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The ideal mix of 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

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 2 Waltz)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Ballets russes.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 11.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Havanaise

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Paris La Belle Epoque.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 92 in G major, 'Oxford' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Haydn: Symphonies Nos 92 and 93, 97-99.
    • LSO Live.
    • 4.

  • Caroline Shaw

    And So

    Singer: Caroline Shaw. Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Evergreen.
    • Nonesuch Records.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Holbrooke

    Pandora - ballet movement

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: George Vass.
    • J Holbrooke, Symphony no.4: RLPO/RSNO/Wallfisch/Vass.
    • Epoch.
    • 8.

  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas

    Music Arranger: Mikhail Parhamovsky. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Thomas Carroll.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Schubert

    Andantino varie in B minor, D 823 No 2

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Franz Schubert Piano Duets.
    • HYPERION.
    • 2.

  • Francesco Scarlatti

    Concerto grosso No. 2 in C Minor

    Conductor: Martyna Pastuszka. Ensemble: Orkiestra Historyczna.
    • Concerto grosso "茅migr茅 to the British Isles".
    • MUSO.
    • 101.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Chanson du rouet

    Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: Jessye Norman.
    • The Very Best of Jessye Norman.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A Op. 92: III. Scherzo (Presto) - Assai meno presto

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies & Concertos..
    • Warner Classics.
    • 307.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Suite in Old Style (4th & 5th mvts)

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Vaiva Eidukaityt臈-Storastien臈. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras.
    • String Paths.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 008.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Tarantelle in A flat major, Op 43

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • London.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made in Britain.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 4.

  • Marin Marais

    La sonnerie de Sainte-Genevi猫ve du Mont de Paris

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Tous Les Matins Du Monde: Bande Originale du Film, Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Cox and Box (Overture)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Claude Debussy

    Le magasin de jouets (La boite a joujoux)

    Orchestrator: Andr茅 Caplet. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • Debussy.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5; Markl.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    The Musical Snuff Box, Op 32

    Performer: Olga Kern.
    • Rachmaninov - Sonata No 2, Balakirev - Islamey.
    • Harmonia Mundi USA.
    • 013.

  • Roger Limb

    The Box of Delights

    Ensemble: The 蜜芽传媒 Radiophonic Workshop.
    • The Box of Delights.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 1.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Forlana (Bagatelles, Op 23)

    Performer: John Bradbury. Performer: James Cryer.
    • The English Clarinet.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Symphony in F sharp minor, Op 41 (4th mvt, Allegro appassionato)

    Orchestra: German State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Pfalz. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • Dora Pejacevic Symphony.
    • CPO.
    • 004.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Angels ever bright and fair (Theodora)

    Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Handel: Theodora: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra/McGegan.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 23.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Seascape Op.53 for wind ensemble

    Performer: Alex Jakeman. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Performer: Alyson Frazier. Performer: Elise Campbell. Performer: Mark van de Wiel. Performer: Jonathan Parkin. Performer: Graham Hobbs.
    • Winds of Change.
    • Three Worlds Records.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet for strings (Op.20) in E flat major - iii. Scherzo

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • DG.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Oboe Concerto in A minor

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Sonata in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Althea Waites.
    • Black Diamonds.
    • Cambria.
    • 003.

  • Johannes Pullois

    La bonte虂 du Saint Esperit

    Ensemble: Sollazzo Ensemble. Conductor: Anna Danilevskaia.
    • Ni Dufay, NI Binchois - The Works of Johannes Pullois.
    • PASSACAILLE.
    • 8.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Roses from the South Op.388

    Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Linos Ensemble. Performer: Ryoko Morooka.
    • Capriccio.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Novelette No 1 in C major

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Poulenc: Piano Works: Pascal Roge.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite no.2 in B minor BWV.1067 (Badinerie)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 May 2025 09:30
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