
Your perfect classical playlist
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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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 2 in D Major, Op 36 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.- Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
- Naxos.
- 204.
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Niccolò Paganini
Moto perpetuo in C major, Op.11
Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Göran Söllscher.- Paganini for Two: Gil Shaham/Goran Sollscher.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 22.
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Dora Pejačević
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33; 2nd mvt Adagio con estro
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite no.1 in C major BWV.1066 (Overture)
Ensemble: Sonnerie. Director: Monica Huggett.- Avie.
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Charles Gounod
Romeo et Juliette (Act 2: L'amour, l'amour... Ah! leve-toi, soleil!)
Singer: Vittorio Grigolo. Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Evelino Pidò.- Sony.
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Bedrich Smetana
Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- MERCURY.
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Maurice Ravel
Jeux d'eau for piano
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- CHANDOS.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Haydn: The London Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Davis.
- Philips.
- 12.
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Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: III. Andantino
Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.- Bruce: Gumboots - Brahms: Clarinet Quintet.
- Signum Classics.
- 8.
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Franz Schubert
An die Musik D.547
Music Arranger: Max Reger. Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra: Von Otter, Quasthoff, Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 18.
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Cécile Chaminade
6 Romances sans paroles Op.76 (Elevation)
Performer: Peter Jacobs.- Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
- Helios.
- 12.
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Michael Nyman
Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds (The Draughtsman's Contract)
Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Conductor: Michael Nyman.- The Very Best of Michael Nyman - Film Music 1980-2001.
- Venture.
- 2.
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Richard Strauss
Cello Sonata in F major Op 6; 1st mvt Allegro con brio
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.- A Golden Cello Decade.
- Hyperion.
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George Frideric Handel
Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)
Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Bicket.- Decca.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97, 'Rhenish' - 1st movement, Allegro
Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3: Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Järvi.
- RCA.
- 1.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Song of Proserpine
Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
- Delphian Records.
- 6.
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Augusta Holmès
Clair de lune (3 Petites pieces)
Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: Hélène Couvert.- ALPHA.
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Gustav Holst
Dance of Spirits of Fire (The Perfect Fool)
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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Dudley Moore
Beethoven pastiche (theme from Bridge over the River Kwai) from 'An Audience with Dudley Moore'
Performer: Dudley Moore.- An Audience With Dudley Moore.
- Redbush Entertainment.
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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Comedians' Galop (The Comedians)
Orchestra: Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian.- Kabalevsky: Romeo and Juliet - Suite, The Comedians - Suite, Colas Breugnon - Su.
- Decca (UMO).
- 12.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet Op.33 no.2 'Joke' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos 1-3.
- BIS.
- 204.
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C Sharp Minor
Performer: Lang Lang. Music Arranger: Vladimir Horowitz.- Memory.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Pietro Locatelli
Concerto grosso in F major Op.1`1
Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players. Director: Nicholas Kraemer.- HYPERION.
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Jean Sibelius
Andante festivo
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Sibelius: Violin Concerto.
- Chandos.
- 10.
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Ivo Antognini
Come to me for chorus
Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Singer: Helena Paish. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414 (Cpte)
Conductor: Uri Segal. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.12 & 21 etc.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no.6 in B Minor 'Pathétique' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique".
- Sony Classical.
- 3.
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Trad.
Wallom Green (From Playford's "The English Dancing Master")
Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.- Terra Mater.
- Warner Classics.
- 8.
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Frank Bridge
Spring Song (4 Short Pieces)
Performer: Madeleine Mitchell. Performer: Andrew Ball.- Mitchell, Madeleine: Violin Songs.
- Divine Art.
- 1201.
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Johann Strauss II
Thunder and Lightning, Op 324
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- Champagne and Laughter: The Music of Johann Strauss II.
- EMI.
- 17.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D major, K 29
Performer: Ursula Dütschler.- Domenico Scarlatti: Zwolf Cembalosonaten: Ursula Duetschler.
- Claves.
- 4.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Symphony no.5 in D major 'L'Allegro ed il Penseroso' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- Chandos.
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- Tue 1 Apr 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3