The very best of classical music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
1000 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1115 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment 鈥� 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 (Waltz of the Flowers)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
- EMI Classics.
- 21.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A Major K.581 (4th mvt)
Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.- Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
- Signum Classics.
- 204.
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Barbara Strozzi
Priego ad Amore
Ensemble: Orlando di Lasso Ensemble.- Thorofon.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Straussiana
Orchestra: Bruckner Orchester Linz. Orchestra: Bruckner Orchester Linz. Conductor: Caspar Richter. Conductor: Caspar Richter.- Korngold - Fairytale Pictures and other orchestral music.
- ASV.
- 009.
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Claude Debussy
Pagodes (Estampes)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Debussy: Complete Works for Piano: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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George Frideric Handel
Zadok the priest - coronation anthem no. 1 HWV.258
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- PHILIPS.
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Benjamin Britten
Young Apollo, Op.16
Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.- HYPERION.
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Jordi Savall
Canarios (Improvisation)
Performer: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI.- Ostinato.
- Alia Vox.
- 10.
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Samuel Barber
The Monk and his Cat Op.29 no.8
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ashley Riches.- A Musical Zoo.
- CHANDOS.
- 17.
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Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo Fantastique, Op.3
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- DG.
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Henry Purcell
Trio Sonata No 7 in E minor
Ensemble: London Baroque.- Purcell: Chamber Music: London Baroque.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Serenade in E major Op.22 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Auvergne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto For茅s Veses.- Dvo艡谩k, Jan谩膷ek, Martin暖: Works for Strings.
- 础辫补谤迟茅.
- 101.
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Isaac Alb茅niz
Mallorca arr for guitar
Performer: Sharon Isbin.- Road to the Sun: Latin Romances for Guitar: Sharon Isbin.
- Virgin Classics.
- 13.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in D major, Wq 183 No 1 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.- CPE Bach: Symphonies: OAE, Leonhardt.
- Virgin Veritas.
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Benjamin Britten
The Prince of the Pagodas Op.57 (The Pagodas)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- DECCA.
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Doreen Carwithen
Orford Ness (Suffolk Suite)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Maurice Ravel
La vall茅e des cloches (Miroirs)
Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Vocalise Op.34 no.14
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, etc.: BFO, Fischer.
- Channel Classics.
- 5.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Ho nel petto un cor s矛 forte (Il Giustino)
Singer: Delphine Galou. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.- Vivaldi: Il Giustino.
- NAIVE.
- 2.
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Ketil Bj酶rnstad
Serene
Performer: Ketil Bj酶rnstad. Performer: Svante Henryson. Performer: Svante Henryson.- Ketil Bj酶rnstad & Svante Henryson: Night Song.
- ECM.
- 10.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major, Op.76`3 'Emperor' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.- COLBURN.
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Ruth Gipps
Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 30
Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in A flat major, D.899 no.4
Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.- Le Voyage Magnifique, Schubert: Impromptus; Maria Joao Pires.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Tu es Petrus, a 6
Choir: Stile Antico.- DECCA.
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Jean Sibelius
Serenade for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, Op.69 No.2 (Lento assai)
Performer: Julian Rachlin. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- Sony Classical.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No 5 in G major in keyboard, BWV 829 (Sarabande)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- J.S. Bach: 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830, Vladimir Ashkenazy.
- Decca.
- 5.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.8 in F major (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.- Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
- Naxos.
- 401.
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