
Classical soundtrack for your morning
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance (Overture)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Sullivan: Overtures.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 6.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Piano Concerto no.2 Op.22 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.- ERATO.
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George Frideric Handel
Berenice, regina d'Egitto (Overture: Minuet)
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco. Director: Alan Curtis.- Handel: Berenice.
- Virgin Classics.
- 2-3.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Murder on the Orient Express (Waltz)
Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.- 100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 2.
- Silva Screen.
- 11.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
String Quartet no.1 in D major Op.11 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Szymanowski Quartet.- Moscow.
- Cavi-Music.
- 8.
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Charles Gounod
O Dieu! que de bijoux... Ah! je ris (Faust)
Singer: Sumi Jo. Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Giuliano Carella.- Les bijoux, French arias: Sumi Jo/English Chamber Orchestra/Carella.
- Erato.
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César Franck
Les Éolides
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- CHANDOS.
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Frédéric Chopin
Study in C minor, Op.10 no.12 'Revolutionary'
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in G major Op.8 no.2 (1st mvt)
Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.- Hollywood Records.
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Francisco Tárrega
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. -
George Lloyd
Symphony no.6 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: George Lloyd.- George Lloyd: Overture, 'John Socman'; Sixth Symphony; Tenth Symphony (November.
- Albany Troy.
- 4.
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Trad.
La Dama d'Aragó
Singer: Núria Rial. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- Mediterraneo.
- Warner Classics.
- 108.
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Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- Berlioz: Lelio etc.: Danish National Choir and Symphony Orchestra/Dausgaard.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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Gioachino Rossini
Serenata in E flat major
Ensemble: Ensemble Explorations. Conductor: Roel Dieltiens.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Claude Debussy
Pour le piano (Prelude)
Performer: Jean‐Bernard Pommier.- Debussy: Piano works: Jean-Bernard Pommier.
- Virgin Classics.
- 1.
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Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari
Intermezzo no.2 (Suite 'The Jewels of the Madonna')
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Christine Messiter. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Wolf-Ferrari: Overtures & Intermezzi: Academy of St. Martin in the Field/Marrine.
- EMI Classics.
- 12.
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Jule Styne
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
Singer: Eartha Kitt.- Bad But Beautiful.
- Discos Cada.
- 10.
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Henry Mancini
The Pink Panther Theme
Orchestra: Mancini Pops Orchestra.- RCA.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Sapphire Rag
Performer: Sarah Nicolls.- Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
- Signum Classics.
- 1901.
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Leonard Bernstein
Glitter and be gay (Candide)
Singer: Barbara Cook. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Samuel Krachmalnick.- Sony.
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Henry Purcell
Hole in the Wall [Hornpipe] (Abdelazer)
Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.- The Alehouse Sessions.
- RUBICON.
- 6.
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Aaron Copland
Variations on a shaker song
Music Arranger: Bennett Lerner. Ensemble: Christina and Michelle Naughton.- WARNER.
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Sarah Dacey
Down in Yon Forest
Ensemble: Juice Vocal Ensemble.- Snow Queens.
- Resonus Classics.
- 14.
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Richard Wagner
The Master-Singers of Nuremberg (Prelude)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Wagner: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
- Channel Classics.
- 1.
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August Klughardt
Wind Quintet, Op.79 (2nd mvt)
Performer: The Bergen Wind Quintet.- Bergen Wind Quintet: Ibert, Reicha, Arnold, Saeverud.
- Simax.
- 12.
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Alexander Hopkins
Salvator Mundi, Domine
Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.- New Millenium.
- Signum Records.
- 15.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in G major 'A la gigue', BWV.577
Performer: Peter Hurford.- J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
- HMV Classics.
- 4.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Quartet in G major TWV.43:G6 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa.- Telemann: Overtures, Sonatas, Concertos: Musica Alta Ripa.
- MDG.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto no.17 in G major K.453 (1st mvt)
Performer: Maria João Pires. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Mozart; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Maria Pires - Piano.
- DGG.
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- Wed 17 Jan 2024 09:00ѿý Radio 3