Great classical music for your morning
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, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
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.
1200 鈥�25 for 25: Sounds of the Century鈥� 鈥� a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far.
1230 Album of the Week.
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Edvard Grieg
Rigaudon (Holberg suite, Op.40)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.- Grieg Holberg Suite.
- BIS.
- 005.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Celeste Aida (Aida)
Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Warner.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Variations on a theme from Silvana, Op 33
Performer: Sabine Meyer. Music Arranger: Rainer Schottst盲dt. Orchestra: Philharmonia Z眉rich. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.- A Night at the Opera: Sabine Meyer.
- EMI Classics.
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Mel Bonis
Sonata in F sharp minor Op.112 for violin and piano: 4th mvt
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- Chandos.
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
Este (evening)
Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed. Singer: Christine Nonbo Andersen.- Kod谩ly & Ligeti: Choral Works.
- OUR Recordings.
- 601.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique" (2nd mvt.)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.- Onyx.
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William Lawes
Royall Consort Suite no.3 in D minor
Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm. Director: Laurence Dreyfus.- LINN.
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Reinhold Moritzevich Gli猫re
Harp Concerto Op.74 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Claire Jones. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Watkins.- Signum.
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Reynaldo Hahn
La chere blessure
Singer: Alice Coote. Performer: Graham Johnson.- Hyperion.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G Major: I. Bed盲chtig. Nicht eilen
Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.- Mahler: Symphony No.鈥�4 in G Major.
- BIS.
- 101.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo concertante in B flat major K.269
Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.- Pentatone.
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Johannes Brahms
Rhapsodie in E flat major, Op 119 No 4
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
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Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman (Overture)
Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.- Wagner: Halle/Sir Mark Elder.
- Halle.
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Amy Beach
Piano Concerto in C Sharp Minor Op.45 (4th mvt)
Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.- Hyperion.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
On an Overgrown Path, Bk.1 (The Little Owl has not Flown)
Performer: Charles Owen.- Leos Janacek: Piano music: Charles Owen.
- Somm New Horizons.
- 12.
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William Walton
5 Bagatelles (no.2)
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Delphian.
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Eric Coates
Bird Songs at Eventide
Singer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu.- Champs Hill Records.
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Leonard Bernstein
Times Square (On the Town)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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George Frideric Handel
Where e'er you walk (Semele)
Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, WAB 100 "Annuliert": III. Scherzo. Presto - Trio. Lan
Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.- Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, WAB 100 "Annuliert": III. Scherzo. Presto - Trio. Lan.
- Alia Vox.
- 1.
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Nathan James Dearden
silent stones
Performer: Eleanor Corr. Performer: George White. Performer: Tom Isaac. Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Conductor: Sarah Latto. -
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor Op.22 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Gershwin, Saint-Daens, Ravel: Benjamin Grosvenor, RLPO, James Judd.
- Decca.
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Jean Sibelius
Tapiola, Op. 112
Conductor: Hannu Lintu. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Sibelius: Tapiola, En saga & Songs.
- Ondine.
- 101.
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Gavin Higgins
Cort猫ge for a Coal Mine
Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds. -
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Fran莽ois-Joseph Gossec
Tambourin (Le Triomphe de la Republique)
Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.- James Galway - Celebrating 70 - A collection of Personal Favourites.
- RCA.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: II. Minuet
Ensemble: Ariel Quartet.- Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1.
- Orchid Classics.
- 210.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Demande et r茅ponse (Petite suite de concert, Op 77, 2nd mvmt)
Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra.- Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture, Petite Suite, & Other Works.
- Naxos.
- 202.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 (6th mvt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Sony Classical.
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Erno Dohnanyi
Sextet in C major Op.37 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Hyperion.
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