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A classical soundtrack 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, 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

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Prelude to Act 3)

    Composer: Richard Wagner. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Wagner: Preludes: Siegried-Idyll/Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Chloe.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Maria Szymanowska

    Nocturne in A flat major (Le Murmure)

    Performer: Patrizio Mazzola.
    • Orlando Records.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 83 in G minor, 'The Hen' (2nd mvmt, Andante)

    Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Haydn: Complete Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 102.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (Overture)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.

  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Sommeil (Sleep), from cantata Judith

    Ensemble: Cecilia鈥檚 Circle.
    • CENTAUR.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic Dances, Op 64 (No 1, Allegro moderato e marcato)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Pierre de la Rue

    O salutaris hostia

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 4.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

  • Nathaniel Dett

    Ramah (Air Characteristic)

    Performer: Ionel Manciu. Performer: Dominic Degavino.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 Trumpets and Orchestra, RV 537 (1st mvmt)

    Performer: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Performer: John Thiessen. Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • Music for Trumpet and Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Erlk枚nig II

    Performer: Golda Schultz. Performer: Jonathan Ware.
    • This Be Her Verse.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for Strings in E major, Op 22 (2nd mvt, Menuetto)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Dvor谩k: Serenades for Strings and Winds.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Sommeil (Sleep), from cantata Judith

    Ensemble: Cecilia鈥檚 Circle.
    • CENTAUR.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Pelleas et Melisande (Entr'acte)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Horst Stein.
    • Horst Stein - The Sibelius Recordings.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 20.

  • Regina Harris Baiocchi

    A Candle Burns Time (Piano Poems, No 4)

    Performer: Sarah Cahill.
    • The Future is Female, Vol. 3, 'At Play'.
    • First Hand Records.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (Finale)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 7.

  • C茅sar Franck

    R茅demption (Symphonic Interlude)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Franck Symphony & Symphonic Variations.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Sommeil (Sleep), from cantata Judith

    Ensemble: Cecilia鈥檚 Circle.
    • CENTAUR.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane for a Sleeping Beauty (Mother Goose Suite)

    Performer: Deszo Ranki. Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • HUNGAROTON.

  • Hubert Parry

    Long since in Egypt's plenteous land (Judith)

    Choir: Worcester Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Decca.

  • Judith Weir

    Arise, Arise! You Slumbering Sleepers

    Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble.
    • NMC.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Louise Farrenc

    脡tude in F sharp minor, Op 26 No 10

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • 厂补颈苍迟-厂补毛苍蝉.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 28.

  • Johan Helmich Roman

    Drottningholm Royal Wedding Music (1st mvmt, Allegro assai)

    Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Drottningholmsmusiken.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Giuseppe Martucci

    Notturno in G flat major, Op 70 No 1

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Orchestral Music by Busoni, Casella & Martucci.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • J. S. Bach: Great Organ Works: Peter Hurford.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Ina Boyle

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jim茅nez.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 10-12.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Fruhlingslied (Spring Song) in A major, Op 62 No 6

    Performer: Lucy Parham.
    • I, Clara: Clara Schumann, A Life In Music.
    • Deux-Elles Limited.
    • 15.

  • William Grant Still

    Ennanga (3rd mvmt)

    Performer: Ashley Jackson. Ensemble: Harlem Chamber Players.
    • Ennanga.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 6.

  • Johannes Pullois

    Se ung bien peu

    Ensemble: Sollazzo Ensemble. Director: Anna Danilevskaia.
    • Ni Dufay, NI Binchois - The Works of Johannes Pullois.
    • Passacaille.
    • 9.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Siege of Corinth (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: Overtures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Katia Beaugeais

    Like Snowdrops You Will Shine

    Performer: Helena Rathbone. Ensemble: ACO Collective.
    • Collective Wisdom [Hush, Volume 18].
    • 8.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Loure (Tafelmusik Suite in E minor)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 21.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Can-Can (Orpheus in the Underworld)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • William Tell and other favourites: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Kunzel.
    • Telarc.

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