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Celebrating classical greats

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

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Danse macabre, Op 40

    Performer: Karl鈥怬ve Mannberg. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony etc: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/DePreist.
    • BIS.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Stephen Marvin. Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos; Tafelmusik, Lamon.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Max Reger

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 146: II. Vivace

    Performer: Thorsten Johanns. Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett. Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett.
    • Reger: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 146 & String Sextet in F Major, Op. 118.
    • CPO.
    • 102.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 90 in C Major, Hob. I:90: IV. Finale. Allegro assai

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 60 "Il distratto", 70 & 90.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • William Bolcom

    Glad Rag

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • William Bolcom: The Complete Rags.
    • HYPERION.
    • 12.

  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz No 1

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Hyperion.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano: III. Rondo

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Rachel Gough. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • CALA.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Horn Concerto in D major TWV.51:D8

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos.
    • Bis.
    • 4-6.

  • Claude Debussy

    Apparition

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Lucy Crowe.
    • HYPERION.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: Overtures: London Symphony Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 5.

  • William Byrd

    Peccantem me quotidie

    Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.
    • Tallis & Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1575: Alamire, David Skinner.
    • Obsidian.
    • 6.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No 8 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: The Complete String Symphonies.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 204.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun Dorma, from Turandot

    Singer: SeokJong Baek. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Rafael Payare.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    8 脡tudes, Op. 42: No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor. Affannato

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • Scriabin: Vers la flamme.
    • BIS.
    • 114.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no. 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Farrenc: Symphony No. 2 - Overtures Nos. 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 3.

  • Scott Joplin

    Aunt Dinah has blowed the horn (Treemonisha, Act 2)

    Music Arranger: Gunther Schuller. Orchestra: Houston Grand Opera Orchestra. Choir: Houston Grand Opera. Conductor: Gunther Schuller.
    • Scott Joplin: Treemonisha.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 18.

  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Pasquinade, Op 59

    Performer: Alan Marks.
    • 'The Lady Fainted'.
    • Nimbus.
    • 4.

  • Henry Purcell

    I was glad

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Director: Simon Preston.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Irving Berlin

    Puttin' on the Ritz

    Music Arranger: Nelson Riddle. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: St茅phane Grappelli. Orchestra: Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra.
    • Top Hat.
    • Classic For Pleasure.
    • 01.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Violin Sonata in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.
    • Franck & Strauss Violin Sonatas.
    • ONYX.
    • 4.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes (Overture)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • Rameau: Overtures: Les Talens Lyriques, Rousset.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Meditation

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Six Romanian Folk Dances

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • B茅la Bart贸k 鈥� Works for Piano Solo.
    • Philips.
    • 17-22.

  • Richard Strauss

    Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo Op.72

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • WARNER.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus, K 618

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Mozart: Requiem.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 016.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Suite: The Love for Three Oranges

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No.5/The Love for 3 Oranges Suite/Scythian Suite - Minneapol.
    • Mercury.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3, Op. 18 No. 2: IV. Presto

    Ensemble: Ariel Quartet.
    • Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 108.

  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Cleveland Chamber Symphony. Conductor: Edwin London.
    • WALKER: Serenata / Lyric for Strings / Poeme / Orpheus / Folksongs for Orchestra.
    • Albany.
    • 3.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Mazurka (Copp茅lia)

    Orchestra: Op茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Delibes: Coppelia: Orchestre de l'opera de Lyon/Nagano.
    • Erato.
    • 4.

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