
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.
1200 “25 for 25: Sounds of the Century” – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture Op.96
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Shostakovich: Ballet Suites: Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
- Chandos.
- 19.
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Henry Purcell
Abdelazer (Rondeau - Air - Air - Minuet)
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Purcell: Theatre Music.
- Decca.
- 002.
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Ludwig August Lebrun
Oboe Concerto no.3 in C major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Heinz Holliger. Ensemble: Camerata Bern. Conductor: Thomas Füri.- Oboe Concertos.
- Archiv.
- 9.
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Eleanor Daley
Upon Your Heart
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- All Things Are Quite Silent.
- Signum Records.
- 13.
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Pietro Locatelli
Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 3 No. 11; I. Allegro
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- harmonia mundi.
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Amy Beach
Masked Ball, Op.22
Orchestra: Moravská filharmonie Olomouc. Conductor: Hector Valdivia.- CENTAUR.
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Erik Satie
Gymnopédie No 3 in A minor
Performer: Anne Queffélec.- Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
- Virgin Classics.
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Pat Metheny
Road to the Sun (Part 1)
Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.- Road to the Sun.
- Modern Recordings/BMG.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello concerto in A minor, Wq.170 (1st mvt)
Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.- C P E Bach, Cello concertos.
- HYPERION.
- 001.
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Gabriel Fauré
Violin Sonata No 1 in A major, Op 13 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Emanuel Ax.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 6 in B minor Op.74 'Pathetique' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- DECCA.
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Amy Beach
Masked Ball, Op.22
Orchestra: Moravská filharmonie Olomouc. Conductor: Hector Valdivia.- CENTAUR.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
La Cupis (Pieces de clavecin en concerts - concert no.5)
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- Debussy/Rameau.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 20.
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Jasdeep Singh Degun
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soave sia il vento from Cosi fan tutte
Singer: Renée Fleming. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: Michele Pertusi. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Georg Solti. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte: London Voices/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Solti.
- Decca.
- 20.
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Philip Glass
Glassworks (Opening)
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Performer: Philip Glass. Conductor: Michael Riesman.- Columbia.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera, Act 1: Preludio
Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marek Janowski.- Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera.
- PENTATONE.
- 01.
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François Couperin
Pieces de clavecin, Sixieme ordre: No. 5, Les Barricades Mysterieuses
Performer: Martin James Bartlett.- La Danse.
- Warner Music UK Limited.
- 2.
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Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade Suite (Waltz)
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Robert Irving.- Vocalion.
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Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Performer: Cory Band. Conductor: Robert Childs.- OBRASSO.
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Edward Elgar
The Wand of Youth: Suite No 2 - Fountain Dance
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.- The Wand Of Youth Suites etc..
- Halle.
- 11.
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Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Ego flos campi
Choir: Stile Antico.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Frédéric Chopin
Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.- Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes & Mazurkas.
- Hyperion.
- 001.
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Duke Ellington
Sophisticated Lady
Music Arranger: Luther Henderson. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- American Music.
- Warner Classics.
- 303.
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Antonín Dvořák
Piano Quintet No. 2 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Boris Giltburg. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.- SUPRAPHON.
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Concerto à 5 in B flat major, Op.7`3
Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.- Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
- EMI Classics.
- 7.
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Franz Schubert
Rondo in A major, D.951
Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.- Franz Schubert Piano Duets; Steven Osborne / Paul Lewis.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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- Thu 27 Feb 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3