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The very best 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.

0930 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • A Gershwin Songbook & Improvisations.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 17.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Mazurek in E minor, Op 49, arr. for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Dvorak: Violin Concerto; Romance; Mazurek; Humoresque.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major Op.20 (4th mvt)

    Music Arranger: Georg Druschetzky. Ensemble: Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Beethoven: Octet etc.: Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble.
    • EMI.
    • 9.
  • Johan Wagenaar

    Twelfth night - overture Op.36

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Wagenaar: Orchestral Works.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Florentino Calvo. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Alexandre Desplat.
    • Airlines.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Samuel Dushkin

    Sicilienne in E flat major

    Composer: Maria Theresia von Paradis. Performer: Jian Wang. Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 (IV. Allegretto grazioso)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Ensemble: WDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • LINN.
  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Fandango

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Los Pajaros Perdidos: L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 19.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    A Musical Joke, K 522 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: A Little Light Music.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Toccatina Op.36

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • Kaleidoscope: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.
  • Robert Schumann

    Schneeglöckchen (Lieder-Album für die Jugend Op.79)

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • Fleurs.
    • BIS.
    • 17.
  • Cassandra Miller

    Leaving

    Ensemble: Quatuor Bozzini.
    • Another Timbre.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`9

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Handel: Twelve Concerti Grossi op. 6.
    • L’OISEAU LYRE.
    • 17-22.
  • Franz Liszt

    Etudes d'execution transcendante S.139 (Harmonies)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Transcendental.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 11.
  • Anton Karas

    The Third Man - Harry Lime theme

    Performer: Anton Karas.
    • Paradiso.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Prelude (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.4 in F minor

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Irving Berlin

    Puttin' on the Ritz

    Music Arranger: Nelson Riddle. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: Stéphane Grappelli. Orchestra: Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra.
    • Top Hat.
    • Classic For Pleasure.
    • 01.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Rondeau (Les Biches)

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Signum.
  • Franz Schubert

    3 Pieces D.946 (no.1 in E flat minor)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, WAB 101 (1866-1868 Linz version): III. Scherzo

    Conductor: Markus Poschner. Orchestra: Bruckner Orchester Linz.
    • Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, WAB 101 (1866-1868 Linz version).
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 3.
  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Toccata (Organ Symphony No.5 in F minor, Op.42`1)

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • BNL.
  • Meredith Monk

    Nightfall

    Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Lost & Found.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 110.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    To shorten winter's sadnesse

    Music Arranger: Nikolaus Newerkla. Ensemble: Quadriga Consort.
    • Quadriga Consort - On a Cold Winter's Day.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 7.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.20`4 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-Scherzo in C major Op.34

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 5.

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