
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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Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue in D
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- TELDEC.
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Antonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (1st mvt)
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- Alisa Weilerstein Dvorak.
- DECCA.
- 1.
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Jocelyn Pook
How sweet the moonlight (The Merchant of Venice)
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Siobhán Armstrong. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet.- Decca.
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Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Idylle sur la paix, LWV 68: Overture
Conductor: Robert Mealy. Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble.- Lully: Idylle sur la paix, LWV 68 - Charpentier, M.-A: La fête de rueil, H. 485.
- CPO.
- 101.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet (Balcony Scene)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Abbado A-Z: Prokofiev – Ravel.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 55.
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Charles Wood
This joyful Eastertide
Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Director: John Scott.- Passiontide at St Paul's: The Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, John Scott.
- Hyperion.
- 10.
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Maurice Ravel
Piano concerto in G (2nd mvt)
Performer: Cédric Tiberghien. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Malcolm Arnold
Brass Quintet no.1, Op.73 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Conductor: Howard Snell.- Malcolm Arnold.
- Decca.
- 16.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Dance (Othello Suite)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.- Coleridge-Taylor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Henry Purcell
Fairest Isle (King Arthur)
Singer: Barbara Bonney. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Barbara Bonney - Fairest Isle.
- Decca.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Mikado (Overture)
Orchestra: The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.- Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
- TER.
- 6.
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Franz Liszt
Etudes d'execution transcendante S.139 for piano; No 12, Chasse neige
Performer: Kirill Gerstein.- Myrios.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G minor, RV439 'La notte'
Performer: Lucie Horsch. Ensemble: Amsterdam Vivaldi Players.- Decca.
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Thomas Tallis
Sancte Deus, sancte fortis
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- A Tudor Collection: The Tallis Scholars.
- Gimell.
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Takashi Yoshimatsu
Saxophone Concerto Op.59 'Cyber-bird' (Bird in the Wind)
Performer: Nobuya Sugawa. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.- Yoshimatsu: Symphony No. 3 - Saxophone Concerto.
- Chandos.
- 103.
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Leonard Bernstein
Tonight (West Side Story)
Singer: Marni Nixon. Singer: Jimmy Bryant. Conductor: Johnny Green.- Columbia.
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Glenn Miller
Moonlight Serenade
Orchestra: Glenn Miller Orchestra.- In The Mood – The Definitive Moonlight Collection.
- Bluebird.
- 20.
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Henry Purcell
When I am laid in earth & Final Chorus (Dido and Aeneas)
Singer: Catherine Bott. Choir: Academy of Ancient Music Chorus. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- The Glory of Purcell: Academy of Ancient Music, Hogwood.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
- 11.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in E flat major for wind octet, K 375 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Holliger Wind Ensemble.- Mozart: Serenades: Academy of St Martin in the fields/Marriner.
- Philips.
- 12.
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Christian Sinding
The Rustle of spring Op.32 no.3
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.- Norwegian Classical Favourites: Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Engeset.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia in G major BWV.572
Performer: Simon Preston.- Bach: Toccata and Fugue BWV 565: Simon Preston.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Judith Bingham
The Drowned Lovers
Choir: Tenebrae. Singer: Martha McLorinan. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Signum Classics.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
The Blue Bird (8 Partsongs Op.119)
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Music of the Spheres.
- Signum Classics.
- 15.
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Claude Debussy
Jeux - poème danse
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 5.
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Pietro Locatelli
Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 3 No. 11; I. Allegro
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- harmonia mundi.
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William Walton
Battle in the Air (Battle of Britain Suite)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Walton: Battle of Britain Suite etc.: ASMF/Marriner.
- Chandos.
- 17.
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Gabriel Dupont
A la Nuit
Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Performer: Tristan Raës.- Gabriel Dupont: The Complete Songs.
- 貹é.
- 4.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in E flat major Op.71`3 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets Op 71: Takacs Quartet.
- Hyperion.
- 12.
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Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto no.1 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.- DECCA.
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Anthony Holborne
The Honie-suckle; The Fairie-round
Ensemble: Fretwork.- Music for Viols.
- Virgo.
- 13-14.
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Eric Coates
Covent Garden (London (London every day) suite)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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- Wed 23 Apr 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3