The ideal mix of 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 – 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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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.- Barber/Korngold: Violin Concerto op.14: Gil Shaham/LSO/André Previn.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no.39 in E flat major K.543 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
- Linn.
- 7.
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Frédéric Chopin
12 Studies, Op 10: No 8 in F major
Performer: Yunchan Lim.- Decca.
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George Frideric Handel
Saul: Symphony
Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: René Jacobs.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Francis Poulenc
Les Biches - suite (Rondeau)
Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.- Poulenc: Les biches Suite, Les animaux modèles Suite & Sinfonietta.
- Naxos.
- 101.
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Ivor Gurney
Sleep (5 Elizabethan Songs)
Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Warner.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String quartet in E flat major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.- Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny: Quatuor Ebene.
- Virgin Classics.
- 6.
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Herbert Howells
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks
Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Performer: Philip Scriven. Conductor: David Hill.- Favourite Anthems from Winchester.
- HERALD.
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Karl Goldmark
Symphony No 1 in E flat "Rustic Wedding Symphony": V. Dance
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony - Hindemith: Symphony in E-Flat Major.
- Sony Classical.
- 5.
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Carl Orff
Dance (Carmina Burana)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.- EMI CLASSICS.
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Richard Strauss
Waldseligkeit, Op 49 No 1
Performer: Mathieu Pordoy. Singer: Sabine Devieilhe.- ERATO.
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Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in G minor Op.79 no.2
Performer: Radu Lupu.- Brahms: Piano Pieces, Opp.117, 118, 119.
- DECCA.
- 2.
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Barbara Strozzi
Le tre grazie a Venrere
Choir: TENET.- AVIE.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet No 13 in A minor, 'Rosamunde' (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- Schubert: String Quartets D. 804 "Rosamunde", D. 703 & D. 87.
- Warner Classics.
- 2.
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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon, Op 24 (Overture)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Kabalevsky: Piano concerto etc: Kathryn Stott/ѿý Philharmonic/Sinaisky.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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Antonio Bazzini
La ronde des lutins Op.25
Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.- Homage: James Ehnes.
- Onyx.
- 1.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Organ Sonata in C minor Op.65 no.2 (2nd & 3rd mvts)
Performer: Peter Hurford.- ARGO.
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William Byrd
Lullaby, my sweet little baby
Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.- Fading.
- Hyperion.
- 6.
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Rebecca Clarke
Morpheus
Performer: Vinciane Béranger. Performer: Dana Ciocarlie.- Rebecca Clarke: Works for Viola.
- 貹é.
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Benjamin Britten
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings: Sonnett
Performer: Richard Watkins. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aldeburgh Strings. Director: Markus Däunert.- LINN.
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Sergey Prokofiev
The Love for Three Oranges: March
Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Sandra Rivers.- EMI.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D minor, after RV 565 (5th mvt)
Ensemble: Sirena Recorder Quartet.- BIS.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Cello Concerto No 1 in A Minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Mischa Maisky. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No.1; Cello Sonata No.1; Suite, Op. 16; Le Cygne Fro.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Sarah Rimkus
My heart is like a singing bird
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.- Fading.
- Hyperion.
- 16.
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George Frideric Handel
March (Scipione)
Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Music Arranger: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Orchestra: Armonico Consort.- Let The Bright Seraphim Works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, A.Scarlatti and Handel.
- Signum Classics.
- 21.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 13, 'Pathétique' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.- 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
- EMI Classics.
- 14.
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Claude Debussy
La mer
Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Debussy: La Mer: Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Henry Purcell
Sound the trumpet (Come ye sons of art)
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Christophe Dumaux. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.- Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
- Decca.
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Louis-François-Joseph Patouart
Trio Sonata for 2 cellos and bass continuo No 6, Op 2
Ensemble: UnderStories Ensemble.- A French Odyssey - Music for Two Cellos by Rameau, Barriere, Corrette, Boismorti.
- Challenge Classics.
- 13.
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Gabriela Montero
Hallelujah [Improvisation on the Theme of the Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah]
Performer: Gabriela Montero.- EMI.
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Edvard Grieg
Homage March (Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite)
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.- Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
- Sony Classical.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue in A major, BWV864 (Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- ECM.
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Hubert Parry
I Was Glad
Choir: Gabrieli Roar. Ensemble: Chetham's School of Music Symphonic Brass Ensemble. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: David Chatterton.- An English Coronation, 1902-1953.
- Signum Classics.
- 1001.
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- Tue 15 Jul 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3