Celebrating classical greats
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 – 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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Kodály Zoltán
Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op.35a)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Kodaly: "Hary Janos" Suite: Fischer.
- Philips.
- 15.
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Bedrich Smetana
Souvenir de Bohème Set 2 Op.13 (no.2)
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- Andras Schiff - Smetana: Polkas.
- Warner Classics.
- 14.
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George Frideric Handel
Va tacito (Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act I, Scene 9)
Performer: Anneke Scott. Performer: Miriam Kaczor. Music Arranger: John Walsh. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Whelan.- Linn.
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Caroline Shaw
The Mona Lisa
Performer: John Patitucci. Performer: Sō Percussion. Choir: Roomful of Teeth. Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.- Leonardo da Vinci: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, & David McMahon (Original S.
- Nonesuch.
- 28.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Dvorak: Symphonies no. 7 & 8: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Jansons.
- EMI.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in C major H.16.1
Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.- Haydn: Piano Sonatas III: Hamelin.
- Hyperion.
- 5-7.
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Scott Joplin
Solace - A Mexican serenade
Music Arranger: Jacqueline Thomas. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.- Golden Oldies - More Favourite Encores.
- CHANDOS.
- 15.
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Se l'aura spira tutta vezzosa
Performer: Daniel Murphy. Singer: Hugh Cutting. -
Clara Schumann
Konzertsatz in F minor
Performer: Lucy Parham. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- CIRRUS CLASSICS.
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Benjamin Britten
Elegy for Strings
Orchestra: Camerata Nordica. Director: Terje Tønnesen.- Britten: Music for String Orchestra.
- BIS.
- 19.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)
Singer: Jane Sheldon. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.- ABC.
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George Gershwin
Strike up the Band (Overture)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Gershwin: An American in Paris: Shelley/ѿý Phil./Tortelier.
- Chandos.
- 9.
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Antoine Reicha
Musique pour celebrer la memoire des grands hommes (3rd mvmt)
Ensemble: Cincinnati Wind Symphony. Conductor: Eugene Migliaro Corporon.- KLAVIER.
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Jessica Curry
All the Earth
Lyricist: Dan Pinchbeck. Conductor: James Morgan. Choir: Metro Voices. Choir: London Voices.- Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (Original Soundtrack).
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Claude Debussy
L'isle joyeuse
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.- Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
- Decca.
- 20.
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Jay Livingston
Mona Lisa
Lyricist: Ray Evans. Singer: Nat King Cole.- The World of Nat King Cole.
- Capitol.
- 2.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
The Assault on Beautiful Gorky (The Unforgettable Year 1919 - Suite Op. 89a)
Performer: Dmitri Alexeev. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc.
- Warner Classics.
- 115.
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Anton Bruckner
Pange lingua
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Bruckner: Mass in E minor/Motets: Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia/Layton.
- Hyperion.
- 13.
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Passacaglia for solo violin
Performer: Andrew Manze.- Biber - Violin sonatas - Romanesca.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 011.
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Gioachino Rossini
La danza (Soirées musicales)
Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: The London Orchestra. Conductor: Yvan Cassar.- Roberto Alagna: My Life is an Opera.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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Claude Debussy
Syrinx
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud.- Debussy Sonates & Trio.
- Erato.
- 4.
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Margaret Bonds
Montgomery Variations
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon. -
Antonio Vivaldi
Armida al campo d'Egitto (Sinfonia)
Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- Antonio Vivaldi, Armida al campo d'Egitto; Concerto Italiano.
- Naive.
- 1.
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Hugo Wolf
Mörike-Lieder: No. 7, Das Verlassene Mägdlein
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Lyricist: Eduard Mörike. Singer: Florian Boesch.- Brahms & Wolf: Lieder.
- Linn Records.
- 13.
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Richard Rodgers
South Pacific Overture
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Tunick.- South Pacific.
- CBS.
- 1.
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Louise Farrenc
Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op 44 (3rd mvt, Minuetto: Allegro)
Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.- Louise Farrenc: Piano Trios, Sextet.
- CPO.
- 10.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore - overture no.1 Op.138
Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- Virgin.
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- Tue 8 Jul 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3