
Performer: Thomas Palm. Singer: Ingrid Schmithüsen.- Johanna Kinkel: Lieder.
- cpo.
- 15.
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Miklós Rózsa
Spellbound Concerto
Performer: Philip Fowke. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Proinnsías Ó Duinn.- Warsaw Concerto and Other Piano Concertos From the Movies.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
Water Music Suite in D (Allegro; Alla hornpipe)
Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Handel: Water Music: London Classical Players/Norrington.
- Virgin Veritas.
- 10-11.
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William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.- African American Voices.
- Linn Records.
- 1.
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Josef Rheinberger
Nonet in E flat major, Op 139 (4th mvt)
Performer: Zoltán Gyöngyössy. Performer: Ica Csizmadia. Performer: Csaba Klenyán. Performer: György Lakatos. Performer: Gabor Bizjak. Performer: Péter Somogyi. Performer: Marta Melis. Performer: Marcell Vamos. Performer: István Lukácsházi.- Hungaroton.
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Benjamin Britten
Young Apollo, Op.16
Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Elizabeth Layton. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.- HYPERION.
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Charles Gounod
Faust, CG 4, Act 3 Scene 6: No. 14b, Air des bijoux, "Un bouquet! ... Ah! je ris
Singer: Maria Callas. Conductor: Georges Prêtre. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire.- Maria Callas - 100 Best Classics.
- Warner Classics.
- 11.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act 2 "The Vision", Scene 2: No. 20, Finale
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.- Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66.
- Warner Classics.
- 39.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61)
Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor BWV.232 (Quoniam; Cum sancto Spiritu)
Singer: Neal Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.- Mass in B minor.
- Hyperion.
- 11-12.
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Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
5 Kurpian Songs (No. 3)
Ensemble: Silesian String Quartet.- Górecki: Complete Works for String Quartet.
- Chandos.
- 208.
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Gioachino Rossini
The Italian Girl in Algiers (Overture)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Rossini: Overtures: London Symphony Orchestra/Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Philip Sparke
Music of the Spheres
Ensemble: Royal New Zealand Air Force Band.- Music of the Spheres.
- ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE BAND.
- 8.
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Luigi Boccherini
String Quintet in E major, Op.11`5 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Claude Debussy
Le Matin d'un jour de fête (Ibéria)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Debussy: Jeux, Images & Musiques pour "Le roi Lear".
- Warner Classics.
- 7.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016 (4th mvt)
Performer: Davina Clarke. Performer: Tom Foster.- J. S. Bach: The Art of Obligato.
- VOCES8 Records.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in A major K.331 (1st mvt)
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
- Philips.
- 1.
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No 21 in E minor
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- DECCA.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22, R. 190 - III. Presto
Performer: Ruth Slenczynska. Orchestra: Symphony of the Air. Conductor: Henry Swoboda.- Saint-Saëns: Classical for the Great Outdoors.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 53.
Broadcast
- Wed 15 Jan 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3