Great classical music for your morning
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favorites.
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.
1200 鈥�25 for 25: Sounds of the Century鈥� 鈥� a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far.
1230 Album of the Week.
To listen on most smart speakers, say "Ask 麻豆社 Sounds to play Essential Classics鈥�.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride (Overture)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Smetana: The Bartered Bride.
- Chandos.
- 101.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Daniel Stabrawa. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.- Kennedy plays Bach with the Berlin Philharmonic.
- EMI.
- 12.
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Clara Schumann
Evening celebration in Venice (3 Part Songs)
Choir: North German Radio Choir. Conductor: Philipp Ahmann.- Es-Dur.
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Manuel de Falla
Nights in the Gardens of Spain (i. En el Generalife)
Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.- Hyperion CDA68148.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Lowell Liebermann
Revelry
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.- Lowell Liebermann: Revelry.
- Albany Records.
- 4.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A Musical Joke, K.522: IV. Presto
Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Andrew Manze.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Norfolk Rhapsody No.1
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.- EMI.
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Luise Adolpha Le Beau
Piano Quartet in F Minor, Op 28 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 1.
- Chandos.
- 105.
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Ernest Chausson
Le colibri Op 2, No 7
Performer: Kunal Lahiry. Singer: Helen Charlston. -
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Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the dance
Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- HYPERION.
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脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Sonata No 4 for violin, viol and continuo in G minor
Ensemble: La R锚veuse. Director: Benjamin Perrot.- MIRARE.
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Francis Poulenc
Rondeau (Les biches)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- Paris 1920: Orchestre de Paris/Semyon Bychkov.
- Philips.
- 2.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Valse-caprice no.1 in A major Op.30
Performer: Kathryn Stott.- HYPERION.
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Frank Bridge
Pensiero in F Minor, H. 53 No. 1
- A Lionel Tertis Celebration.
- harmonia mundi.
- 5.
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Anna Clyne
Masquerade
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Anna Clyne: Mythologies.
- Avie.
- 1.
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Leonard Bernstein
Wonderful Town (Conga!)
Singer: Alysha Umphress. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- LSO Live.
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Percy Grainger
Shepherd's Hey
- Grainger - Piano Works.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
- 28.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Libiamo ne' lieti calici "Brindisi" (La traviata)
Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Frank Lopardo. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Verdi: La Traviata.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Op.80
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Brahms: The Symphonies.
- Decca.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130, 'Cavatina'
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- Zig Zag.
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Florence Price
Symphony no.4 in D Minor (Juba Dance)
Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.- Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4.
- Naxos.
- 203.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in excelsis Deo from Gloria for soloists, chorus and orchestra (RV.589)
Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Vivaldi: Gloria/Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus: The English Concert/Pinnock.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 1.
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Max Bruch
Concerto for clarinet, viola and orchestra in E minor, Op 88
Performer: Paul Meyer. Performer: G茅rard Causs茅. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.- Bruch - works for clarinet and viola.
- ERATO.
- 1-3.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Rainbow Promise
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan. -
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Franz Schubert
Moments Musicaux, D.780 (no.2)
Performer: Imogen Cooper.- Schubert 3: Imogen Cooper.
- Ottavo.
- 3.
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Heitor Villa鈥怢obos
Ch么ros No. 1, W. 161 "Ch么ro t铆pico"
Performer: Franz Hal谩sz.- Villa-Lobos: Complete Works for Solo Guitar.
- BIS.
- 104.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto no.1 in E major for 2 pianos (3rd mvt)
Performer: Marielle Lab猫que. Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- Mendelssohn: Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra: Katia & Marielle Labeque / Bychk.
- Philips.
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Henryk Wieniawski
L茅gende Op.17
Performer: Mar铆a Due帽as. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- Beethoven and Beyond.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 7.
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- Thu 1 May 2025 09:30麻豆社 Radio 3