The ideal mix of classical music
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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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)
Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Serenade For Strings; Neville Marriner.
- Philips.
- 7.
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Franz Schubert
Octet in F Major, Op. Posth. 166, D. 803: III. Allegro vivace
Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.- BIS.
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Igor Stravinsky
Symphony in E flat major Op.1 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.- DECCA.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Tu es Petrus, a 6
Choir: Stile Antico.- DECCA.
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Claude Debussy
General Lavine - eccentric (Preludes, Book 2)
Performer: Alain Planès.- Debussy: Preludes Books I & II: Alain Planes.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 18.
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Johan Halvorsen
Scenes from Norwegian Fairy Tales: No 4 Dance of the Little Trolls
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.- NAXOS.
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Antonín Dvořák
Czech Suite (5th mvt)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Libor Pešek.- Dvorak: American Suite, Czech Suite; Overtures and Tone Poems.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- DECCA.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo in A minor, Op 81`2
Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- Erato.
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Jean Sibelius
Luonnotar Op.70
Singer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS.
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Teresa Carreño
Mi Teresita [Little Waltz]
Performer: Gabriela Montero.- WARNER.
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William Grant Still
American Suite: II. Danse
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.- Still: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 502.
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Aram Khachaturian
Gayane: Sabre Dance
Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Sandra Rivers. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.- EMI.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in B flat major Op.3`1
Orchestra: Berliner Barock Solisten. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3.
- haenssler CLASSIC.
- 1-3.
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Louis Vierne
Organ symphony no.2 in E minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Olivier Latry.- Vierne: Organ Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
- BNL.
- 3.
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Franz Liszt
Liebestraume - 3 notturnos S.541 (no.3 in A flat major)
Performer: Martin James Bartlett.- Warner.
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Roland Dyens
Tango En Skai
Performer: Michaelangelo Toumanidis.- Influencias.
- Music Mirror.
- 5.
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Antonio Bazzini
Dance of the Goblins
Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Jonathan Feldman.- DG.
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Hugo Alfvén
The Mountain King Suite, Op. 37: II. Dance of the Troll Girl
Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz.- Alfvén: Symphony No. 3 in E Major, Uppsala Rhapsody & The Mountain King Suite.
- CPO.
- 2.
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Franz Liszt
Gnomenreigen (2 Concert Etudes, S 145 No 2)
Performer: Daniil Trifonov.- Transcendental.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 002.
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Julian Nott
Theme from Wallace and Gromit
Music Arranger: Nic Raine. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Tolga Kaşif.- Greatest Film Classics.
- Parlophone UK.
- 9.
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Gabriel Pierné
Canzonetta, Op.19
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.- Chandos.
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Gordon Jacob
Concerto for horn and strings (3rd mvt)
Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.- British Horn Concertos - Gordon Jacob, Malcolm Arnold, York Bowen, Ruth Gipps, G.
- Lyrita.
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Léo Delibes
Pizzicato (Sylvia)
Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- French Album: Stephen Hough.
- Hyperion.
- 16.
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Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Sanctus
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SOLI DEO GLORIA.
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John Foulds
Le Cabaret, Op.72a
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Overture from the British Isles, Vol.2.
- Chandos.
- 10.
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Hans Sitt
Album Leaves: Nos 1 & 6
Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Thomas Hoppe.- Romance Oubliée.
- Myrios Classics.
- 1.
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Francis Poulenc
Improvisation No 1 in B minor' (15 Improvisations)
Performer: Pascal Rogé.- Poulenc Les Soirees De Nazelles 3 Mouvments Perpetuels 3 Novlettes 9 Improvisati.
- Decca.
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Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly: Act I (conclusion)
Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DECCA.
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Antonín Dvořák
Silent Woods, Op.68 no.5
Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Jacqueline du Pre: The Complete EMI Recordings.
- EMI.
- 4.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue in G major, BWV.860 (Well-tempered Klavier, Bk 1)
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- Bach: Das Wholtemperierte Clavier.
- ECM.
- 05.
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Johann Strauss II
Annen-Polka, Op 117
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.- Neujahrskonzert 2025 / New Year's Concert 2025 / Concert du Nouvel An 2025.
- Sony Classical.
- 3.
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William Walton
Sonata for string orchestra (4th mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Kristina Blaumane.- BIS.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Symphony No 2 in A minor, Op 55 (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Jean Martinot. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.- Saint-Saens: Complete Symphonies, Jean Martinon.
- EMI Classics.
- 11.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 9.
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- Fri 24 Jan 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3