The best classical morning 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 – 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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            Frédéric Chopin
Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- Chopin: Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57.
 - Decca Music Group Ltd..
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            Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Symphony 'La Prise de la Bastille': The Storming of the Bastille: 1st mvt
Orchestra: Concerto Köln.- CAPRICCIO.
 
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            Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet No 13 in G major, Op 106 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.- Dvorak String Quartets - Pavel Haas Quartet.
 - Supraphon.
 - 3.
 
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            Kerensa Briggs
Media vita
Ensemble: VOCES8.- Nightfall.
 - Decca Music Group Ltd..
 - 13.
 
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            Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesus bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147 orch Marriner
Orchestrator: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- The Best of The Academy.
 - EMI Classics.
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            Cole Porter
Too Darn Hot (Kiss me Kate)
Singer: James T. Lane. Ensemble: The Kiss Me Kate 2019 Broadway Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Gemignani.- Kiss Me Kate (2019 Broadway Cast Recording).
 - Ghostlight Records.
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            Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in A-Flat Major, Hob. XV:14: I. Allegro moderato
Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.- Haydn: Piano Trios, HOB. XV:14, 18, 21, 26 & 31.
 - harmonia mundi.
 - 101.
 
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            John Blow
Ground in G Minor
Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- The Muses Restor'd.
 - Channel Classics.
 - 3.
 
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            William Walton
Orb and Sceptre coronation march
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.- Walton: Symphony no. 1: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn.
 - Telarc.
 
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            Hubert Giraud
Sous le ciel de Paris
Composer: Jean Dréjac. Singer: Juliette Gréco.- Cafe Paris.
 - Cafe.
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            Adalbert Gyrowetz
Piano Concerto in F Major, Op. 26: III. Rondo. Allegro
Performer: Julian Trevelyan. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- Gyrowetz: Sinfonia concertante, Piano Concerto & Symphony in A Major.
 - CPO.
 - 106.
 
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            Henriette Renié
Harp Concerto in C minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.- Belle Epoque.
 - Naive.
 - 2.
 
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            Domenico Zipoli
Toccata (Sonate d'intavolatura, Op 1 No 15)
Performer: James Johnstone.- Bolivian Baroque, Vol. 3: Music from the Missions and La Plata.
 - Channel Classics.
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            Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.- Musicales Actes Sud.
 
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            Orlando Gibbons
O clap your hands / God is gone up
Choir: Worcester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: David Hill.- Gibbons - Anthems and Verse Anthems.
 - Helios.
 - 12.
 
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            Cécile Chaminade
Pierrette - Air de ballet, Op. 41
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough's New Piano Album: Encores by Schubert, Chaminade, Tchaikovsky, Ri.
 - Hyperion.
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            Henry Purcell
What power art thou (King Arthur Z.628)
Singer: Stephen Varcoe. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Purcell - King Arthur.
 - ERATO.
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            Marilyn Monroe
I Wanna Be Loved By You
- Music To Watch Girls Go By.
 - TV Music.
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            Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni (Act II Finale)
Singer: Umberto Chiummo. Singer: Bo Skovhus. Singer: Alessandro Corbelli. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Mozart: The Great Operas.
 - Telarc.
 - 165.
 
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            Richard Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra Op.30 (Introduction)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Orfeo.
 
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            Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in C major, RV 558, 'con molti strumenti'
Ensemble: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.- Vivaldi: Concerti Per Mandolini: Europa Galante.
 - Virgin Veritas.
 - 1.
 
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            Dag Wirén
Serenade, Op.11 (March)
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Magnus Ericsson.- BIS.
 
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            Edward Elgar
Variation 15 from Dunkirk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Composer: Benjamin Wallfisch. Performer: Studio Orchestra.- Dunkirk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
 - Sony Classical.
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            Joaquín Rodrigo
Canario (Fantasia para un gentilhombre)
Performer: John Williams. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.- Sony.
 
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            John Ireland
Piano Concerto in E Flat
Performer: John Lenehan. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Naxos.
 
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            Arthur Sullivan
Three little maids from school (The Mikado)
Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: Lesley Garrett. Singer: Jean Rigby. Singer: Susan Bullock. Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Robinson.- Gilbert and Sullivan: The Mikado: English National Opera.
 - That's Entertainment.
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            Jean-Baptiste Barrière
Sonata a tre No. 2 in D minor
Ensemble: UnderStories Ensemble. Ensemble: UnderStories Ensemble.- Challenge Classics.
 
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            William Grant Still
7 Traceries (Cloud Cradles)
Performer: Monica Gaylord.- Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
 - MUSIC & ARTS.
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            Trad.
Dashing away with the smoothing iron
Music Arranger: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.- Collegium.
 
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            Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No 5 in D major (3rd mvt0
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Vaughan Williams: Symphony no.5: LSO/Hickox.
 - Chandos.
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- Mon 14 Jul 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3