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Georgia Mann with Schumann's Liebst du um Sch枚nheit 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

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in F major, Op 46 No 4

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 14.
  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartet No 2 in B flat major (final movement)

    Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet.
    • Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen - The Six String Quartets.
    • CALA.
    • 12.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in B flat, Op 18 No 6: II. Adagio ma non troppo (arr. for piano)

    Performer: Mari Kodama. Music Arranger: Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns.
    • Kaleidoscope.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 201.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Suffolk Suite

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Clara Schumann

    Liebst du um Sch枚nheit, Op 12 No 4

    Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips. Singer: Elin Rombo.
    • dB Productions.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica.
    • Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica: After Mozart.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 9.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Courante, from Keyboard Suite in A major, HWV 426

    Performer: Laurence Cummings.
    • Handel: 8 'Great' Suites for Keyboard.
    • Somm.
    • 3.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Ave Maris Stella

    Singer: Alexandra Stevenson. Choir: Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Nicolae Moldoveanu.
    • A song more silent - new works for remembrance.
    • Avie.
    • 001.
  • Albert Roussel

    Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 42: III Scherzo (Vivace)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • GB大象传媒.
  • Otilie Sukova-Dvorakova

    Pepca riding his hobbyhorse

    Performer: Tom谩拧 V铆拧ek.
    • ARCO DIVA.
  • Josef Suk

    Children's Games (from Summer Impressions, Op 22b)

    Performer: Tom谩拧 V铆拧ek.
    • ARCO DIVA.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Jerusalem aurea civitas

    Performer: Robert White. Singer: Emma Kirkby. Choir: Gothic Voices. Ensemble: Doreen Muskett. Director: Christopher Page.
    • HYPERION.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.1 in C major H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.
  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Night and Love - interlude from the symphonic ode Ludus pro Patria

    Orchestra: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic. Conductor: Patrick Davin.
    • Augusta Holmes - Orchestral Works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 004.
  • Clara Schumann

    Liebst du um Sch枚nheit, Op 12 No 4

    Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips. Singer: Elin Rombo.
    • dB Productions.
  • Robert Schumann

    Er, der Herrlichste von allen, Op 42 No 2; Ich kann's nicht fassen, Op 42 No 3

    Performer: Erik Werba. Singer: Irmgard Seefried.
    • DG ELOQUENCE.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op 12

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Peter Pettinger.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    The Cloths of Heaven

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Suor Leonora d'Este

    Angustiae Mihi Sunt

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta. Choir: Celestial Sirens. Director: Laurie Stras. Director: Deborah Roberts.
    • OBSIDIAN.
  • Percy Grainger

    The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol

    Performer: Kenneth Sillito. Performer: Hamish Milne.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Regina coeli laetare - Inneggiamo (Easter Hymn)

    Performer: Mariagrazia Allegri. Singer: Fiorenza Cossotto. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Sinfonia from Il nome glorioso in terra, santificato in cielo

    Performer: Simon Munday. Orchestra: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Venice by Night: La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler.
    • Avie.
    • 18-20.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto

    Performer: Karen Walwyn. Orchestra: New Black Music Repertory Ensemble. Conductor: Leslie B.Dunner.
    • Albany records.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV.1043 (1st mvt)

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Igor Oistrakh. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Goossens.
    • DG.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

    Singer: Jane Sheldon. Conductor: Ola Rudner. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
    • ABC.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Children's Piece (Kinderstuck - Song without Words in A major, Op 102 No 5)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 23.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Neue Liebe, neues Leben

    Music Arranger: Denis Rouger. Choir: figure humaine kammerchor. Singer: Hanna Gries. Performer: Julia Kammerlander. Conductor: Denis Rouger.
    • CARUS.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    April, from Das Jahr

    Performer: Liana 葮erbescu.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Klavierwerke vol.1.
    • CPO.
    • 4.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no. 2 in D major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph Koenig.
    • Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

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  • Thu 16 Apr 2020 09:00

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