A classical soundtrack 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 classical music for your morning, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Including the Playlister challenge: our regular listener-created sequence inspired by a different piece of music each day. Plus a new classical release in focus for Album of the Week.
1000 Playlister starter: listen and send us your ideas for the next step in today's musical journey. Text 83111 or email essentialclassics@bbc.co.uk.
1030 Album of the Week: an exciting new classical release in focus throughout the week.
1115 Playlister reveal: an uninterrupted sequence of music suggested by you in response to today's starter piece.
1200 Feast of a Piece: indulge your ears with an orchestral masterpiece.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Danse macabre Op.40
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- Le Boeuf sur le toit.
- Warner Classics.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, RV 502: I. Allegro
Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen.- Vivaldi: Best Loved Concerti.
- Warner Classics.
- 116.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Sitkovetsky Trio.- BIS: 2109 SACD.
- BIS.
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William Grant Still
Serenade
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.- Naxos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Beethoven - The Symphonies.
- Decca.
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John Ireland
Ballerina
Performer: Piers Lane.- HYPERION.
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Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture, Op. 10
Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Chandos.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Hiob (Job), H-U 258: III. Chor "Leben und Wohltat hast du an mir getan"
Choir: Crouch End Festival Chorus. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: David Temple.- Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn: Choral Works.
- Chandos.
- 109.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Piano Quintet No. 2 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Boris Giltburg. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.- SUPRAPHON.
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Maurice Ravel
Ma M猫re l'Oye - VII. Apoth茅ose. Le jardin f茅erique
Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.- NAIVE.
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脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Trio sonata no. 3 in D major
Ensemble: The Bach Players.- Coviello.
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Morten Lauridsen
Ave Maria
Choir: Polyphony. Director: Stephen Layton.- Hyperion.
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Luigi Boccherini
Introduction & Fandango (arr for guitar quartet)
Music Arranger: Jeremy Sparks. Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.- Dances Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
- Chandos.
- 11.
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Hector Berlioz
Le Corsaire
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Berlioz: Overtures: London Symphony Orchestra/Davis.
- Philips.
- 5.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E major Kk.380
Performer: Yuja Wang.- Yuja Wang: Transformation.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake (Dance of the Cygnets)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- EMI.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
I zampognari! [Bell Chorus] (I Pagliacci)
Choir: Groot Omroepkoor. Choir: Nationaal Kinderkoor. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Peter Ludwig Hertel
Clog Dance (La Fille mal gard茅e)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Herold/Messager: La Fille mal gardee: Wordsworth/Lanchbery/Jacquillat.
- EMI.
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Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.- Hyperion.
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George Frideric Handel
Sinfonia, 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon)
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Pachelbel/Handel/Vivaldi/Gluck: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Robert Schumann
Romance in F sharp major, Op 28 No 2
Performer: Imogen Cooper.- Chandos.
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Alice Mary Smith
Symphony in A Minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.- Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies.
- Chandos.
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Giuseppe Tartini
Trumpet Concerto in D major
Music Arranger: John Wallace. Music Arranger: Simon Wright. Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.- EMI.
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Giacomo Puccini
O Soave Fanciulla (La Boh猫me)
Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Kristine Opolais. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Sony.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Capriccio Italien; Romeo & Juliet.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV.1007: I. Prelude
Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Callirho茅, suite de ballet: IV. Pas des cymbales
Conductor: David Reiland. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz.- Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
- Bru Zane.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli - Agnus Dei 1 & 2
Choir: Stile Antico.- Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli: V. Agnus Dei: a. Agnus Dei I.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Impromptu in F sharp major Op.36
Performer: Katya Apekisheva.- Scriabin/Faure/Chopin: Impromptus.
- CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
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Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jack Liebeck. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay.- Schoenberg & Brahms: Violin Concertos.
- Orchid Classics.
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