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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Henry Purcell
Abdelazer (Rondeau - Air - Air - Minuet)
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Purcell: Theatre Music.
- Decca.
- 002.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F Minor Op.34 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Till Fellner. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- ALPHA : 248.
- ALPHA.
- 7.
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Haydn Wood
Joyousness
Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: George Weldon.- British Light Music: Coates/Dunn/Kilbey/Weldon.
- EMI Classics.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Trio for Flute, Cello & Piano in G Minor, Op. 63: IV. Finale. Allegro
Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.- Weber: Chamber Music.
- Hyperion.
- 8.
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C茅sar Franck
Panis angelicus
Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Stokowski Encores.
- Chandos.
- 08.
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Rachel Bruerville
Dancing On Tiptoes
Ensemble: ACO Collective.- Women Of Note: A Century Of Australian Composers Vol. 2.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
- 14.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
French suite no.6 in E major BWV.817
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Deutsche Grammopon.
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William Byrd
Tristitia et anxietas
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
- Gimell.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (Variations 16-18)
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Simphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- The Rachmaninov Experience.
- Warner Classics & Jazz.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Linden Lea
Author: William Barnes. Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.- Vaughan Williams: The English Song Series 14: Williams/Burnside.
- Naxos.
- 16.
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Louise Farrenc
Overture in E minor, Op.23
Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.- Louise Farrenc: Symphony no.2, Overtures.
- CPO.
- 5.
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Jean鈥怞oseph de Mondonville
Sonate en Symphonie in B flat major Op.3`3
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- ARCHIV.
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Leonard Bernstein
Prelude, Fugue and Riffs for clarinet and jazz orchestra
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- The Jazz Album: London Sinfonietta/Rattle.
- EMI.
- 5.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
A Good Night
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- A Prayer for Deliverance.
- Signum Classics.
- 5.
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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.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures from an exhibition (Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques)
Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
- EMI.
- 9.
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Anna Meredith
Heal You
Ensemble: Juice Vocal Ensemble.- Nonclassical.
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Abel Selaocoe
Ka Bohaleng - On the Sharp Side
- Where is 蜜芽传媒 (Hae Ke Kae).
- Warner Classics.
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Giacomo Puccini
Un bel d矛 vedremo (Madam Butterfly)
Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.- EMI.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Cello Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32: III. Allegro quasi presto (Original Versi
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.- Cello Music from Proust's Salons.
- BIS.
- 501.
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Hildegard von Bingen
O Jerusalem aurea civitas
Ensemble: Gothic Voices. Director: Christopher Page.- Hyperion.
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George Frideric Handel
Water Music Suite in D major HWV.349 (Prelude; Alla Hornpipe)
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Herv茅 Niquet.- Water Music & Fireworks.
- Glossa.
- 10-11.
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Alan Jay Lerner
My Fair lady: Ascot Gavotte (chorus)
Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Park. -
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Fela Sowande
African Suite
Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.- CBC.
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Richard Strauss
Morgen, Op.27 No.4
Singer: Anne Schwanewilms. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- R. Strauss: Don Juan, Lieder, Macbeth: Halle, Elder.
- Halle.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in A Minor, K. 511
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 457, 533, 545, 570 & 576.
- Hyperion.
- 33.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- AVI MUSIC.
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Henri Tomasi
Trumpet Concerto (3rd mvt)
Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Music Arranger: Franck Villard. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Fabien Gabel.- Tomasi, Jolivet & Others: French Trumpet Concertos.
- BIS.
- 103.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Contredanse en rondeau (Les Bor茅ades)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
- Archiv.
- 6.
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