A feast of great 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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John Foulds
Bells at Coblentz (Holiday Sketches Op.16)
Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- J Foulds, Keltic Suite: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra/Corp.
- Epoch.
- 10.
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John Rutter
Shepherds pipe carol
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.- Collegium.
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Arnold Bax
O Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies
- My Playlist for Baking.
- Naxos.
- 1601.
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Alexander Glazunov
Concert waltz no. 1 in D major Op.47
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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William James
An Australian Christmas
Orchestra: Sellers Engineering Band. Conductor: Phillip McCann.- A Christmas Celebration.
- Chandos.
- 4.
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Paul Williams
The Muppet Christmas Carol "Suite"
Performer: The Muppets. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- The Muppets Christmas Carol.
- EMI Gold.
- 1.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade Op.35)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- LAWO.
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Thomas Case Sterndale Bennett
The Carol Singers
Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: David Willison.- DECCA.
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Alessandro Scarlatti
Tocco la prima sorte a voi (O di Betlemme altera)
Singer: Nancy Argenta. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Gloria.
- Archiv.
- 4.
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Sir Stephen Hough
Radetzky Waltz [after Johann Strauss I]
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
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Adolphe Adam
O holy night/Cantiques de Noel
Performer: El墨na Garan膷a. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Karel Mark Chichon. Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbr眉cken Kaiserslautern. -
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Leopold Mozart
A musical sleigh ride
Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- The Night Before Christmas.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Eric Coates
Cinderella: A Phantasy
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Avie.
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Sasha Johnson Manning
The Trees
Performer: Nicholas Ward. Lyricist: Carol Ann Duffy. Choir: Manchester Carollers. Orchestra: Northern Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tanner.- The Manchester Carols.
- Naxos.
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Franz Liszt
Chasse-neige (Transcendental Etudes, No. 12)
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- Liszt: 12 脡tudes d'ex茅cution transcendante.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 12.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- DG.
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Dimitri Tiomkin
It's a Wonderful Life
- It's a Wonderful Life.
- Sinetone AMR.
- 7.
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Howard Blake
Walking in the Air
Singer: Peter Auty. Conductor: Howard Blake.- Forever Friends a Christmas Wish for You.
- Sony Music CG.
- 19.
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Jule Styne
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- Hollywood Walk of Fame - Vaughn Monroe (The Years 1940 - 1960).
- Sharp Edge Records.
- 13.
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Christmas Eve Reel, Christmas in America, Old Christmas Eve
Music Arranger: Jeannette Sorrell. Ensemble: Apollo鈥檚 Fire.- Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain.
- Avie.
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Richard Strauss
Schlagobers-Walzer (Schlagobers Op.70)
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Strauss: Schlagobers, Munchen: Detroit SO/Jarvi.
- Chandos.
- 5.
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John Lewis
England's Carol
Ensemble: The Modern Jazz Quartet.- Modern Jazz Quartet : The Last Concert.
- ATLANTIC RHINO.
- 12.
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Arvo P盲rt
Estonian Lullaby
Singer: Zsuzsi T贸th. Singer: Barnab谩s Hegyi. Singer: Olivier Berten. Ensemble: Goeyvaerts String Trio.- CHALLENGE CLASSICS: CC72696.
- CHALLENGE CLASSICS.
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Anonymous
Ninna nanna
Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
- Virgin Classics.
- 2.
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Frederick Delius
Sleigh Ride (Winter Night)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Delius in Norway.
- CHANDOS.
- 5.
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Gabriel's Message
Ensemble: VOCES8.- Christmas.
- Signum Classics.
- 201.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Christmas Eve Suite
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.- Decca.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Schmecket und sehet, wie freundlich, TWV 1:1251: II. Kommt, sehet!
Singer: Klaus Mertens. Choir: Chor der Kolner Akademie. Orchestra: Die K枚lner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.- Telemann: Christmas Oratorios.
- CPO.
- 102.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Winter Fairy (Cinderella)
Performer: Alexander Sitkovetsky. Performer: Olga Sitkovetsky.- Sasha Plays Romantic Russian Rarities.
- Angel Records.
- 5.
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Jos茅 Pacheco
Moita festa
Conductor: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra.- Midwinter's Eve: Music for Christmas.
- Sony.
- 12.
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Julius Fucik
奥颈苍迟别谤蝉迟眉谤尘别
Performer: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.- WARNER APEX.
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