
Refresh your morning with classical 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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Edvard Grieg
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Op.65 Bk 8)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Grieg: Lyric Pieces.
- Warner Classics.
- 19.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)
Singer: Jane Sheldon. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.- Elena Kats-Chernin - Wild Swans.
- ABC.
- 2.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
La Poule (Concert en sextuor no.6 in G minor)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
- Archiv.
- 11.
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Jean Sibelius
Valse lyrique Op.96 no.1
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Sibelius: Violin concerto, Karelia Suite, The Swan of Tuonela and other works.
- CHANDOS.
- 8.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Sextet in A major Op.48 (4th mvt)
Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.- Dvorak: String Quintet, Op. 97 & String Sextet, Op. 48.
- harmonia mundi.
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Annabel Rooney
Keep me as the apple of the eye
Choir: The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge. Conductor: David Rowland.- REGENT.
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Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Ronald Janezic. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: André Previn.- DG.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Flautino Concerto in C Major, RV 443 (Arr. for Marimba & Orchestra): I. Allegro
Composer: Anon.. Performer: Fumito Nunoya. Orchestra: Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester. Orchestra: Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester. Conductor: Johannes Schlaefli. Conductor: Johannes Schlaefli.- Concertos on Marimba.
- Oehms Classics.
- 1.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
13 Preludes Op.32 (no.2 in G major)
Performer: Nelson Goerner.- Chopin, Polonaise-Fantasie: Nelson Goerner.
- Wigmore Hall Live.
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Friedrich Kuhlau
Elf Hill (Overture)
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Schønwandt.- Kuhlau: Overtures: Danish National Radio Symphony Orch/Schonwandt.
- Chandos.
- 8.
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Clara Schumann
Ich Stand In Dunklen Traumen from 6 Songs Op.13
Performer: Ian Tindale. Singer: Santiago Sánchez. -
Annabel Rooney
Keep me as the apple of the eye
Choir: Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge. Conductor: David Rowland.- REGENT.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in E major, Wq 182 No 6
Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Director: Wolfram Christ.- C.P.E. Bach - Hamburger Sinfonien WQ.182.
- Hanssler Classic.
- 16-18.
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Edmund Rubbra
Meditazioni Sopra 'Coeurs Desoles' Op. 67
Performer: Melinda Maxwell. Performer: Michael Dussek. Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble.- Rubbra: Chamber Music.
- Dutton Epoch.
- 2.
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Alexander Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 3.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in F sharp major Op.78
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Höchster, mache deine Güte (Cantata "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen", BWV51)
Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Director: Christopher Monks. Orchestra: Armonico Consort.- Let The Bright Seraphim Works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, A.Scarlatti and Handel.
- Signum Classics.
- 3.
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Rachel Portman
Apple Tree
Performer: Rachel Portman.- Ask the River.
- Node Records.
- 7.
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Mátyás Seiber
3 Hungarian Folksongs: No. 2, Apple, apple
Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Choir of the 21st Century. Conductor: Howard Williams.- Mátyás Seiber: A Cappella.
- SOMM Recordings.
- 2.
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Erik Satie
Trois morceaux en forme de poire (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Utah Symphony. Conductor: Maurice Abravanel.- Vanguard.
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Elizabeth Poston
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: John Rutter.- The Holly and the Ivy.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 17.
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Ferdinand Hérold
Clog Dance; Dance of the Cock and Hens (La Fille Mal Gardée)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- EMI.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Sinfonietta (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Korngold: Sinfonietta: Andrew Litton.
- Dorian.
- 2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K 364 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Gordan Nikolitch. Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.- Pentatone.
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Catrin Finch
Listen to the Grass Grow
Performer: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita.- SOAR.
- bendigedig.
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William Walton
Walton: Suite from "Henry V" - Concert Suite from Film Score (complete)
Music Arranger: Muir Mathieson. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Walton: Centenary Edition.
- Decca.
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Suor Leonora d'Este
Haec dies quam fecit Dominus
Choir: Musica Secreta. Choir: Celestial Sirens. Director: Laurie Stras. Director: Deborah Roberts.- Lucrezia Borgia's Daughter.
- OBSIDIAN.
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Henry Purcell
Sonata for trumpet and strings in D major Z.850
Performer: Mark Bennett. Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet.- CHANDOS.
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor
Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Abbado.- Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor.
- 900360.
- 1.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Hear my prayer
Performer: Mark Williams. Singer: Rachel Bennett. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Richard Marlow.- Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works: Richard Marlow.
- Chandos.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in C major H.16.10
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol. 8.
- Chandos.
- 8.
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Gaetano Pugnani
String Quartet No. 3 in A Major (Version for Orchestra) - mov. 2
Performer: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra.- Alba Records.
Broadcast
- Tue 6 May 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3