
A feast of great music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favorites.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favorites.
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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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor
Music Arranger: Martin Schmeling. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
- 1.
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Alessandro Marcello
Oboe Concerto in D minor (2nd mvmt, Adagio)
Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Peterborough String Orchestra.- 5 Italian Oboe Concertos.
- Hyperion.
- 9.
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Louise Héritte-Viardot
Piano Quartet No 1 in A major, 'In Summer' (2nd mvt, Flies and Butterflies)
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 2.
- Chandos.
- 102.
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Gioachino Rossini
La cambiale di matrimonio (Overture)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Young Prince and Princess (Sheherazade)
Performer: Elise Båtnes. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- Lawo.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Brothers (Wild Swans)
Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.- The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
- 12.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.104 in D major 'London' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
- Naive.
- 10.
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Scott Joplin
Elite Syncopations
Performer: Joshua Rifkin.- Joplin: Piano Rags: Joshua Rifkin.
- Nonesuch.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Dardanus (Chaconne)
Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Director: Roy Goodman.- Rameau: Ballet Suites: European Union Baroque Orchestra/Goodman.
- Naxos.
- 24.
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Amanda Röntgen-Maier
String Quartet in A major – second movement (Andante)
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Folk songs from Somerset (English Folk Song Suite)
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.- Holst/Vaughan Williams: British Wind Band Classics: Timothy Reynish.
- Chandos.
- 16.
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George Frideric Handel
Per le porte del tormento
Singer: Lawrence Zazzo. Singer: Veronica Cangemi. Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco. Conductor: Alan Curtis.- Warner Classics.
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Jennifer Higdon
Concerto for Orchestra (2nd mvmt)
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Spano.- Jennifer Higdon: City Scape & Concerto for Orchestra.
- Telarc.
- 2.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Brothers (Wild Swans)
Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.- The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
- 12.
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Antonín Dvořák
Serenade for Wind 29in D minor, Op 44 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Winds of Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Nina Kotova.
- SONY.
- 004.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont Overture
Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Trio for violin, cello and piano
Ensemble: Trio Karénine.- Fauré, Ravel & Tailleferre.
- Mirare.
- 8-11.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Brothers (Wild Swans)
Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.- The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
- 12.
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Engelbert Humperdinck
The Sandman, and the Evening Prayer (Hansel & Gretel)
Singer: Ileana Cotrubaș. Singer: Frederica von Stade. Orchestra: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln. Conductor: Sir John Pritchard.- Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel.
- CBS.
- 11-12.
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Samuel Barber
Sure on this shining night
Music Arranger: Simon Parkin. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.- Barber: Sure on This Shining Night, Op. 13 No. 3 (Arr. Parkin for Cello and Pian.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Schwanenlied (Swan Song)
Performer: Ursula Dütschler. Singer: Francine van der Heijden.- The Art of Mendelssohnian Song.
- Claves Records.
- 2.
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Gene de Paul
Barn Dance (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers)
Music Arranger: Saul Chaplin. Music Arranger: Adolph Deutsch. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- That's Entertainment - A Celebration of the MGM Film Musical: John Wilson Orches.
- EMI.
- 5.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical Symphony' (2nd mvmt, Larghetto)
Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Prokofiev: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 2.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
Piano Sonata in F sharp minor, Op 5 No 3 (3rd mvmt, Presto)
Performer: Marie-Catherine Girod.- Regards de Femmes.
- Mirare Productions.
- 02.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Symphony in A minor, Op 8 (3rd mvmt, Scherzo)
Orchestra: Aarhus Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.- ALTO.
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Hanna Havrylets
Prayer
Singer: Grace Davidson. Choir: Meridian. Conductor: Irene Messoloras.- Prayer.
- Signum Records.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg concerto no.4 BWV.1049 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 7.
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Hans Pfitzner
Three Preludes from 'Palestrina'
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Ferdinand Leitner.- Hans Pfitzner.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 163-165.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite no.2 in C major Op.53 (Valse)
Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- The Stuttgart Recordings.
- CapriccioNR.
- 602.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
5 Preludes: No 1 in E minor (Homage to the Brazilian country people)
Performer: Franz Halász.- Villa-Lobos: Complete Works for Solo Guitar.
- BIS.
- 110.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (4th mvt)
Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.- Mozart: Serenate, Notturne, Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Le Concert de Nations, Jordi.
- Alia Vox.
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Kathleen Allan
The Green and Salty Days
Ensemble: Cantus.- The Green and Salty Days.
- Signum Records.
- 1.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words in G major, Op 62 No 4
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4.
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Fela Sowande
Joyful Day (African Suite)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.- SONY.
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- Tue 29 Apr 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3