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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

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus, K 618

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Mozart: Requiem.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 016.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No.1 in D major Op.11 - Finale: Rondo

    Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jaime Mart铆n.
    • Ondine.

  • Edward Elgar

    Romance, Op 62

    Performer: Laurence Perkins. Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • The Playful Pachyderm.
    • Hyperion.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La Gioconda, Act III: Dance of the Hours

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Tortoises (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Isabelle van Keulen. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Georg H枚rtnagel.
    • Saint-Saens: Carnaval des Animaux: Argerich/Frerie/Kremer.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello

    Concerto for Violin, Strings & Continuo in G, Bre.9

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Extra Time.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 301.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    Sonata for Horn & Piano op.101: I. Moderato espressivo

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Daniel Hill.
    • Ben Goldscheider: Debut.
    • Willowhayne Records.
    • 7.

  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti trot [Tea for two] (No, no, Nanette)

    Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Anonymous

    Messa Sopra Je le lerray: Gloria

    Choir: Musica Secreta.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Concerto Elegiaco (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bream. Orchestra: RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Leo Brouwer.
    • Julian Bream: Works by Brouwer and Rodrigo.
    • RCA.
    • 3.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Anna Clyne

    Shorthand REDUX

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Ensemble: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • Anna Clyne: SHORTHAND.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Bob Chilcott

    Aesop's Fables: No. 1, The Hare and the Tortoise

    Performer: Gemma Beeson. Conductor: Christopher Finch. Choir: Wellensian Consort.
    • Chilcott: Everyone Sang - A Little Jazz Mass.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Turtle's Retort, H. 147

    Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch.
    • 20th Century Foxtrots, Vol. 7: Northern Europe.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 103.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645

    Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Stokowski: Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Moto perpetuo in C major, Op 11

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Boston Symphony Orchestra - Great Recordings.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 62.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No. 5 in F Minor: II. Adagio

    Conductor: J眉rgen Bruns. Orchestra: Kammersymphonie Berlin.
    • Dreyer Gaido.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major RV.138

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • NAIVE.

  • Claude Debussy

    La puerta del vino (Preludes, Book 2)

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Scherzo)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op.20

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • DECCA.

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik D.547

    Music Arranger: Max Reger. Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra: Von Otter, Quasthoff, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.

  • Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason

    Hiraeth

    Ensemble: The Kanneh鈥怣asons.
    • River of Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sinfonia no.3 in C major Wq.182`3 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Pulcinella Orchestra.
    • APARTE.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 Oct 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3