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Your perfect classical playlist

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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3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 30 Apr 2025 09:30

Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS Media.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Carnival Overture, Op 92

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Constantin Silvestri.
    • EMI.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Easter (5 Mystical Songs)

    Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Choir: Corydon Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Vaughan Williams: Serenade, Flos Campi, Five Mystical Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Allegretto in C minor D.915

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonata D.845, Wandererfantasie D.760: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 11.
  • Traditional Irish

    The Gold Ring Jig

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King. Performer: Frank McGuire.
    • The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 8.
  • John Williams

    The Raiders' March (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no 4 in D major BWV.1069 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Phaëton, Op 39

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Tone Poems: Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Pauline Viardot

    Havanaise

    Singer: Louise Alder. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto - Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 103.
  • Claude Debussy

    Premier Piano Trio in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Debussy Sonates & Trio.
    • Erato.
    • 12.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Dances for Orchestra: Dance I

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Geliebter Aufenthalt, beliebte Stille (1st mvt)

    Singer: Magdalena Podkościelna. Singer: Andreas Post. Singer: Matthias Vieweg. Singer: Ekkehard Abele. Ensemble: Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein. Conductor: Ludger Rémy.
    • CPO.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 3 in B flat major, K 281 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 9.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major RV 537 for 2 trumpets (1st mvt)

    Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Performer: Reinhold Friedrich. Orchestra: I Musici.
    • Philips.
  • Robert Schumann

    Du Ring an meinem Finger (Frauenliebe und -leben)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Schumann: Frauenliebe und -Leben, Op.42; 5 Lieder, Op. 40; Ausgewählte Lieder.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Richard Wagner

    Das Rheingold (Prelude)

    Singer: Sarah Tynan. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Wagner Das Rheingold.
    • Halle.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Shuffle

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • The Playhouse Sessions - Bjarte Eike & Barokksolistene.
    • Rubicon.
    • 7.
  • Arnold Bax

    Oboe Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Franz Schreker

    Intermezzo for strings Op. 8

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Gershwin

    I got rhythm

    Performer: Angela Brownridge.
    • HYPERION.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Ave Maria (Vespers)

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil.
    • Ondine.
    • 6.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Viola Sonata in E minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Kirill Gerstein.
    • Brahms, Clarke, Vieuxtemps.
    • Myrios Classics.
    • 2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Concerto in F Major, Hob 18 No 3

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 11.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G minor, Op.10 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • String Quartets: Belacea Quartet.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no. 3 in E flat, K.447 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: José Antonio Méndez Padrón.
    • Mozart y Mambo.
    • Alpha.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Suite populaire brésilienne: Mazurka-Chôro

    Performer: Franz Halász.
    • Villa-Lobos: Complete Works for Solo Guitar.
    • BIS.
    • 201.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Chaconne (Les Indes galantes)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Brüggen.
    • Rameau: Les Indes Galantes Suite: Orchestra of the 18th Century, Bruggen.
    • Philips.
  • Henry Balfour Gardiner

    Evening Hymn

    Performer: Andrew Lucas. Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: John Scott.
    • HYPERION.
  • William Walton

    Symphony No 1 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Violin Concerto.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

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