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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 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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Music Played

  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Serenade

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • HYPERION.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle

    Lyricist: Giuseppe Giacosa. Lyricist: Luigi Illica. Lyricist: Victorien Sardou. Performer: Jonathan Tetelman. Orchestra: The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Puccini: Tosca.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in B flat D.28

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Schubert Piano Trios.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Introduction and Variations on a Swedish Song

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Martin Fr枚st.
    • Roots.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3 "The Hunt": i. Allegro

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • The Vienna Recital.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.101 in D major 'Clock' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Haydn: Symphony no. 101: Congertgegbouw Orchestra, Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Alma Redemptoris Mater

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Presto in C major

    Ensemble: Arditti Quartet.
    • MONTAIGNE.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Last Rose of Summer (Folksong arrangements Vol.4)

    Singer: James Newby. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • I wonder as I Wander: Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler and Britten.
    • BIS.
    • 20.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Rosen aus dem S眉den

    Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Op茅ra de Lyon.
    • Schoenberg/Kaiserwalzer and Other Transcriptions.
    • Erato.
    • 5.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt' (I. Allegro)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Armide (Act 5,Passecaille)

    Ensemble: Caf茅 Zimmermann.
    • ALPHA.

  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto no.2 'The American Four Seasons' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica.
    • DG.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Serenade espagnole, Op. 150

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt' (I. Allegro)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.

  • Leopold Mozart

    Sinfonia da caccia in G major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Hermann Baumann. Performer: Radovan Vlatkovi膰. Performer: Timothy Brown. Performer: Nicholas Hill. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Iona Brown.
    • Philips.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Va tacito (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Performer: Frank Lloyd. Orchestra: The English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Handel: Julius Caesar (highlights): Mackerras.
    • EMI.

  • Hermann Koenig

    Post Horn Galop

    Ensemble: Band of HM Royal Marines.
    • Filbert Street Blues.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K297b (3rd mvt, Andantino con variazioni)

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart : Sinfonia concertante.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 3.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor. Alla marcia

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Rachmaninoff: 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor. Alla marcia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Anon.

    Remember Me My Dear

    Music Arranger: Jan Garbarek. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Performer: Jan Garbarek.
    • Mnemosyne.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 4.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Tarantelle, Op 6

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Saint-Saens: Chamber Music: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a rococo theme, Op 33

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Santiago de Murcia

    Tarantella no 2

    Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Ensemble: Ensemble Kapsberger.
    • Naive.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiest眉cke, Op. 73: III. Rasch und mit Feuer

    Performer: Julian Bliss.
    • Clara & Robert Schumann: Music for Clarinet and Piano.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • George Gershwin

    Cuban Overture

    Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Gershwin, G.: Dayful of Song / Cuban Overture / Promenade / Rhapsody in Blue / L.
    • Delos.
    • 201.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 6 in E major, BWV 817 (Gigue)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 36.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in A minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • CHANDOS.

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