A feast of great music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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.
1230 Album of the Week.
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Aaron Copland
Hoe-Down (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)
Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- ARGO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata no. 6 in G major, BWV.530
Music Arranger: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Edgar Meyer.- Bach Trios.
- NONESUCH.
- 1.
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Kerensa Briggs
Media Vita
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- SIGNUM.
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William Byrd
Fitzwilliam Suite arr for brass quintet - The Woods so Wilde
Performer: Ronald Romm. Performer: Frederic Mills. Performer: David Ohanian. Performer: Eugene Watts. Performer: Charles Daellenbach. Music Arranger: Arthur Frackenpohl. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.- Canadian Brass: English Renaissance Music.
- CBS.
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John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Adams: Harmonielehre etc: San Francisco Symphony/Tilson Thomas.
- SFS.
- 4.
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Lili Boulanger
Reflets
Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: J芒ms Coleman.- Path to the Moon.
- Chandos.
- 105.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Euryanthe (Overture)
Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.- Weber: Overtures: Tapiola Sinfonietta/Kantorow.
- BIS.
- 006.
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Franz Liszt
Bagatelle sans tonalit茅, S. 216a
Performer: Imogen Cooper.- Imogen Cooper Plays Liszt & Wagner Piano Transcriptions.
- Chandos.
- 12.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Dvorak: Symphonic Variations etc: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Mackerras.
- Supraphon.
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Thomas Campion
My love hath vow'd
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Andreas Martin.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Ethel Smyth
Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra (1st mvt)
Performer: Sophie Langdon. Performer: Richard Watkins. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Mart铆nez.- Smyth: Serenade in D; Concerto.
- Chandos.
- 05.
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Bedrich Smetana
String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor "From My Life": I. Allegro vivo appassionato
Ensemble: Quartetto Energie Nove.- Smetana: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2.
- Dynamic.
- 101.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate, jubilate K.165
Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor & Exsultate, Jubilate.
- BIS.
- 14-17.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon duodecimi toni 脿 10, C.179
Ensemble: Empire Brass Quintet and friends. Conductor: Rolf Smedvig.- Gabrieli: Empire brass quintet/Smedvig.
- TELARC.
- 001.
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Reynaldo Hahn
L'heure exquise
Singer: Alice Coote. Performer: Graham Johnson.- L'heure Exquise - A French Songbook.
- Hyperion.
- 2.
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Jean Sibelius
Pan and Echo
Orchestra: Kuopion kaupunginorkesteri. Conductor: Shuntaro Sato.- FINLANDIA.
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John Williams
Main Title (Theme From Jaws)
Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- Jaws.
- Geffen.
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L茅o Delibes
Valse (Coppelia Suite, Act I: No. 2)
Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- Delibes: Suites from the Ballets.
- Chandos.
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Pietro Locatelli
Concerto grosso in D major Op.1`9
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- Locatelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 1.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 19-23.
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Johannes Brahms
Concerto for violin & cello in A minor, Op 102 (2nd mvt, Andante)
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Orchestra: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.- Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102.
- Warner Classics.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Deuxi猫me Valse, Op.77
Performer: Peter Jacobs.- Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
- Helios.
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Duke Ellington
Sophisticated Lady
Music Arranger: Luther Henderson. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- American Music.
- Warner Classics.
- 303.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Sinfonietta, Op. 60, JW VI/18
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- LSO Live.
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Poppy Ackroyd
Murmurations
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Firedove.
- Sony.
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Robert Schumann
Fantasiest眉cke Op73
Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: D茅nes V谩rjon. -
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Johan Svendsen
Norwegian rhapsody no.3 Op.21
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Johan Svendsen: Orchestral works vol.2: Bergen Philharmonic/Jarvi.
- Chandos.
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H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult
脡tude No 38 in A Minor
Performer: Clare Hammond.- H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult: 脡tudes.
- BIS.
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