A 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 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 essentialclassics@bbc.co.uk.
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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Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture Op.96
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Shostakovich: Ballet Suites: Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
- Chandos.
- 19.
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Ruth Gipps
Seascape Op.53 for wind ensemble
Performer: Alex Jakeman. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Performer: Alyson Frazier. Performer: Elise Campbell. Performer: Mark van de Wiel. Performer: Jonathan Parkin. Performer: Graham Hobbs.- Winds of Change.
- Three Worlds Records.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in B minor Wq.182 no.5
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- 狈础脧痴贰.
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Thomas Ad猫s
Les tours de passe-passe (3 Studies from Couperin)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.- Ades: Tevot; Violin Concerto etc..
- EMI Classics.
- 6.
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Georges Bizet
Farandole (L'Arl茅sienne - Suite No 2)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Chandos.
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Jean Sibelius
2 Serenades Op.69 (no.2 in G minor)
Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta.- ONDINE.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Zefiro torna
Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: N煤ria Rial. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.- ERATO.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- BR KLASSIK.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Nocturne no.1 in F sharp minor
Performer: Boris Giltburg.- Rachmaninoff: Piano Works.
- Naxos.
- 106.
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
Dances of Marosszek
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- HUNGAROTON.
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Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Concertino da camera
Ensemble: Tall Poppies Orchestra.- TALL POPPIES.
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George Butterworth
The Banks of Green Willow
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony: LSO/Hickox.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondino in E flat major for wind octet, WoO 25
Performer: Victoria Wood. Performer: Peter Francomb. Performer: Martin Field. Performer: George Caird. Performer: Michael Harris. Performer: Robin Kennard. Performer: Angela Malsbury. Performer: Gareth Newman. Performer: Simon Morgan. Ensemble: The Albion Ensemble.- Hummel/Beethoven/Gluck: Wind Music: Albion Ensemble.
- Helios.
- 13.
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Charles Gounod
Mireille, Act 2: Farandole et ch艙ur. "La farandole joyeuse et folle"
Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.- Gounod: Mireille.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Franz Schubert
Rosamunde, Op. 26, D. 797: IIIa. Entr'acte No. 2 (Andante)
Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.- Schubert: Early Symphonies & Stage Music.
- PENTATONE.
- 302.
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Francesco Cilea
E la solita storia del pastore (L'Arlesiana)
Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
- Decca.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the dance - rondo brillant
Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- With Love from Vienna.
- Philips.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No.6 in E Minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.- Opus 109 (Beethoven _ Bach _ Schubert).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 4.
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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..
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George Frideric Handel
Zadok the priest HWV.258
Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- Handel: Coronation Anthems: Choir of Westminster Abbey/English Concert/Pinnock/P.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 1.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Czech Suite, Op 39
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.- Decca.
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Heitor Villa鈥怢obos
5 Preludes (no.1 in E minor)
Performer: Carlos Bonell.- The Private Collection: Carlos Bonell.
- Upbeat Classics.
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Max Richter
Vivaldi Recomposed: Summer 3
Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.- DG.
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Isabella Leonarda
Litanie della Beata Vergine Maria
Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Director: Candace Smith.- Rosa Mistica. Musiche delle monache lombarde del '600.
- Tactus.
- 014.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
2 Nocturnes Op.55 (no.2 in E flat major)
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
- Hyperion.
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1, 2, 3 & 4: Oslo PO, Mariss Jansons.
- Chandos.
- 4.
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