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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 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

  • Manuel de Falla

    The Miller's Dance (The Three-Cornered Hat)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Fr眉hbeck de Burgos.
    • Falla: Spanish Songs etc.: De Los Angeles/Giulini/Fruhbeck de Burgos.
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 驶F眉r Elise始

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Beethoven: Fur Elise, Bagatelles Opp. 33, 119 & 126.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 25.

  • Marin Marais

    Chaconne (Pieces en trio - suite no.1 in C major)

    Performer: William Hunt. Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet.
    • Marin Marais 'La folia' & other music for viols and violins The Purcell Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)

    Performer: Sarah Schuster Ericsson.
    • DORIAN SONO LUMINUS.

  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • 100 Best Ballet.
    • EMI.

  • Michiru Oshima

    Memories

    • In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: Orchestral Music: Ruud.
    • BIS.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Regina caeli

    Choir: Wells Cathedral School Choralia. Conductor: Christopher Finch.
    • NAXOS.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Divertimento

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in E flat major K.452 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble 360.
    • Mozart: Chamber Works.
    • ASV.
    • 7.

  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor, BWV 1056

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Bach: Harpsichord Concertos: Rousset/AAM/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 4.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Andante spianato and grande polonaise brillante Op.22 vers. for piano & orch

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Chopin: Piano Works.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5-6.

  • Mel Bonis

    Invocation (Scenes de la foret, Op 123)

    Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Richard Dilley. Performer: Diana Ambache.
    • Ambache.

  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • The Guitar: Milos Karadaglic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Berceuse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 13.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dove sono (Le Nozze di Figaro)

    Singer: Camilla Tilling. Orchestra: Musica Saeculorum. Conductor: Philipp von Steinaecker.
    • Loves Me... Loves Me Not....
    • BIS.
    • 702.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • Homage: James Ehnes.
    • Onyx.
    • 15.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    K枚nigskinder - Concert Overture

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.
    • Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'ocean (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy and Ravel: Pierre Boulez conducts.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: Summertime

    Singer: Angel Blue. Choir: Morgan State University Choir. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (Highlights) [Live].
    • PENTATONE.
    • 102.

  • Jacob van Eyck

    Fantasia and Echo

    Performer: Frauke Rauterberg.
    • Van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-Hof.
    • primTON.
    • 5.

  • Claude Debussy

    Fantaisie for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Debussy/Ravel: Works For Piano And Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Domenico Cimarosa

    La astuzie femminili (Overture No 2)

    Orchestra: Jyv盲skyl盲 Sinfonia. Conductor: Patrick Gallois.
    • Cimarosa: Overtures 3: Sinfonia Finandia Jyvaskyla/Gallois.
    • NAXOS.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Pullois

    Flos de spina

    Conductor: Anna Danilevskaia. Ensemble: Sollazzo Ensemble.
    • Ni Dufay, NI Binchois - The Works of Johannes Pullois.
    • Passacaille.
    • 1.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Rondeau (Les biches)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Paris 1920: Orchestre de Paris/Semyon Bychkov.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

  • Gemma McGregor

    Love was his meaning

    Choir: Corvus Consort. Performer: Louise Thomson. Conductor: Freddie Crowley.
    • Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women鈥檚 Voices.
    • Chandos.
    • 701.

  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio and Allegro, Op 70

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.

  • John Adams

    Hoe-down 'Mad Cow' (Gnarly Buttons)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: John Adams.
    • Gnarly Buttons & John's Book Of Alleged Dances.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 13.

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