The ideal mix of classical music
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 [email protected].
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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César Franck
Violin sonata in A major (4th mvt)
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Martha Argerich.- Beethoven, Schumann, Franck.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 10.
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Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No 7 in F major, Op 77 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.- Bis.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Children's Intermezzo (Othello)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.- Coleridge-Taylor: Othello, Op. 79: II. Children's Intermezzo.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Emilie Mayer
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 14: II. Scherzo. Allegro assai
Ensemble: Erato Quartett Basel.- Mendelssohn-Hensel, Mayer & Sirmen: String Quartets.
- CPO.
- 202.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2: Vogt, Rattle.
- EMI Classics.
- 3.
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Laura Mvula
Sing to the Moon
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.- Signum.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Trio sonata in D minor TWV.42:d10 for recorder, violin and continuo, attrib.
Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa.- MDG.
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Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
The Enchanted Lake, Op.62
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Lyadov - Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
- 04.
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de Matin Op.15 no.2
Music Arranger: Paul Bateman. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jane Berthe. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.- Belle Époque.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 13.
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Jacques Offenbach
Robinson Crusoe: Symphonic Entr'acte (Act 2)
Orchestra: Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire. Choir: Chœur de L’Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.- Les Divas d'Offenbach.
- Alpha Classics.
- 12.
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Gustav Mahler
Quartet movement in A minor
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Clemens Hagen. Performer: Oleg Maisenberg.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Unser Mund und Ton der Saiten (aria) from Cantata BWV.1
Lyricist: Philipp Nicolai. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Singer: Gerd Türk.- Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 34 - Bwv 1, 126, 127.
- BIS.
- 5.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz no.1 'The Dance in the Village Inn'
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Liszt - The Collection.
- Decca.
- 2.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI:20 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- Haydn : Piano Sonatas Nos 32, 33, 53, 54 & 58 - Elatus.
- Warner Classics International.
- 11.
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Jocelyn Pook
How sweet the moonlight (The Merchant of Venice)
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Siobhán Armstrong. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet.- Decca.
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Brian Eno
An Ending (Ascent)
Music Arranger: David Le Page. Performer: David Le Page. Performer: Eleanor Turner. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Daniele Rosina.- Labyrinths.
- Signum Classics.
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Robert Schumann
Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5, Mondnacht
Performer: Saskia Giorgini. Singer: Ian Bostridge.- Twilight Schumann Songs.
- Pentatone.
- 110.
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Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Maurice Ravel: Ma Mère L’oye; Boléro; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales; Pavane Pou.
- Chandos.
- 9.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 213
Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.- Scarlatti: 18 Sonatas.
- BIS.
- 5.
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Augusta Holmès
Overture for a Comedy
Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Conductor: Samuel Friedmann.- Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works.
- Marco Polo.
- 3.
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George Frideric Handel
Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)
Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Bicket.- Decca.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 36 in C major, K 425, 'Linz'
Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Gielen.- SWR MUSIC.
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Max Bruch
Concerto in E minor for clarinet, viola and orchestra Op.88 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Gérard Caussé. Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.- Bruch/Werke fur Klarinette und Viola.
- Erato.
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Dora Pejačević
Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in C, Op.29 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Trio W.- Naxos.
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William Byrd
Emendemus in melius for 5 voices
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- The Deer's Cry.
- CORO.
- 4.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Saint-Saens: Orchestral Works: Neeme Jarvi.
- CHANDOS.
- 1.
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