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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 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

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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Wed 23 Jul 2025 09:30
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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op 22)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Henry Purcell

    Three Parts upon a Ground, Z.731

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Franz Berwald

    Konzertstuck in F major Op.2

    Performer: Karen Geoghegan. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch.
    • Karen Geoghegan Plays Bassoon Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 6-8.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, D 803 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Octet.
    • Schubert: Octet.
    • Nimbus.
    • 3.

  • Mel Bonis

    Barcarolle in E flat major, Op. 71

    Performer: Mengyiyi Chen.
    • Mel Bonis: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Volume One.
    • Toccata Classics.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op 3 No 5

    Orchestra: Combattimento. Director: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.

  • William Lloyd Webber

    Nocturne

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: John Lill.
    • MUSIC OF WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER.
    • ASV.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne

    Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: French National Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • EMI CLASSICS.

  • John Dowland

    Go, crystal tears

    Performer: David Miller. Singer: Grace Davidson.
    • Dowland: First Booke of Songesor Ayres.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 9.

  • Franz Leh谩r

    Gold And Silver Waltz, Op. 79

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.
    • A New Year's Eve Celebration: Waltzes And Other Viennese Favourites.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
    • 8.

  • Michael Torke

    Javelin

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yoel Levi.
    • Michael Torke: Three: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ecstatic Records.
    • 1.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Air de ballet Op.30

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Chaminade: Piano Works - Eric Parkin.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Spem in alium. Vidi aquam.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Edward Gregson

    Horn Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Gregson: Dream Song etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 008.

  • Claude Debussy

    En Bateau (Petite Suite)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Hyperion.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Gondoliers (Overture)

    Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 9.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    La Barcheta (Venezia)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Souvenirs De Venise.
    • Helios.
    • 13.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B Minor, RV 580 (I. Allegro)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Saga-drom, Op 39

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Adagio Cantabile (Symphony No. 13)

    Performer: Pavel Gomziakov. Orchestra: The Gulbenkian Orchestra.
    • Onyx Classics ONYX 4151.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 5.

  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Violin sonata in B flat major (finale)

    Performer: Annette-Barbara Vogel. Performer: Durval Cesetti.
    • First Ladies: Three Romantic Violin Sonatas.
    • Toccata Next.
    • 3.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op.101 no.7

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Sony.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Tempest, Op 18

    Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island for two pianos

    Performer: Lara Downes. Performer: Simone Dinnerstein.
    • Holes in the Sky.
    • Masterworks.
    • 5.

  • V盲in枚 Raitio

    Scherzo "Felis domestica"

    Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Pictures from Finland.
    • Chandos.
    • 111.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Performer: Malcolm Proud. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Elizabeth Wallfisch.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Franz Schubert

    Winterreise, D. 911 (The Grey Head)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Christopher Glynn.
    • Schubert: Winter Journey.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 14.

  • George Gershwin

    Variations on 'I got rhythm'

    Performer: Werner Haas. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • Philips.

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