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The ideal mix of 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 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1115 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week.

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Music Played

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Hyperion.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Vocalion.

  • Rita Strohl

    Septet in C minor (3rd mvmt, Romance)

    Performer: Shuichi Okada. Performer: Alexandre Pascal. Performer: L茅a Hennino. Performer: Claudine Legras. Performer: H茅lo茂se Luzzati. Performer: Lorraine Campet. Performer: C茅lia Oneto Bensaid.
    • Rita Strohl: Volume 2, Musique de chambre.
    • La Bo卯te 脿 P茅pites.
    • 107.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Marksman (Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands Op.27)

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Elgar: The Black Night; Scenes From The Bavarian Highlands.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 15.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Sailing (Holiday Diary)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.
    • Sibelius Prokofiev: Violin Concerto.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Six Choral Songs (To Be Sung In Time of War) - VI. A Song of the New Age

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Choir: Richard Hickox Singers. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Trio Sonata No 6 in F major

    Ensemble: Aura Musicale. Director: Bal谩zs M谩t茅.
    • CHR. W. Gluck The Seven Trio Sonatas Aura Musicale.
    • Hungaroton Classic.
    • 16.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Spring (V氓ren), Op 33 No 2

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Singer: Lise Davidsen.
    • Edvard Grieg.
    • DECCA.
    • 28.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    La primavera (Trittico botticelliano)

    Orchestra: Orchestra sinfonica di Roma. Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quintet in E flat major Op.16 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Les Vents Fran莽ais - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 117.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Hiawatha Overture, Op.30

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, orchestral works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Voi che sapete (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Rhapsodie for clarinet and orchestra

    Performer: George Pieterson. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op 6 No 7 (5th mvt, Hornpipe)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Charles Trenet

    La Mer

    Orchestrator: Albert Lasry. Performer: Charles Trenet. Orchestra: Orchestra & Choir. Conductor: Albert Lasry.
    • Les Plus Grandes Chansons Du Siecle CD2.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Frederick Delius

    To be sung of a summer night on the water

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • THERE IS SWEET MUSIC. English Choral Songs 1890-1950.
    • COLLEGIUM.
    • 002.

  • Albert Ket猫lbey

    'Appy 'Ampstead

    Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Bob Sharples.
    • The World of Ketelbey: In A Monastery Garden, etc..
    • Decca.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major D.899 no.4

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & 142; Murray Perahia.
    • CBS.
    • 4.

  • Josquin des Prez

    Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Director: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Utopia Triumphans.
    • Sony.
    • 3.

  • William Walton

    Polka (Fa莽ade)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • William Walton.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Piano Trio No 2 in A minor (2nd mvmt, Lento)

    Ensemble: Trio Aralia.
    • Entre deux mondes.
    • Initiale.
    • 107.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Harmonia mundi.

  • Franz Liszt

    Festklange

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Liszt - Symphonic Poems Volume 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 14-18.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Nocturne from String Quartet no.2 in D major

    Performer: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • Borodin: String quartets: The Lindsays.
    • ASV.
    • 007.

  • Johannes Brahms

    21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 7 in F Major (Arr. for Orchestra by Martin Schme

    Music Arranger: Martin Schmeling. Conductor: Roberto Abbado. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-10.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 107.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue in F major for piano and strings, Op.10

    Performer: Piers Lane. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Daniel.
    • DECCA.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.76`5 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No.2 in A minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Complete Symphonies.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.

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