
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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Gabriel Fauré
Pavane
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- SFS Media.
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Antonín Dvořák
Carnival Overture, Op 92
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Constantin Silvestri.- EMI.
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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.
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Franz Schubert
Allegretto in C minor D.915
Performer: Paul Lewis.- Schubert: Piano Sonata D.845, Wandererfantasie D.760: Paul Lewis.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 11.
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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.
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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.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite no 4 in D major BWV.1069 (Overture)
Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- BIS.
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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.
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Pauline Viardot
Havanaise
Singer: Louise Alder. Performer: Joseph Middleton.- CHANDOS.
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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.
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Claude Debussy
Premier Piano Trio in G major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.- Debussy Sonates & Trio.
- Erato.
- 12.
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Errollyn Wallen
Dances for Orchestra: Dance I
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.- Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works.
- Resonus Classics.
- 1.
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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.
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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.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in C major RV 537 for 2 trumpets (1st mvt)
Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Performer: Reinhold Friedrich. Orchestra: I Musici.- Philips.
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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).
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Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold (Prelude)
Singer: Sarah Tynan. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- Wagner Das Rheingold.
- Halle.
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Henry Purcell
The Fairy Shuffle
Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.- The Playhouse Sessions - Bjarte Eike & Barokksolistene.
- Rubicon.
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Arnold Bax
Oboe Quintet (3rd mvt)
Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.- CHANDOS.
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Franz Schreker
Intermezzo for strings Op. 8
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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George Gershwin
I got rhythm
Performer: Angela Brownridge.- HYPERION.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Ave Maria (Vespers)
Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.- Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil.
- Ondine.
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Rebecca Clarke
Viola Sonata in E minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Kirill Gerstein.- Brahms, Clarke, Vieuxtemps.
- Myrios Classics.
- 2.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- DG.
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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.
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Claude Debussy
String Quartet in G minor, Op.10 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- String Quartets: Belacea Quartet.
- EMI Classics.
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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.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Suite populaire brésilienne: Mazurka-Chôro
Performer: Franz Halász.- Villa-Lobos: Complete Works for Solo Guitar.
- BIS.
- 201.
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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.
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Henry Balfour Gardiner
Evening Hymn
Performer: Andrew Lucas. Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: John Scott.- HYPERION.
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William Walton
Symphony No 1 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Violin Concerto.
- Chandos.
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- Wed 30 Apr 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3