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Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best classical music for your morning, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Including the Playlister challenge: our regular listener-created sequence inspired by a different piece of music each day. Plus a new classical release in focus for Album of the Week.

1000 Playlister starter: listen and send us your ideas for the next step in today's musical journey. Text 83111 or email essentialclassics@bbc.co.uk.

1030 Album of the Week: an exciting new classical release in focus throughout the week.

1115 Playlister reveal: an uninterrupted sequence of music suggested by you in response to today's starter piece.

1200 Feast of a Piece: indulge your ears with an orchestral masterpiece.

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance No 2

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Grieg: Symphonic Dances.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Alissa Firsova

    Stabat Mater

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Spirit, Strength & Sorrow.
    • Coro.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio No.1 in B Major, Op.8: 2nd movt Scherzo

    Performer: Geoffroy Couteau. Performer: Amaury Coeytaux. Performer: Rapha毛l Perraud.
    • Brahms: Trios Nos. 1-3 for Piano, Violin & Cello.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 2.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne (Pell茅as et M茅lisande)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Amy Beach

    Fairy Lullaby

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Singer: Carolyn Sampson.
    • Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook.
    • BIS.
    • 27.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    6 Concertos for six-part strings; No. 3

    Conductor: Christophe Rousset. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques.
    • Rameau: Six Concerts en sextuor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Sword Dance of the Young Thracians (Spartacus Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites: SNO, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Scherzo capriccioso Op.66

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, Scherzo Capriccioso etc..
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Thora Marteinsdottir

    N煤 legg 茅g 镁茅r 铆 l贸fa

    Lyricist: Jakob J贸hann Sm谩ri. Choir: Meridian. Conductor: Irene Messoloras.
    • Finding Light.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.

  • Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek

    Adagio

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV1043

    Performer: Petra M眉llejans. Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1-3.

  • Richard Wagner

    Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Pezzo Capriccioso, Op.62

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • RCA.

  • Jaakko M盲ntyj盲rvi

    Double, double, toil and trouble (4 Shakespeare Songs)

    Choir: Phoenix Bach Choir. Conductor: Charles Bruffy.
    • Shakespeare in Song.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Paul Hindemith

    "A Frog He Went A-Courting" Variations on an Old English Nursery Song

    Performer: Fred Steiner. Performer: David Berfield.
    • BAROQUE.

  • Stephen Foster

    Slumber My Darling

    Music Arranger: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Alison Krauss. Performer: Mark O'Connor. Performer: Edgar Meyer.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de Matin Op.15 no.2

    Music Arranger: Paul Bateman. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jane Berthe. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Belle 脡poque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Prelude, fugue and variation in B minor

    Performer: Ryan Corbett. Performer: Fergus McCreadie.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme": III. Rondeau. Presto

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Aaron Copland

    4 dance episodes from Rodeo

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Water Dance No.3: Very lightly, like a harp

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • Crystalline.
    • 2L.
    • 4.

  • Louis Spohr

    Concertante in C Major, WoO 11

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Michael Sanderling. Orchestra: Th眉ringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach. Conductor: Hermann Breuer.
    • Es-Dur.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Sous le d么me 茅pais (Lakm茅)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Singer: Susan Graham. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
    • Guilty Pleasures.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Passacaglia on an Old English Tune

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Performer: Sophia Rahman.
    • Rebecca Clarke: Violin Sonata, Dumka.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Roger Quilter

    As You Like It - suite: No. 3; Merry Pranks

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • British Light Music: Roger Quilter.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 9.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Jota (La vida breve)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.
    • De Falla - Orchestral Works.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 9.

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