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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 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

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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Fri 11 Oct 2024 09:30
成人论坛 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Intermezzo; Alla marcia)

    Conductor: Paavo Berglund. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: BSO, Berglund.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Playful Pizzicato (Simple Symphony)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten: The Young Person's Guide etc: LSO/ECO/Britten.
    • Decca.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Iphig茅nie en Aulide: Act II (excerpt)

    Singer: Jehanne Amzal. Singer: Jehanne Amzal. Singer: David Witczak. Singer: David Witczak. Choir: Les Chantres de la Chapelle de Versailles. Choir: Les Chantres de la Chapelle de Versailles. Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Conductor: Julien Chauvin. Conductor: Julien Chauvin.
    • Gluck: Iphig茅nie en Aulide.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 8-11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Piano Concerto No 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.
    • Bach: Keyboard Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 110.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2: IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Beethoven : Revelations, 1.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Nocturne: Midnight's bell goes ting, ting, ting

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Britten: Les Illuminations; Sinfonietta; Nocturne.
    • ASV.
    • 16.

  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Great Escape - Main Title

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • RYKO.

  • Hans Sitt

    Album Leaves: Nos 1 & 6

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Thomas Hoppe.
    • Romance Oubli茅e.
    • Myrios Classics.
    • 1.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Alisa Weilerstein Dvorak.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.

  • Ernest Seitz

    The World is Waiting for the Sunrise

    Ensemble: The Julian Bliss Septet.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Prayer for Ukraine

    Choir: Kyiv Chamber Choir. Conductor: Mykola Hobdych.
    • Self-released.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata: Prelude

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • DG.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Six Short Pieces for piano (No 6 in G major)

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.

  • Henry Purcell

    Hail, bright Cecilia Z.328 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv.

  • L茅on Bo毛llmann

    Suite gothique Op.25 (Toccata)

    Performer: Francis Jackson.
    • REGIS.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Music for strings, percussion and celesta Sz.106: 4th mvt; Allegro molto

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna M盲lkki.
    • Bart贸k: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ne pulvis et cinis, K 122; Requiem: Dies irae

    Singer: Alex Rosen. Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Mozart: Requiem.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Hor che'l ciel e la terra (8th Book of Madrigals)

    Choir: Concerto Vocale. Director: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Midnight (Cinderella Op.87)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • EMI.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Um Mitternacht (R眉ckert-Lieder)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Icon: Dame Janet Baker.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 308.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Horseplay (Lively)

    Ensemble: Ensemble X.
    • AVIE.

  • Johannes Brahms

    2 Rhapsodies Op.79 (no.2 in G minor)

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 etc.: Lupu, LPO, De Waart.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Carmen Fantasy

    Composer: Georges Bizet. Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • WARNER.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Alchymia (3rd mvt, Lachrymae)

    Performer: Mark Simpson. Ensemble: Quatuor Diotima.
    • Thomas Ad猫s: Alchymia.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 3.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto No 2 in G Minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 102.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony 6 'Pathetique' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Beethoven 路 Tchaikovsky 路 Schmidt 路 Stephan.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 1.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Oboe d'amore Concerto in E minor, TWV.51:e2

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Berlin Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Rainer Kussmaul.
    • EMI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata in D minor

    Music Arranger: Gabriela Montero. Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Bach and Beyond.
    • EMI.
    • 12.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Adam Zero Suite: Approach of Autumn; Fanfare Overture

    Music Arranger: Robert Childs. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Bliss: Works for Brass Band.
    • Chandos.
    • 107.

  • William Byrd

    Civitas sancti tui

    Ensemble: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Libera Nos - The Cry of the Oppressed.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Alexandre Tansman

    Inventions (Hommage 脿 Bach): IV. Toccata 脿 deux voix

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • ERATO.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Mavis in Las Vegas

    Orchestra: 成人论坛 Philharmonic. Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • NAXOS.

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 Oct 2024 09:30
    成人论坛 Radio 3

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