
Celebrating classical greats
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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Edvard Grieg
Rigaudon (Holberg Suite)
Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Terje Tønnesen.- SIMAX.
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William Walton
Crown Imperial
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Walton: The Centenary Edition: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Baldassare Galuppi
Keyboard Sonata no.34 in C Minor (Larghetto)
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- Mozart & Contemporaries.
- DG.
- 16.
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Charles Ives
Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies.
- DG.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto-Suite in F major, TWV.54:F1 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Tempesta di Mare. Director: Gwyn Roberts. Director: Richard Stone.- Telemann: The Concerti-En-Suite.
- Chandos.
- 01.
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Orlando Gibbons
Drop, drop, slow tears
Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Singer: Anthony Way. Director: John Scott.- Passiontide at St Paul's: The Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, John Scott.
- Hyperion.
- 8.
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Giuseppe Verdi
La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)
Singer: Rolando Villazón. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Marcello Viotti.- Italian Opera Arias: Rolando Villazon/Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Viotti.
- Virgin Classics.
- 10.
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Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek
Symphony in D major (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Arriaga & Voříšek: Symphonies.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Maurice Ravel
La parade
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Toccata marziale
Ensemble: United States Air Force Band of the Rockies.- Altissimo.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito: Duet "Ah perdona il primo affetto"
Singer: Sunhae Im. Singer: Marie‐Claude Chappuis. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Johann Pachelbel
Canon in D major
Performer: Gabriela Montero. Music Arranger: Gabriela Montero.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Orlando Gibbons
Drop, drop slow tears
Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Performer: Anthony Way. Conductor: John Scott. -
Jules Massenet
Sevillana (Don César de Bazan)
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Massenet: Fantaisie etc..
- Chandos.
- 15.
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Bedrich Smetana
String Quartet no.1 in E minor 'From my life' (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Hyperion.
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Gerald Finzi
Clarinet Concerto in C minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Andrew Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Finzi: Clarinet Concerto etc..
- Decca.
- 03.
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Carlo Gesualdo
Ave dulcissima Maria
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Jonathan Sells.- SOLI DEO GLORIA.
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Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op.22)
Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.- Sibelius and the Kalevala.
- Ondine.
- 101.
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Jan Antonín Losy
Chaconne in F Major
Performer: Jakob Lindberg.- Note d’oro.
- BIS.
- 801.
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Orlando Gibbons
Drop, drop slow tears
Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Performer: Anthony Way. Conductor: John Scott. -
William Walton
A Litany for Chorus (Version 1)
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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John Dowland
Lachrimae antiquae
Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols.- Saydisc.
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater: "Quis est homo qui non fleret"
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: James Bowman. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina in F.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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William Byrd
Civitas sancti tui
Ensemble: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.- Libera Nos - The Cry of the Oppressed.
- Signum Classics.
- 1.
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Henryk Wieniawski
2 Mazurkas Op.19 (Obertass)
Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: José Gallardo.- Warner.
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Louis James Alfred Lefébure‐Wély
Sortie in E flat major (L'Orgue moderne, Bk.11)
Performer: David Sanger.- Lefebure-Wely Organ Music played by David Sanger.
- MERIDIAN.
- 8.
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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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John Ireland
A Downland Suite (3rd mvt, Minuet)
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
The Bamboula
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.- Summertime.
- DECCA.
- 16.
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Henry Purcell
Abdelazer (Rondeau - Air - Air - Minuet)
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Purcell: Theatre Music.
- Decca.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Elijah (Part 1: conclusion)
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Patricia Bardon. Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Singer: Matthew Munro. Choir: Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- DECCA.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in D flat major, Op.27 no.2
Performer: Ingrid Fliter.- LINN.
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Edward Elgar
The Marksmen (3 Bavarian Dances)
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.- DUTTON.
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Clara Schumann
3 Romances, Op 22: No 1
Music Arranger: Julian Bliss. Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: James Baillieu.- Clara & Robert Schumann: Music for Clarinet and Piano.
- Signum Records.
- 10.
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Alexander Glazunov
Mélodie (2 Pieces Op.20)
Performer: Jamie Walton. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.- SIGNUM.
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Erik Satie
Danse cuirassée (Vieux séquins et vieilles cuirasses)
Performer: Anne Queffélec.- Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
- Virgin Classics.
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Franz Liszt
The Dance in the Village Inn (Mephisto Waltz No 1)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Deutsche Grammophone.
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- Fri 11 Apr 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3