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Georgia Mann with Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and essential Easter music

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Georgia Mann.

Georgia Mann with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Essential Symphony from the 大象传媒 archive

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five essential Easter pieces.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Nicola Conforto

    La festa cinese (Overture)

    Orchestra: Concerto K枚ln. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • El Maestro - Farinelli.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Caprice viennois, Op 2

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Paganini/Saraste/Kreisler/Wieniawski: Vengerov/Golan.
    • Teldec.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV.565

    Performer: Simon Preston.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Caprice sur des airs danois et russes Op.79

    Performer: Catherine Cantin. Performer: Maurice Bourgue. Performer: Michel Portal. Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • French Chamber Music.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade IV (Orch. Maurice Ravel)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ravel: La Valse - Mussorgsky: Les Tableaux d'une exposition (Orch. Ravel).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 8.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells (Orch. Maurice Ravel)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ravel: La Valse - Mussorgsky: Les Tableaux d'une exposition (Orch. Ravel).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 9.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle (Orch. Maurice Ravel)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ravel: La Valse - Mussorgsky: Les Tableaux d'une exposition (Orch. Ravel).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 10.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. The Marketplace At Limoges (Orch. Maurice Ravel)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ravel: La Valse - Mussorgsky: Les Tableaux d'une exposition (Orch. Ravel).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 11.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. The Catacombs (Sepulchrum romanum)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ravel: La Valse - Mussorgsky: Les Tableaux d'une exposition (Orch. Ravel).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 12.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Cum mortuis in lingua mortua (Orch. Maurice Ravel)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ravel: La Valse - Mussorgsky: Les Tableaux d'une exposition (Orch. Ravel).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.
  • Judith Bingham

    The Spirit of Truth [after Tallis 'If ye love me']

    Choir: The Choir of St Catharine鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Edward Wickham.
    • Gaudent In Coelis.
    • RESONUS.
    • 11.
  • Anton Bruckner

    String Quartet in C minor (1st movement)

    Ensemble: Zehetmair Quartett.
    • Zehetmair Quartet: Beethoven / Bruckner / Harmann / Holliger.
    • ECM.
    • 5.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.5 (Op.76) in F major

    Ensemble: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • GB大象传媒.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Trio Sonata in C major, RV 82

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Performer: Ophira Zakai. Performer: Patrick Sepec.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise No.6 in A flat major, Op.53 'Heroic'

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • EMI.
  • Jean Sibelius

    At The Castle Gate (Pelleas et Melisande Op.46)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Sibelius - Symphony no.6, Pelleas & Melisande Op.46.
    • BIS.
    • 5.
  • William Boyce

    Symphony No.1 in B flat major

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • William Boyce: 8 Symphonies: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4-6.
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Sextet in D minor

    Performer: Louise Williams. Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • ASV.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Easter (5 Mystical Songs)

    Singer: Thomas Allen. Choir: Corydon Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Vaughan Williams: Serenade, Flos Campi, Five Mystical Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Jacques Ibert

    Divertissement

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Fr茅maux.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer

    Suite No 3 in B flat major (Le Journal de Printemps, Op 1)

    Orchestra: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra. Director: Michi Gaigg.
    • JCF Fischer - Le journal de Printemps.
    • CPO.
    • 016.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B minor, K 27

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont, Op 84 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • EMI.
  • Samuel Barber

    Violin Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Barber: Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Schuman: To Thee Old Cause: Berns.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

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