
The best classical morning 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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George Gershwin
Girl Crazy (Overture)
Music Arranger: Don Rose. Orchestra: Aalborg Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Wayne Marshall.- Gershwin: Works for piano and orchestra: Aalborg Symphony/Marshall.
- Virgin Classics.
- 3.
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George Frideric Handel
Water Music: Suite in F major, HWV 348 (Air)
Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Handel: Water Music: The English Concert, Pinnock.
- Archiv.
- 5.
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Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No 4 in E flat major, Op 48 (2nd mvmt, Scherzo)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.- Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7.
- Warner Classics International.
- 2.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
Étude No 110 in A major
Performer: Nicolas Stavy.- Hortus.
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Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77 (3rd mvt, Allegro giocoso)
Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Brahms: Violin Concerto / Bartok: Violin Concerto No.1.
- Decca.
- 3.
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Doreen Carwithen
Suffolk Suite (No 3, Suffolk Morris)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Carwithen: Orchestral Music.
- Chandos.
- 008.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Quintet in E flat major, K 407 (2nd mvt, Andante)
Performer: Stephen Bell. Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.- Mozart: Oboe Quartet/Horn Quintet: The Lindsays.
- ASV.
- 9.
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Anon.
Danza del hacha
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall.
- Alia Vox.
- 2.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
The little train of the caipira (Bachiana brasileira no.2)
Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Minczuk.- Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras Volume 1.
- Bis.
- 4.
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Edvard Grieg
The Last Spring (2 Elegiac melodies Op.34)
Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Iona Brown.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique (2nd mvmt, Un Bal)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: LSO/Sir Colin Davis.
- LSO Live.
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Dora Pejačević
Traumglück (Dreamt Happiness)
Performer: Cord Garben. Singer: Ingeborg Danz.- CPO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite no.1 in C major, BWV.1066 (Overture)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
- RCA.
- 6.
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Doreen Carwithen
Suffolk Suite (No 3, Suffolk Morris)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Carwithen: Orchestral Music.
- Chandos.
- 008.
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Scott Joplin
Magnetic Rag
Performer: Marilyn Nonken.- Syncopated Musings.
- Divine Art.
- 501.
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Gian Francesco Malipiero
Symphony No 1, 'in four movements, like the four seasons' (1st mvmt, Quasi andante - Sereno)
Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio de Almeida.- MARCO POLO.
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Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72.
- Decca.
- 8.
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Alice Mary Smith
Overture (Lalla Rookh)
Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emilie Godden. -
Doreen Carwithen
Suffolk Suite (No 3, Suffolk Morris)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Carwithen: Orchestral Music.
- Chandos.
- 008.
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Trad.
The Salley Gardens
Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.- Naxos.
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Imogen Holst
Leiston Suite (No 2, Jig)
Ensemble: Onyx Brass. Conductor: John Wilson.- Onyx Brass Plays Fanfares.
- Chandos.
- 35.
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Trad.
Lanigan's Ball
Performer: Christy Moore. Music Arranger: Christy Moore.- The Early Years: 1969 - 81.
- Universal Music Ireland Ltd..
- 2.
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Katie Moss
The Floral Dance
Performer: Brighouse and Rastrick Band. Music Arranger: Derek Broadbent. Conductor: Derek Broadbent.- The Best of Brass.
- Crimson.
- 1.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
May (Das Jahr)
Performer: Christina Bjørkøe.- Das Jahr - 12 Charakterstücke für Klavier.
- Danacord Records.
- 5.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Waltz)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 11.
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Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne
L'Amant anonyme (Ballet Music No 1)
Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.- TAFELMUSIK.
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Aaron Copland
Morning on the Ranch (The Red Pony)
Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Copland: Four dances from Rodeo: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/Falletta.
- Naxos.
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Erland Cooper
Birds of Paradise
Performer: Freya Goldmark. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jack Sheen. -
Frédéric Chopin
Study in C minor, Op 10 No 12 (Revolutionary)
Performer: Ronald Smith.- Chopin: Etudes Op. 10 & Op. 25: Ronald Smith.
- Nimbus.
- 12.
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Carl Nielsen
Springtime in Funen
Singer: Kirsten Hermansen. Singer: Kurt Westi. Singer: Ib Hansen. Choir: Zahle School Girls Choir. Choir: Københavns Drengekor. Choir: Danish Radio Choir. Orchestra: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mogens Wöldike.- Philips.
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Florence Price
Adoration
Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestrator: Jim Gray. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Bedrich Smetana
Polka (The Bartered Bride)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Smetana: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.
- Chandos.
- 2.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in C minor, Op 18 No 4 (4th mvmt, Allegro)
Ensemble: Ariel Quartet.- Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1.
- Orchid Classics.
- 208.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in F major, RV 488 (2nd mvmt, Largo)
Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Ensemble: L'Aura Soave Cremona. Director: Diego Cantalupi.- NAIVE.
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Jenny McLeod
Three Celebrations (No 3, A&P Show)
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Uwe Grodd.- McLeod: The Emperor and the Nightingale.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Donna McKevitt
Go To The Limits Of Your Longing
- The Swimming Diaries.
- Instant Karma Classics.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Danse Macabre: Barenboim.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4.
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- Fri 16 May 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3