
Great classical music for your morning
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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Leos Janáček
Sinfonietta (1st mvmt, Sokol Fanfare)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Zdeněk Košler.- Czech Tone Poems.
- Denon.
- 1.
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Augusta Holmès
Ludus pro patria: II. La Nuit et l'Amour
Conductor: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.- Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems.
- Bru Zane.
- 7.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in B flat major, K 270 (1st mvt, Allegro molto)
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists.- Linn.
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Carl Nielsen
Helios - overture Op.17
Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giordano Bellincampi.- Carl Nielsen: Symphony Nr. 3 "Espansiva", Helios, Ved en ung kunstners båre.
- Parlophone Denmark.
- 5.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315, 'Summer' (3rd mvmt, Presto)
Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.- Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons).
- harmonia mundi.
- 7.
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Clara Schumann
Beim Abschied (Parting)
Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: Stephan Loges.- Hyperion.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake (Spanish Dance)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
- EMI Classics.
- 6.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Chaconne (Dardanus)
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- ARCHIV.
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Tielman Susato
Branle (Les Quatre branles)
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.- TESTAMENT.
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Tarik O’Regan
Diomedes (Variations for Judith)
Performer: Melvyn Tan.- NMC.
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Cécile Chaminade
Concertino for flute and orchestra
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.- Mozart & Flute in Paris.
- WARNER CLASSICS.
- 4.
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George Frideric Handel
Heart, the seat of soft delight (Acis and Galatea)
Singer: Teresa Wakim. Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble. Director: Paul O’Dette. Director: Stephen Stubbs.- Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49.
- CPO.
- 211.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo in C major Op.51`1
Performer: Radu Lupu.- Beethoven: Piano concerto no.5 etc: Radu Lupu.
- Decca.
- 4.
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Dora Pejačević
Symphony in F sharp minor, Op 41 (3rd mvt, Scherzo)
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Chandos.
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Joan Ambrosio Dalza
Pavana alla venetiana
Performer: Massimo Lonardi.- Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Vincenzo Capirola: Intabulatura de Lauto.
- NAR International.
- 1.
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Gabriel Fauré
Cantique de Jean Racine
Choir: Accentus Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- Naive.
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Grace Williams
Penillion
Performer: Ray Allan. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.- Grace Williams: Sea Sketches; Fantasia; Carillons; Penillion.
- Lyrita.
- 6-9.
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Ailsa Dixon
The Spirit of Love (No 1, As the Harmonic to the Sounding String)
Singer: Lucy Cox. Ensemble: Villiers Quartet.- The Spirit of Love: I. As the Harmonic to the Sounding String.
- Resonus Classics.
- 1.
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Tom Lehrer
We will all go together when we go
Performer: Tom Lehrer.- The Songs of Tom Lehrer.
- Kessels.
- 23.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 45 in F sharp minor, 'Farewell' (Finale)
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- ALPHA.
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Eleanor Alberga
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Celebration Dance)
Orchestra: The Taliesin Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Ash.- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Roald Dahl).
- Orchid Classics.
- 20.
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Frédéric Chopin
Prelude in E minor, Op 28 No 4
Performer: Martha Argerich.- Music of the Night: The Essential Chopin Collection.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 5.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Three Wonders (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.- Suites by Russian Composers.
- Melodiya.
- 10.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
Violin Sonata in A minor Op.2 no.3 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Sophie Rosa. Performer: Ian Buckle.- Montgeroult, Viotti, Weber & Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas.
- Rubicon.
- 5.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major BWV.1049 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
- Naive.
- 1.
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Ildebrando Pizzetti
Canti della stagione alta (Songs of the High Season): 2nd and 3rd mvmts
Performer: Marisa Borini. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Alberth.- FY.
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Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Music Arranger: Lars Winther. Ensemble: Horsholm Percussion and Marimba Ensemble. Director: Ole Pedersen.- Hørsholm Percussion & Marimba Ensemble.
- Danacord Records.
- 16.
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Alexey Shor
Melancholy (Childhood Memories, No 8)
Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Tigran Hakhnazaryan.- ARS PRODUKTION.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Valiant-for-Truth
Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.- Vaughan Williams: Sacred Choral Music.
- Naxos.
- 2.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
6 Melodies (Allegro molto vivace)
Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.- BIS.
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Jean Sibelius
Andante festivo
Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Unknown.- Music of Jean Sibelius.
- Finlandia.
- 2.
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Franz Schubert
Die Taubenpost, D 965a
Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: James Rutherford.- BIS.
Broadcast
- Mon 28 Jul 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3