A feast of great music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, and asks listeners for ideas for a sports related playlist.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
1000 A special, sports themed edition of Playlister challenge, celebrating the 20th anniversary of what many consider to be the greatest cricket series of all time 鈥� England鈥檚 first Ashes win over Australia for 18 years. The radio programme "Test Match Special" has teamed up with the 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic to record a new version of the theme tune "Soul Limbo", and Georgia is asking listeners to come up with suggestions for a playlist to follow on from that to create a curated sequence of music.
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.
To listen on most smart speakers say "Ask 蜜芽传媒 Sounds to play Essential Classics鈥�.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.- Decca.
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Francisco Guerrero
Ave virgo sanctissima - motet for 5 voices
Choir: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.- Salve, Salve, Salve: Josquin鈥檚 Spanish Legacy.
- Signum Classics.
- 601.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Faur茅: Barcarolle No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 26
Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Faur茅: The Complete Music for Piano.
- Hyperion.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Valse des d茅p锚ches (Les Maries de la tour Eiffel)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Chandos.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Winter (The Four Seasons)
Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- VIVALDI: LE QUATTRO STAGIONI.
- Channel Classics.
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Booker T. & The M.G.'s
Soul Limbo arr. Pete Willmot
Music Arranger: Peter Willmott. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major - 2nd mvt: Larghetto
Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ Sonata No 5 in C major, BWV 529 (1st mvt)
Performer: Peter Hurford.- J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
- HMV Classics.
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John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.- Chandos.
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William Lloyd Webber
How Do I Love Thee?
Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Performer: Ian Brown.- Lloyd Webber: Chamber Music & Songs.
- Hyperion.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Orchestrator: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- AVIE.
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Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in E flat major, Op 119, No 4
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Brahms: Handel Variations op.24 etc.: Murray Perahia.
- Sony Classical.
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Florence Price
Adoration
Music Arranger: Jarle Storl酶kken. Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Ensemble: tenThing.- She Composes Like A Man.
- Lawo Classics.
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Maurice Ravel
Introduction and Allegro
Performer: Osian Ellis. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.- Decca.
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Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Whitacre: Cloudburst & other choral works: Polyphony, Stephen Layton.
- Hyperion.
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Albert Ket猫lbey
Bells across the Meadows
Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- British Light Music Classics, Vol. 1.
- Hyperion.
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Sam Fonteyn
Pop Looks Bach ['Ski Sunday' theme']
Ensemble: London Music Works.- Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa.
- Rhino.
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Roy Harper
When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease
Ensemble: Cantabile: The London Quartet.- Songs of Cricket.
- Signum Records.
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Percy Grainger
Mock Morris
Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Grainger Edition Vol.6: Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
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Lord Beginner
Victory Test Match
- London Is the Place for Me.
- Honest Jon's Records.
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Johann Strauss II
Perpetuum mobile, Op 257
Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.- Johann & Josef Strauss: Polkas.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Madeleine Dring
Festival Scherzo
Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Salter.- HYPERION.
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George Frideric Handel
My Heart is Inditing (Coronation Anthem No 4, HWV261)
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- Handel Coronation Anthems.
- Warner Classics.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)
Singer: Rolando Villaz贸n. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Daniele Callegari.- Rolando Villazon: Tenor.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor, Op 40
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.- Hyperion.
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Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 3
Music Arranger: Claude Debussy. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Tortelier.- INSPIRATION Wintertr盲ume - Winter Dreams.
- Warner Classics.
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Leevi Madetoja
Pastoraalisarja, Op. 34: IV. Valse
Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia.- Pictures from Finland.
- Chandos.
- 108.
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Roxanna Panufnik
Salve Regina
Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Performer: Alexander Mason. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Roxanna Panufnik: Celestial Bird.
- Signum Classics.
- 301.
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Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- PHILIPS.
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