
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.
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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Antonín Dvořák
Piano Quintet (3rd mvt)
Performer: Boris Giltburg. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.- Supraphon.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV.174 'Ich liebe den Hochsten von ganzem Gemute' (Sinfonia concerto)
Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- Bach - Cantatas Volume 50.
- BIS.
- 13.
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Franz Liszt
Orpheus - symphonic poem S.98
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- PHILIPS.
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Édouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (5th mvt)
Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- Bruch, Lalo: Little, RSNO, Handley.
- EMI Eminence.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Valse nonchalante Op.110
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.- Erato.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
African Dance (African Suite)
Music Arranger: Chris Cameron. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.- Coleridge-Taylor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 12.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Vidi Speciosam
Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.- STELLA: Renaissance Gems and their Reflections, Vol. 3.
- harmonia mundi.
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César Franck
Sonata in A (4th mvt)
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.- Cello Music from Proust's Salons.
- BIS.
- 804.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Gondellied (Songs Op.1)
Singer: Susan Gritton. Performer: Eugene Asti.- Fanny Mendelssohn - Songs.
- Hyperion.
- 15.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade No.1 in D major Op.11 - Finale: Rondo
Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jaime Martín.- Ondine.
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Bernhard Crusell
Introduction and Variations on a Swedish Song
Performer: Martin Fröst. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.- Roots.
- Sony Classical.
- 5.
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Max Bruch
Kol nidrei Op.47
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Decca.
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Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Phaëton (Overture)
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.- Phaeton - Lully.
- APARTE.
- 1.
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Francis Poulenc
Rag-Mazurka (Les biches)
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.- Rite of Spring.
- Signum.
- 20.
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Cécile Chaminade
La lisonjera, Op. 50
Performer: Mark Viner.- PIANO CLASSICS.
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George Frideric Handel
Come, Thou Goddess, Fair and Free (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)
Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Orchestra: Gabrieli Players. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players.- Handel: L'Allegro, Il Penseroso ed il Moderato, 1740.
- Winged Lion.
- 8.
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George Gershwin
Walking the Dog (Shall we Dance)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Gershwin: The 1920s & 1930s: Tilson Thomas.
- CBS Masterworks.
- 8.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz in A flat major, Op 42
Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Chopin: Piano works.
- Chappell.
- 10.
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Henry Purcell
Chacony in G minor
Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.- HYPERION.
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Elfrida Andrée
Fritiof Suite: Prelude
Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Hermann Bäumer.- Andrée: Symphony No. 1 in C Major & Fritiof Suite.
- CPO.
- 101.
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Gabriel Fauré
Offertorium (Requiem, Op 48)
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Singer: Roderick Williams. Choir: The Sixteen.- Mozart: Vespers and Faure: Requiem.
- Coro.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2: Vogt, Rattle.
- EMI Classics.
- 3.
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Richard Strauss
Metamorphosen
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- Decca.
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François-Joseph Gossec
Tambourin (Le Triomphe de la Republique)
Music Arranger: Charles Gerhardt. Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.- James Galway - Celebrating 70 - A collection of Personal Favourites.
- RCA.
- 3.
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Edvard Baghdarsaryan
Nocturne for Cello & Piano (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Anonymous)
- Chant du menestrel.
- Ars Produktion.
- 10.
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Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale. Presto non tanto
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Hector Berlioz
Le carnaval romain
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- H. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique etc. :Jansons.
- EMI.
- 11.
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Aaron Copland
Hoe-Down (Rodeo)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Copland.
- BIS Records.
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- Wed 30 Jul 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3