The very best of classical music
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
1000 Playlist starter â listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day â harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1115 Playlist reveal â a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment â time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt, Allegro vivace)
Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: ĂdĂĄm Fischer.- Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
- Naxos.
- 404.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Casta diva (Norma)
Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Choir: International Chamber Vocalists. Orchestra: Orchestra La Scintilla. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Bellini: Norma: Cecilia Bartoli/Giovanni Antonini.
- Decca.
- 8.
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Trad.
Ladies, Step Up to Tea (Arr. LĂșnasa for Ensemble)
Ensemble: LĂșnasa.- Irish Roots.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 27.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Concert piece no. 2 in D minor Op.114
Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Wolfgang Meyer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- EMI.
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Ruth Gipps
Cringlemire Garden Op.39
Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.- British Music for Strings Vol. 3.
- CPO.
- 13.
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AntonĂn DvoĆĂĄk
Rondo in G minor Op.94
Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Pavel Gililov.- Strauss/Dvorak: Morgen: Mischa Maisky/Pavel Gililov.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 10.
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Max Reger
Scherzo (Romantic Suite)
Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Lyon Opera Soloists.- Schoenberg: Kaiserwalzer and other Transcriptions: Soliste de l'Opera National d.
- Erato.
- 2.
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Spencer Williams
Basin Street Blues
Music Arranger: Luther Henderson. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.- Best of The Canadian Brass.
- CBS.
- 16.
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Osvaldo Golijov
LĂșa Descolorida (3 Songs)
Singer: Ruby Hughes. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.- Renewal.
- BIS.
- 302.
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LĂ©o Delibes
Les Chasseresses (Sylvia - suite)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JĂ€rvi.- Chandos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in B flat major, Op.97 'Archduke' (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.- Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat, Op.97 'Archduke': The Florestan Trio.
- Hyperion.
- 2.
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Arthur Butterworth
Path Across the Moors
Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Performer: Gavin Sutherland.- Resonance.
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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon - Overture
Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Darrell Ang.- Kabalevsky: Works for Orchestra.
- NAXOS.
- 1.
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Pau Casals
Sardana
Performer: Sheku KannehâMason. Performer: Guy Johnston. Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.- DECCA.
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George Frideric Handel
Silent Worship (Tolomeo, re d'Egitto)
Music Arranger: Sir Arthur Somervell. Singer: Nicky Spence. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ian McMillan.- Nicky Spence EP.
- Decca (UMO).
- 4.
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Claude Debussy
Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes)
Performer: JeanâYves Thibaudet.- Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
- Decca.
- 15.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
An Acre of Land
Lyricist: Anonymous. Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Vaughan Williams: Over Hill, Over Dale â Partsongs, Folksongs & Shakespeare Set.
- Hyperion.
- 6.
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Maurice Ravel
Ma mÚre l'oye (Le jardin féerique)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NĂ©zetâSĂ©guin.- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
- EMI.
- 17.
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Alessandro Stradella
Sonata in D major for trumpet and 8 viols
Performer: Crispian SteeleâPerkins. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments.- HYPERION.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Die Schone Melusine, Op.32
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo HerasâCasado.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of Fugue - Contrapunctus 8
Ensemble: HespĂšrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- J.S. Bach: Die Kunst Der Fuge.
- Alia Vox.
- 12.
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George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So
Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.- Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So (Arr. Heifetz).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Giovanni Bolzoni
Minuet
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JĂ€rvi.- Favourite Encores: Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi.
- Chandos.
- 5.
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Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.- Steven Isserlis plays Schumann.
- RCA Red Seal.
- 1.
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Francesca Caccini
Ciaccona
Performer: Luigi Cozzolino. Ensemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini. Director: Gian Luca Lastraioli.- Maria, dolce Maria.
- Brilliant Classics.
- 3.
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William Bolcom
3 Ghost Rags: No. 1, Graceful Ghost Rag
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.- Bolcom: The Complete Rags.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 6 in B minor 'Pathetique', Op.74 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester ZĂŒrich. Conductor: Paavo JĂ€rvi.- ALPHA.
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Erno Dohnanyi
Piano Quartet in F sharp minor (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Notos Quartet.- RCA Red Seal.
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Hector Berlioz
Waverley Overture
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.- RCA.
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- Mon 22 Jul 2024 09:30±«Óătv Radio 3