
A feast of great 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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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.
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Charles Gounod
Mors et Vita: Judex
Orchestra: Richard Hickox Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Decca.
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George Frideric Handel
Keyboard Suite in D minor, HWV 428 (Air with 5 variations)
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
- Sony Classical.
- 10.
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Joanna Marsh
I take thee
Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.- HYPERION.
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Claude Debussy
La plus que lente
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY.
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Igor Stravinsky
Tango
Music Arranger: Victor Babin. Music Arranger: Victor Babin. Performer: Marc-André Hamelin. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- HYPERION.
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Antonio Salieri
Symphony in D Major 'Veneziana' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.- Sinfonia - Salieri, J.C. Bach, Arne, Purcell, Albinoni, Pachelbel.
- ELOQUENCE.
- 2.
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Samuel Dushkin
Sicilienne in E flat major
Composer: Maria Theresia von Paradis. Performer: Jian Wang. Performer: Göran Söllscher.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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Edward Elgar
Symphony no.2 in E flat major Op.63 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS.
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Pietro Locatelli
Violin Concerto in E Minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Les Ombres.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Sonny Kompanek
Killer Tango
Performer: Canadian Brass.- OPENING DAY.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Singer: Olga Borodina. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.- Arias.
- PHILIPS.
- 8.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Impromptu no.2 in B minor
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.- Decca.
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Béla Bartók
Music for strings, percussion and celesta Sz.106: 4th mvt; Allegro molto
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki.- Bartók: Orchestral Works.
- BIS.
- 4.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Dardanus: "Paix favorable, paix adorable"
Singer: Françoise Masset. Singer: Jean-Louis Bindi. Choir: Chœur des Musiciens du Louvre. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Rameau: Dardanus.
- ARCHIV.
- 47.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner gut BWV.957
Performer: Christopher Herrick.- Bach - The Neumeister Chorales.
- Hyperion.
- 5.
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César Franck
Symphony in D minor (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Marek Janowski.- PENTATONE.
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Maurice Ravel
String Quartet (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- Debussy, Attahir, Ravel.
- ERATO.
- 11.
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Reynaldo Hahn
Venezia: 2. La barcheta
Performer: Graham Johnson. Lyricist: Piètro Buratti. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.- Souvenirs de Venise - Songs of Venice.
- Helios.
- 14.
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Alessandro Grandi
Ave Regina
Choir: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Conductor: René Jacobs.- Grandi - Sacri Concerti.
- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 8.
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Jean-Baptiste Arban
Theme and Variations on 'The Carnival of Venice'
Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Performer: Alexander Markovich.- TELDEC.
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Francis Poulenc
L'Embarquement pour Cythère
Performer: Louis Lortie. Performer: Hélène Mercier.- Poulenc Piano Concertos.
- Chandos.
- 18.
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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.
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Jacques Offenbach
Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffmann)
Performer: Frankie Carle. Music Arranger: Frankie Carle. Ensemble: Frankie Carle & His Sunrise Serenaders.- Jazzing The Classics Vintage Style.
- ASV.
- 021.
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Johannes Ockeghem
Requiem aeternam; Introitus (Missa pro defunctis)
Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.- EMI.
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Johannes Brahms
String Sextet no.2 in G major Op.36 (4th mvt)
Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- ALPHA.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.8 in B Minor D.759 'Unfinished' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Franz Liszt
Kling leise, mein Lied S.301
Singer: Margaret Price. Performer: James Lockhart.- Strauss Lieder avec piano Sawallisch.
- Warner Classics.
- 22.
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Robert Schumann
6 Studies in Canonic Form, Op 56: No 4
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Eric Le Sage.- Four Hands.
- ERATO.
- 20.
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Hugo Alfvén
Shepherd-Girl's Dance (The Mountain King)
Music Arranger: Christian Lindberg. Performer: Christian Lindberg. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.- The Romantic Trombone.
- Bis.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Oboe Concerto in E flat major, Wq 165 (1st mvt)
Performer: Xenia Löffler. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- C.P.E. Bach: Oboe Concertos.
- harmonia mundi.
- 101.
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Maurice Ravel
Tzigane
Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Peter Friis Johansson.- BIS.
Broadcast
- Fri 31 Jan 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3