The very best of classical music
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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Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier
Te Deum H.146 (Prelude)
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.- ERATO.
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Engelbert Humperdinck
Dornr枚schen Tone-Pictures (Prelude)
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.- Humperdinck: Fairy-tale music: Bamberger Symphoniker/Rickenbacher.
- Virgin Classics.
- 7.
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Amy Woodforde-Finden
Kashmiri Song (4 Indian Love Lyrics)
Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hough - 'My Favourite Things': Virtuoso Encores and Transcriptions.
- Nimbus Records.
- 12.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in F major Op.3 No.4
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Georg Kallweit.- Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 3.
- PENTATONE.
- 401.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Polonaise in A major, Op 40 No 1 (Military)
Performer: Louis Lortie.- Chandos.
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Nainita Desai
My Mind is Still
Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Elsa Bradley. Performer: Leif Kaner鈥怢idstr枚m. Ensemble: VOCES8.- Infinity.
- Decca.
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Johan Svendsen
Carnival in Paris Op.9
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- CHANDOS.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Piano Trio: 2nd mvt, Allegro vivace
Ensemble: Trio Kar茅nine.- Faur茅, Ravel & Tailleferre.
- Mirare.
- 9.
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Leonard Bernstein
Candide (Overture)
Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Bernstein: Anniversaries, Fancy Free Suite, Overture to Candide & Overture to Wo.
- Naxos.
- 101.
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Francis Poulenc
Petites voix
Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.- Hyperion.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.92 in G major 'Oxford' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 91 & 92: Rene Jacobs.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 8.
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William Byrd
Gypsies' round MB.28.80 for keyboard
Ensemble: The Harp Consort. Director: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.- Spanish Gypsies.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
- 23.
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John Tavener
Song for Athene
Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- DG.
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Karol Szymanowski
Concert Overture, Op 12
Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Barrington Pheloung
Inspector Morse Theme
Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Barrington Pheloung.- The Essential Inspector Morse Collection Original Soundtrack.
- Virgin Catalogue.
- 1.
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Trad.
All things are quite silent
Music Arranger: Kerry Andrew. Choir: Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- All Things Are Quite Silent.
- Signum Records.
- 1.
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Ron Grainer
Doctor Who (Original Theme)
Performer: Delia Derbyshire. Music Arranger: Delia Derbyshire.- SILVER SCREEN.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony No 6 in D major, Op 60 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Naxos.
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Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- The Copland Collection.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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David Arnold
Good Omens 3 OST - Revelation
Ensemble: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Foster.- Good Omens 3 (Prime Original Series Soundtrack).
- Silva Screen Records.
- 13.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet in C major K.515 (4th mvt)
Performer: Quatuor 脡b猫ne. Ensemble: Antoine Tamestit.- Mozart: String Quintets K. 515 & 516.
- ERATO.
- 4.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 驶F眉r Elise始
Performer: Paul Lewis.- Beethoven: Fur Elise, Bagatelles Opp. 33, 119 & 126.
- harmonia mundi.
- 25.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
Choir: G盲chinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann. Singer: N煤ria Rial. Singer: Wiebke Lehmkuhl. Singer: Benedikt Kristj谩nsson. Singer: Matthias Winckhler.- Carus.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Autrefois [Pi猫ces humoristiques, Op.87]
Performer: Peter Jacobs.- Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
- Helios.
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Michael Tippett
Steal away (5 Spirituals from A Child of Our Time)
Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- a la Gloire de Dieu: The Sixteen.
- Coro.
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Franz Berwald
Estrella de Soria (Overture)
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- Hyperion.
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Johann Friedrich Fasch
Violin Concerto in G Major, FaWV L:G6: I. Allegro
Performer: Emlyn Ngai. Ensemble: Tempesta di Mare.- Fasch: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
- Chandos.
- 107.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Berceuse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)
Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.- Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
- Philips.
- 13.
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