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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 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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Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin, Lizst, Ravel.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite H.190

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Sancte Deus, sancte fortis

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • A Tudor Collection: The Tallis Scholars.
    • Gimell.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.
    • EMI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Nehmt meinen Dank, K 383

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Bird Circuit (Digital Bird Suite, Op 15)

    Performer: Manuela Wiesler. Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • BIS.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Overture to Santa Beatrice d'Este in D minor

    Orchestra: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • AVIE.

  • Karl Jenkins

    The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace - XII. Benedictus

    Performer: Guy Johnson. Choir: National Youth Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • The Armed Man & Other Selected Works.
    • DECCA.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Toccata (Le Tombeau de Couperin)

    Orchestrator: David Molard Soriano. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • Ravel Paris 2025.
    • Naive.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E flat major Wq.183`2

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • CPE Bach: Symphonies, Cello Concertos, etc: Bylsma/OAE/Leonhardt.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Trio for flute, oboe and piano; 2nd mvt. Andante semplice

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal.
    • Madeleine Dring: Complete Works for Oboe.
    • Chandos.

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon Op.24 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Khachaturian, Mussorgsky, Shchedrin etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 01.

  • Franz Liszt

    Harmonies du soir (Etudes d'execution transcendante S.139)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 11.

  • Leroy Anderson

    Clarinet Candy

    Performer: Neville Graham. Performer: Jenny McLaren. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Anderson, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1: Slatkin.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    Abschied (Schwanengesang, D 957)

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.
    • DG.

  • Benny Andersson

    Thank You for the Music

    Performer: Benny Andersson.
    • Thank You For The Music.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Richard Rodgers

    The Sound of Music: So Long, Farewell (from the film soundtrack)

    Performer: Charmian Carr. Performer: Nicholas Hammond. Performer: Heather Menzies. Performer: Duane Chase. Performer: Angela Cartwright. Performer: Debbie Turner. Performer: Kym Karath. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Conductor: Irwin Kostal.
    • The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording / Super Deluxe Edition).
    • Craft Recordings.
    • 22.

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana (O Fortuna)

    Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Orff: Carmina burana.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 125.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Tancredi (Overture)

    Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Benda.
    • Rossini: Complete Overtures . 3.
    • NAXOS.
    • 7.

  • Francis Poulenc

    惭茅濒补苍肠辞濒颈别

    Performer: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Great Pianists of the 20th Century.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 7.

  • William Walton

    Johannesburg Festival Overture

    Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Naxos.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

    Singer: Jane Sheldon. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.
    • ABC.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050

    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.

  • Judith Bingham

    The Drowned Lovers

    Choir: Tenebrae. Singer: Martha McLorinan. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 14.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird (8 Partsongs Op.119)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 15.

  • Jerome Moross

    The Big Country (main theme)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • The Big Country.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 1.

  • Louis Vierne

    Carillon de Westminster

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125, 'Choral' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Hans Schmidt鈥怚sserstedt.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Thu 18 Sep 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3