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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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Tue 23 Jun 202609:30
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Music Played

  • Gaspar Sanz

    Canarios

    Ensemble: Ensemble NAYA. Ensemble: Barrocade. Conductor: Amit Tiefenbrunn.
    • Latino Ladino: Songs of Exile & Passion.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabesque in C Major Op 18

    Performer: Llŷr Williams.
    • Robert Schumann: Piano Works Volume 2.
    • Signum Records.
    • 13.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Trio sonata no. 3 in D major

    Ensemble: The Bach Players.
    • Coviello.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68, 'Pastoral' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • Giulini in America: Los Angeles Philharmonic/Giulini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 5.

  • Henri Duparc

    L'invitation au voyage

    Lyricist: Charles Baudelaire. Conductor: Robin Ticciati. Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Ravel & Duparc: Aimer et mourir – Danses et mélodies.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor Op.3 no.11

    Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.
    • Vivaldi: 12 Concertos, Op. 3 "L'Estro Armonico".
    • Channel Classics Records.
    • 32.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Ballade in A Minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kalena Bovell.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • DECCA.
    • 13.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor BWV.232 (Sanctus)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor: John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 10.

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Piano Sonata No.2, Op.54: III. Largo

    Performer: Nikolay Medvedev.
    • SOMM RECORDINGS.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 1, "Spring"

    Music Arranger: Gustav Mahler. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna.
    • R. Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Thomas Tallis

    O Sacrum Convivium (for 5 voices)

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Dvorak:Symphony no. 7 Suite in A major,Budapest Festival Orchestra,Ivan Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 3.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C Sharp Minor Op.45 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Hyperion.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations (Variation 13)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Elgar: Enigma Variations.
    • Halle.
    • 14.

  • Hector Berlioz

    L'île inconnue (Les nuits d'été)

    Singer: Régine Crespin. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.
    • Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete: Régine Crespin.
    • Decca.

  • Lilian Elkington

    Out of the Mist

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Elgar - The Spirit of England etc..
    • Dutton Laboratories.
    • 7.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prélude)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
    • Erato.
    • 22.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Bruckner: Mass in E Minor, Motets.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 111.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No.3 in C major, Op.52

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • CHALLENGE CLASISCS.

  • Isaías Sávio

    Batacuda

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Latino: Milos Karadaglic/Studioorchester der Europäischen FilmPhilharmonie/Israe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Sérénade espagnole, Op.20 No.2

    Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Ensemble: Berliner Symphoniker. Conductor: Aziz Shokhakimov.
    • Trip To Russia.
    • ORFEO.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 6 in D major, K 284 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 1.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A Major, H. 439: III. Allegro assai

    Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • C.P.E. Bach: 3 Cello Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Seascape Op.53

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.

  • Trad.

    Ae Fond Kiss

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
    • Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (conclusion)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Performer: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Jun 202609:30
    BBC Radio 3