
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 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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Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Rossini: opera arie e sinfonie.
- Naive.
- 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Music Arranger: Markus Brönnimann. Ensemble: Ensemble Pyramide.- Bachs, Benda and Brönnimann: Music for Flute.
- Toccata Next.
- 108.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Andante Cantabile
Performer: Li-Wei Qin. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Halász.- Russian Cello Concertos.
- Naxos.
- 901.
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Gemma McGregor
Love was his meaning
Choir: Corvus Consort. Performer: Louise Thomson. Conductor: Freddie Crowley.- Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women’s Voices.
- Chandos.
- 701.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Ball at the Palace (Hamlet Suite Op.116a)
Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.- Great Shakespeare Films Cinema Gala.
- Decca.
- 3.
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Maria Theresia von Paradis
Sicilienne
Music Arranger: Samuel Dushkin. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- BIS.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in A minor RV.356, Op.3`6
Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra.- DG.
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Thomas Adès
Les tours de passe-passe (3 Studies from Couperin)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Thomas Adès.- Ades: Tevot; Violin Concerto etc..
- EMI Classics.
- 6.
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Claude Debussy
La Mer, L. 109: I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer (Transcribed for four-hand piano)
Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Performer: Olga Pashchenko. Music Arranger: Claude Debussy.- Debussy: Préludes du 2e Livre, La Mer.
- harmonia mundi.
- 113.
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Franz Schubert
Du bist die Ruh D. 776
Orchestrator: Anton Webern. Singer: Benjamin Appl. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Oscar Jockel.- Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra.
- BR-Klassik.
- 105.
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Antonín Dvořák
Quartet-movement in F major
Ensemble: Panochovo kvarteto.- Dvorak Miniatures.
- Supraphon.
- 012.
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Kodály Zoltán
Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)
Performer: Laurence Kaptain. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jarvi.
- Chandos.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata in F sharp major, K 318
Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.- BIS.
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Jonathan Dove
The Magic Flute Dances: IV. Lively - Entranced
Performer: Emily Beynon. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.- Emily Beynon Plays British Flute Concertos.
- Chandos.
- 5.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No. 12 in G Minor, MWV N12 "Fuga": III. Allegro molto
Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker. Conductor: Thomas Fey.- Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies.
- haenssler CLASSIC.
- 203.
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William Walton
Hamlet: Funeral March Overture
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.- WARNER.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Masks (Romeo and Juliet - suite no.1 Op.64a)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.- Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Excerpts from Suites No.1-3.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 7.
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John Dowland
The King of Denmark, his galliard (Battle Galliard)
Performer: Nigel North.- A Varietie of Lute Lessons: Nigel North.
- Linn.
- 13.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
- Decca.
- 3.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Septimi Toni A 8 (Ii)
Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music. Ensemble: Juilliard School Brass. Conductor: Reinhold Friedrich.- Linn Records.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Piano Quintet in C minor (1st mvt)
Ensemble: London Soloists Ensemble.- Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet.
- NAXOS.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
Eternal source of light divine (Birthday ode for Queen Anne)
Singer: Lea Desandre. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Jupiter. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.- Eternal Heaven.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Frédéric Chopin
Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Chopin: 4 Ballades, Scherzos, Mazurkas: Emanuel Ax.
- RCA Red Seal.
- 1.
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Gustav Mahler
Ruckert-Lieder
Singer: James Atkinson. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.- ѿý recording.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- Mozart: Late Symphonies: The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 4.
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Niccolò Paganini
24 Caprices Op.1 (no.6 in G minor)
Performer: María Dueñas.- Paganini: 24 Caprices — Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Sa.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 6.
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Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
Islamey Op.18
Orchestrator: Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.- Russian Spectacular.
- BIS.
- 301.
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Erik Satie
Je te veux
Performer: Roland Pöntinen.- Erik Satie: Encore: Roland Pontinen.
- BIS.
- 2.
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Johann Strauss II
Roses from the South, Op.388
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.- J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
- EMI Classics.
- 2.
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