
A classical soundtrack 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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Leonard Bernstein
Mambo (West Side Story)
Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra.- Bernstein: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite, Slava!, CBS Music & A Bernstein Birth.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (Cantata No 147)
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- BIS.
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Jean Françaix
Tema con variazioni
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.- CHANDOS.
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Jenny McLeod
At the Bay (3 Celebrations)
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Uwe Grodd.- NAXOS.
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George Frideric Handel
Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV.76 (Overture)
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.- LINN.
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Henriëtte Bosmans
Poeme
Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. -
John Bull
The King's Hunt
Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: London Festival Brass Ensemble.- Music From the Royal Court: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
- Decca.
- 26.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 94 in G major, 'Surprise' (2nd mvmt, Andante)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Brüggen.- Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94, 95 & 96.
- Philips.
- 2.
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Henri Duparc
L' Invitation Au Voyage
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Mary Bevan.- Voyages.
- Signum.
- 1.
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César Franck
Symphonic Variations
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Stéphane Denève.- Ïշ.
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Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
Donna Diana (Overture)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Panorama: Famous Overtures.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 7.
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Concerto à 5 in D major, Op 9 No 7
Performer: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Albinoni: 12 concertos, op.9: Academy of Ancient Music, Hogwood.
- Decca.
- 1-3.
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Henry Purcell
The Pale and the Purple Rose (Yorkshire Feast Song, Z.333)
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Pamela Thorby. Performer: Tabea Debus. Performer: Bojan Čičić. Performer: Stephen Pedder. Performer: Julia Kuhn. Performer: Mark Levy. Performer: William Carter. Performer: Richard Egarr.- WIGMORE HALL LIVE.
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Edward MacDowell
To a wild rose (Woodland Sketches Op.51)
Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Julius Drake.- Emma Johnson - Encores.
- ASV.
- 7.
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Ola Gjeilo
The Rose
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble. Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway.- Winter Songs.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Louiguy
La vie en rose
Singer: Édith Piaf.- La vie en rose.
- Replay Music.
- 1.
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Franz Schubert
Trio in B flat major, D 471 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Leopold String Trio.- Schubert: Trout Quintet: Leopold String Trio.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Hildegard von Bingen
Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vita
Singer: Anna Sandström. Choir: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.- Naked Byrd two: Armonico Consort.
- Signum Classics.
- 6.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D Major: III. Romanza - Lento
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5 / Symphony No.6.
- Onyx Classics.
- 3.
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Hubert Parry
I was glad
Choir: The Sixteen. Performer: Robert Quinney. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- A New Heaven, The Sixteen.
- UCJ.
- 1.
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Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 7
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jonathan Aasgaard. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.- Decca.
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Astor Piazzolla
Milonga Loca
Ensemble: Philharmonix.- DG.
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Cécile Chaminade
Scherzo for piano, Op.35 no.1
Performer: Peter Jacobs.- Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
- Helios.
- 7.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli (Kyrie)
Choir: Stile Antico.- The Golden Renaissance: Palestrina.
- Decca.
- 2-4.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Samson & Dalila, Op. 47: Danse Bacchanale
Orchestra: Divertimento Ensemble. Conductor: Zahia Ziouani.- Bacchanale: Saint-Saëns et la Méditerranée.
- harmonia mundi.
- 110.
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Claude Debussy
Ballade slave
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- CHANDOS.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet no.4 in E minor Op.44`2 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- Erato.
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- Tue 11 Mar 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3