
Your perfect classical playlist
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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Frank Bridge
Spring Song (4 Short Pieces)
Performer: Steven Doane. Performer: Barry Snyder.- Bridge Records.
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Edvard Grieg
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces - book 8 Op.65)
Orchestrator: Franz Josef Breuer. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.- Grieg: Peer Gynt, Sigur Jorsalfar.
- NAXOS.
- 11.
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Gabriel Fauré
Tantum ergo
Performer: James O’Donnell. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: David Hill.- Gabriel Fauré: Essential Works.
- Menuetto Classics.
- 31.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ Sonata no.4 BWV.528 (2nd mvt)
Music Arranger: August Stradal. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 5.
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Johann David Heinichen
Concerto for 3/4 recorders, strings & continuo (S.211)
Performer: Pieter Brulleman. Performer: Baldrick Deerenberg. Performer: Sabine d'Hont. Performer: Barbara Karst. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.- Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in G: Rondo all' ongarese
Ensemble: Trio Fontenay.- Haydn: Piano Trios: Trio Fontenay.
- Teldec.
- 9.
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Gang Chen
The Butterfly Lovers Concerto: vii. Adagio cantabile
Composer: Zhanhao He. Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Tsung Yeh. Ensemble: Singapore Chinese Orchestra.- Sony.
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Alexander Borodin
Symphony No 2 in B minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Warner Classics.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major, Op 83 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.- Brahms - Piano Concertos.
- Hyperion.
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Franz von Suppé
Light Cavalry (Overture)
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.- Mercury.
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Franz Liszt
Kling leise, mein Lied S.301
Singer: Margaret Price. Performer: James Lockhart.- Strauss Lieder avec piano Sawallisch.
- Warner Classics.
- 22.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 36 in C major, K 425, 'Linz' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
- Linn.
- 6.
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Filipe de Magalhães
Exsurge, quare obdormis Domine?
Choir: Cupertinos. Conductor: Luís Toscano.- Magalhães: Missa Veni Domine & Missa Vere Dominus est.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Shrovetide Fair (Petrushka)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Stravinsky: Petrouchka, Scenes de Ballet, Berliner Phil, Haitink.
- Philips.
- 1.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Prelude and Fugue E flat major, Op 99 No 3
Performer: Joachim Dorfmüller.- Saint-Saens, C.: Organ Music.
- Capriccio.
- 1.
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Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Phaëton (Chaconne in G major)
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Director: Reinhard Goebel.- Blow, Corelli, Finger, Marini: Chaconne: Musica Antiqua Koln.
- DG.
- 1.
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John Tavener
Butterfly Dreams (excerpt)
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Edward Elgar
The Wand of Youth - Suite No 2: Moths and Butterflies (Dance)
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.- The Wand Of Youth Suites etc..
- Halle.
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Robert Schumann
Papillons, Op 2 (No 9 in B flat minor)
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.- Schumann: Carnaval, Fantasiestücke, Papillons: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
- Hyperion.
- 9.
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Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly: Act I (conclusion)
Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DECCA.
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François-Joseph Gossec
Tambourin (Le Triomphe de la Republique)
Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.- James Galway - Celebrating 70 - A collection of Personal Favourites.
- RCA.
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Leokadiya Kashperova
Two Roses (In the midst of nature)
Performer: Mengjie Han. -
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Concerto a 8 in G major ZWV.186 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Collegium 1704.- Zelenka: Komposizione per Orchestra.
- Supraphon.
- 10-12.
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John Ireland
Concertino Pastorale (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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William Kroll
Banjo and Fiddle
Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Charles Abramovic.- Simply Sarah: Sarah Chang.
- EMI Classics.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- Dvorak: Complete Symphonies and Concertos.
- Decca.
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Francis Poulenc
Gloria
Singer: Susan Gritton. Choir: Polyphony. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
Donna Diana (Overture)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Panorama: Famous Overtures.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 7.
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Louis Vierne
Naiades
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Firedove.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Louise Farrenc
Symphony no. 2 in D major (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.- Farrenc: Symphony No. 2 - Overtures Nos. 1 & 2.
- CPO.
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Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin
24 Preludes in Jazz Style Op.53 (no.17)
Performer: Steven Osborne.- HYPERION.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`1
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Erato.
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- Wed 11 Jun 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3