Refresh your morning with classical 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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Georges Bizet
L'Arl茅sienne Suite no.1 (Carillon)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Director: Marc Minkowski.- Bizet: L'arlesienne, Carmen suites: Minkowski.
- Naive.
- 8.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto in F major, RV 434
Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Archiv.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor Op.25 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Skride Piano Quartet.- Mozart, Brahms & Mahler: Piano Quartets.
- Orfeo.
- 8.
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Alexander Borodin
In the steppes of central Asia
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Symphonies Nos.1 & 2.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Marguerite M茅lan-Gu茅roult
Whirlwind
Ensemble: Duo Tal & Groethuysen.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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John Adams
Tromba lontana
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.- John Adams: The Chairman Dances, Two Fanfares, Other Works.
- Elektra Nonesuch.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 10 'Gran Partita'
Ensemble: Maurice Bourgue Wind Ensemble.- Pierre Verany.
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Charles Ives
Symphony No. 1 - Mvt. III. Scherzo Vivace
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Gustav Holst
Invocation to the Dawn Op.15, no.1
Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: William Vann.- Time and Space.
- Albion Records.
- 01.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051: I. Allegro
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.- Bach: Brandenburg Concertos.
- Alia Vox.
- 17.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Carnival Overture, Op 92
Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.- Pentatone.
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Natasa Paulberg
A Star
Ensemble: UCD Choral Scholars. Director: Desmond Earley.- Perpetual Twilight.
- Signum Classics.
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Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major, Op 39
Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Elgar: Symphony no.1, Pomp and circumstance Marches: 蜜芽传媒SO, Davis.
- Teldec.
- 5.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Allegro appassionato Op.70
Performer: Robin Descharmes. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.- NAXOS.
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Thomas Linley (the younger)
Arise! Ye spirits of the storm (The Tempest)
Choir: The Parley of Instruments Chorus. Orchestra: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Paul Nicholson.- HELIOS.
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Claude Debussy
What the west wind saw (Preludes, Book 1)
Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet.- Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)
Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite (Intermezzo; Alla marcia)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.- Sibelius: Orchestral Works: BSO, Berglund.
- EMI Classics.
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George Frideric Handel
Sinfonia in B flat major HWV.339
Ensemble: Musica ad Rhenum. Director: Jed Wentz.- The Unknown Handel.
- Challenge Classics.
- 16-18.
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Crist贸bal de Morales
Parce mihi Domine (Officium Defunctorum)
Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.- Lux Aeterna.
- Hyperion.
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Jennifer Higdon
Harp Concerto (Lullaby)
Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare.- American Rapture.
- Azica.
- 3.
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L茅o Delibes
Pizzicato (Sylvia)
Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- French Album: Stephen Hough.
- Hyperion.
- 16.
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Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto no.1 in E flat major Op.11
Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.- EMI.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Susanna ab improbis senibus (Susannah seeing herself beset by the wicked elders)
Performer: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Maurice Ravel
La vall茅e des cloches
Orchestrator: Percy Grainger. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Percy Grainger In a Nutshell.
- EMI.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Les Indes galantes: Air pour Les Sauvages
Performer: Loris Guastella. Ensemble: UnderStories.- A French Odyssey - Music for Two Cellos by Rameau, Barriere, Corrette, Boismorti.
- Challenge Classics.
- 11.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.101 in D major 'Clock' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Haydn: Symphony no. 101: Congertgegbouw Orchestra, Harnoncourt.
- Teldec.
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James MacMillan
A Child's prayer for chorus
Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Martin Baker.- HYPERION.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Valse-Scherzo in C major Op.34
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto etc..
- Onyx.
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