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Classical soundtrack for your morning

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

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

1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Karl Jenkins

    Palladio (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • Karl Jenkins: Quirk, Sarikiz & Over the Stone.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 114.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Director: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 20, K466 & 27, K595; Mitsuko Uchida, The Cleveland Orche.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Anon.

    Folias Criollas

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Altre Follie (1500-1750).
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture in E minor, Op 23

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Louise Farrenc: Symphony no.2, Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 5.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina (La bohème)

    Singer: Jonathan Tetelman. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • The Great Puccini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Dance of the Skyscrapers (Displaced Dances, No 5)

    Performer: Stephanie McCallum. Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Stanhope.
    • The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 151.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 6 (3rd mvt, Musette - Larghetto)

    Ensemble: Al Ayre Español.
    • Handel's Memories - A selection from Grand Concertos op. 6.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 11 - 15.
  • Scott Joplin

    Stoptime Rag

    Performer: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Scott Joplin Piano Rags.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 16.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Moonlight Meadows (Summer Day)

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Prokofiev’s Music for Children.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    Fritiof's Sea Journey (Fritiof Suite)

    Orchestra: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustaf Sjökvist.
    • Sterling.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 2 & 8: London Classical Players/Norrington.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 3.
  • Herbert Howells

    Come Sing and Dance

    Performer: George Ireland. Singer: Hugh Cutting.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Dance of the Skyscrapers (Displaced Dances, No 5)

    Performer: Stephanie McCallum. Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Stanhope.
    • The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 151.
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Trio Sonata No 1 in G minor

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Director: Sébastien Daucé.
    • Splendeurs de Versailles (Collection Château de Versailles).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 7.
  • John Williams

    Princess Leia's theme (Star Wars)

    Orchestra: Skywalker Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Sony.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Étude in C major, Op 10 No 1 ('Waterfall')

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Etudes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • George Enescu

    Romanian Rhapsody No 2 in D major

    Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • APEX.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Dance of the Skyscrapers (Displaced Dances, No 5)

    Performer: Stephanie McCallum. Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Stanhope.
    • The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 151.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    On the town - stage musical: New York, New York

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Salute To America.
    • Decca/London.
    • 2.
  • Richard Shephard

    And when the builders

    Conductor: Richard Seal. Choir: Salisbury Cathedral Choir.
    • 'How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings' - An Evensong for a Dedication from Salisbury Cat.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 12.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    New York Skyline

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • DECCA.
  • Maurice Jarre

    Building The Barn (Witness)

    Ensemble: Ensemble. Conductor: Maurice Jarre.
    • Witness (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Varese.
    • 5.
  • Charles Gounod

    Mors et Vita (Judex)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pešek.
    • Adagio.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in F minor, D 935 No 4

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • DG.
  • Traditional Spiritual

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace

    Music Arranger: Undine Smith Moore. Choir: VocalEssence Ensemble Chorus. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • CLARION.
  • Josef Suk

    A Fairy-tale suite Op.16 (Runa's curse, and how true love triumphed over it)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • DECCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite no.2 in B minor BWV.1067 (Badinerie)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 7.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Cello Concerto

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.
    • Dobrinka Tabakova: String Paths.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 2-4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Nun beut die Flur (The Creation)

    Singer: Christiane Karg. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • Haydn: Die Schöpfung.
    • Pentatone.
    • 109.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Cossack Dance (Cherevichki)

    Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Conductor: Theodore Kuchar.
    • Tchaikovsky: Dances and Overtures.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Sin Aire (improvisation)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • SOLATINO.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 22.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture)

    Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs‐Élysées.
    • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream: Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Mrs. Philarmonica

    Trio Sonata No 4 (1st mvmt)

    Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • Philarmonica.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

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  • Tue 14 May 2024 09:30

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