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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.
1000 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1115 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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Hamish MacCunn
The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Op. 3
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.- Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow; A Shropshire Lad/ /McGunn: The Land of t.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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L茅o Delibes
Waltz (Coppelia)
Music Arranger: Erno Dohnanyi. Performer: Polina Leschenko.- ALPHA.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.98 in B flat major (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Haydn: The London Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Davis.
- Philips.
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Barbara Strozzi
L'usignuolo [The Nightingale] Op.1 no.5
Singer: Mariana Flores. Singer: Fabi谩n Schofrin. Singer: Jaime Caicompai. Singer: Matteo Bellotto. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Director: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n.- Ambronay.
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Frank Bridge
The Sea (Moonlight)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.- Warner Classics.
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Maurice Ravel
Alborado del gracioso (Miroirs)
Performer: Steven Osborne.- Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
- Hyperion.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D minor RV.566
Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln. Director: Werner Ehrhardt.- Italian Concertos: Concerto Koln.
- Capriccio.
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Max Bruch
String Octet (3rd mvt)
Performer: Zsolt Fej茅rv谩ri. Ensemble: Kod谩ly Quartet. Ensemble: Auer String Quartet.- Mendelssohn/Bruch: String Quartets.
- Naxos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nehmt meinen Dank, K.383
Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Ensemble: Pygmalion. Director: Rapha毛l Pichon.- Erato.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Allegro de concert Op.46
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Performer: Vovka Ashkenazy.- Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
- London.
- 8.
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Elfrida Andr茅e
Symphony no.2 in A minor (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustaf Sj枚kvist.- Sterling.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana
Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Escales.
- Chandos.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Zefiro torna
Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: N煤ria Rial. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.- ERATO.
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Johan Halvorsen
Passacaglia on a Theme of Handel
Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott.- ORFEO: C 902 161 A.
- Orfeo.
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Robert Schumann
Mondnacht (Liederkreis Op.39)
Music Arranger: Clara Schumann. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.- Decca.
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Grace Williams
Calm Sea in Summer (Sea Sketches)
Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.- Resonus.
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Trad.
Hiraeth [Yearning]
Singer: Huw Rhys-Evans.- All Through the Night.
- Claudio Records.
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Benjamin Britten
4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Moonlight)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra: Bergen P.O., Neeme Jarvi.
- BIS.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the Dance Op.65
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough In Recital.
- Hyperion.
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Johann Baptist Georg Neruda
Concerto for horn or trumpet and strings in E flat major (1st mvt)
Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Thomas Klug. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
- EMI Classics.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.- Rachmaninov-Shostakovich.
- ONYX.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
3 Shakespeare Songs
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Music of the Spheres.
- Signum.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Sinfonietta
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Janacek: Sinfonietta: Rattle.
- EMI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no.6 in B flat major BWV.1051 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Il Giardino Armonico.
- Warner Classics.
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John Field
Nocturne no.10 in E Major H.54 'Nocturne Pastorale'
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- Field: Complete Nocturnes.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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William Byrd
Ne irascaris, Domine
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
- Gimell.
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Niccol貌 Paganini
24 Caprices Op.1 (no.1 in E major)
Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann.- EMI.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1, 2, 3 & 4: Oslo PO, Mariss Jansons.
- Chandos.
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