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 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Essential Carol - introduced by a special guest
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.
1230 Album of the Week
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- DG.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2
Performer: Mieczyslaw Horszowski.- Mozart: Fantasia In D Minor, K.397 / Chopin: Two Nocturnes / Debussy: Children's.
- Nonesuch.
- 3.
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John Gardner
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Ex Cathedra XL at Christmas (Alec Roth - Vikram Seth - Traditional).
- Orchid Music Limited.
- 06.
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Helena Munktell
Le lac de Siljan (from Dalsvit - Suite dalecarlienne)
Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.- Sterling.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, Op 73, 'Emperor' (3rd mvt, Rondo)
Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Beethoven: Piano Concertos No 5: Perahia/Haitink.
- CBS.
- 3.
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脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Suite in F major (No 7, Canaries)
Performer: Marie van Rhijn.- Jacquet de La Guerre: L'inconstante.
- Evidence (LTR).
- 108.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Wind Serenade in D Minor Op.44 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.- Dvor谩k: Serenades for Strings and Winds.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 9.
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Trad.
O Come, O come, Emmanuel
Performer: Ian Hare. Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.- Favourite Carols from King's.
- Warner Classics.
- 10.
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Jennifer Higdon
Jumble Dance (Dance Card)
Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.- Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
- Cedille.
- 603.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV 650
Performer: Franz Lehrndorfer.- Bach / Reger: Organ Music.
- Celestial Harmonies.
- 9.
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Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen's Return
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.- ONDINE.
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Peter Warlock
Bethlehem Down
Choir: St George's Chapel Windsor Choir. Conductor: James Vivian.- Hyperion.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas Op.95
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5.
- Chandos.
- 9.
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脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Suite in F major (No 7, Canaries)
Performer: Marie van Rhijn.- Jacquet de La Guerre: L'inconstante.
- Evidence (LTR).
- 108.
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Giuseppe Martucci
Nocturne (Souvenir de Milan), Op 25
Performer: Matteo Generani.- Martucci: Piano Works.
- Naxos.
- 110.
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Traditional Nigerian
Keresimesi Odun De O (Christmas is here)
Performer: Robin Dahlberg. Performer: Marc Hughes. Performer: Kevin Schieberl. Music Arranger: Wendell Whalum. Ensemble: The Choral Project. Conductor: Daniel Hughes.- CLARION.
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Johann Pachelbel
Canon in D major
Ensemble: Taverner Players. Director: Andrew Parrott.- EMI.
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Doreen Carwithen
Suffolk Suite
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Franz Liszt
Adeste fideles (Weihnachtsbaum)
Performer: Leslie Howard.- Liszt Christmas Tree: Via Crucis; Chorales.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Suite in F major (No 7, Canaries)
Performer: Marie van Rhijn.- Jacquet de La Guerre: L'inconstante.
- Evidence (LTR).
- 108.
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Lorenzo Allegri
Canario
Orchestra: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
- Virgin Classics.
- 16.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Pa... pa... pa...)
Singer: Inger Dam-Jensen. Singer: Fran莽ois Le Roux. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.- CONIFER.
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Sally Beamish
The Linnet, The Corn Bunting (The Naming of Birds)
Ensemble: Lumas Winds.- The Naming of Birds.
- Champs Hill Records.
- 20.
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Leonard Bernstein
Wonderful Town, Act I: No. 12. Conga! (Audience Participation Version)
Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Singer: Alysha Umphress. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
- Lso Live.
- 121.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dance of the Cygnets (Swan Lake, Op 20)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake.
- Signum Classics.
- 201.
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Reena Esmail
We look for you (A Winter Breviary, No 1)
Choir: St Martin's Voices. Conductor: Andrew Earis.- A Winter Breviary: Choral Works for Christmas.
- Resonus Classics.
- 3.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in B flat major Op.76`4 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)
Performer: Tak谩cs Quartet.- Haydn: Six String Quartets, Op.76.
- Decca.
- 13.
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Ester M盲gi
Piano Concerto (2nd mvmt, Andante sostenuto)
Performer: Ada Kuuseoks. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Arvo Volmer.- Magi: Orchestral Music.
- Toccata Classics.
- 3.
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Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier
Les Bourgeois de Ch芒tre (No毛ls sur les instruments)
Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.- Simphones des noels.
- Dorian.
- 22.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No 3 in D major, D 200 (4th mvt, Presto vivace)
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.- Schubert: Symphonies 1-8, Dialog & Epilog: Bamberger SO, Johnathan Nott.
- Tudor.
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Geoffrey Bush
In Praise of Mary
Performer: Jane Watts. Singer: Valery Hill. Ensemble: Royal College of Music Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.- Three Christmas Cantatas.
- Heritage Records.
- 1-6.
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Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne
L'Amant anonyme (Contredanse)
Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.- TAFELMUSIK.
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Edvard Grieg
At the Wedding (Peer Gynt)
Performer: Hakon Hogemo. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS.
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Alessandro Marcello
Oboe Concerto in D minor (arranged for piccolo trumpet)
Performer: Alison Balsom. Music Arranger: Simon Wright. Director: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: Pinnock's Players.- Baroque Concertos.
- Warner Classics.
- 10-12.
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Catrin Finch
Listen to the Grass Grow
Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Seckou Keita. Music Arranger: Seckou Keita.- SOAR.
- bendigedig.
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Claude Debussy
Petite Suite (2nd mvmt, Cort猫ge)
Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis. -
Thoinot Arbeau
Ding Dong Merrily on High
Performer: The King鈥檚 Singers.- Christmas Carols with The King's Singers.
- Signum Classics.
- 901.
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Aaron Copland
Hoe-Down (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Copland: Appalachian Spring: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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