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Thursday - Georgia's classical alternative

Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring Countdown to Spring and listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 4 Mar 2021 06:30

Music Played

  • David Popper

    Tarantella, Op 33

    Performer: Werner Thomas-Mifune. Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Hans Stadlmair.
    • Harmonies du Soir.
    • Orfeo.
    • 7.
  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.297b (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Di Càsola. Orchestra: Musikkollegium Winterthur Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • W A Mozart, Clarinet Concerto: Fabio di Casola/Musikkollegium Winterthur/Boyd.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin sonata No 5 in F minor, BWV 1018 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Stéphanie-Marie Degand. Performer: Violaine Cochard.
    • J.S. Bach: Complete sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 5.
  • William Boyce

    Overture No 4 in D major

    Ensemble: Cantilena. Director: Adrian Shepherd.
    • Boyce: 12 Overtures and 3 Concerti grossi.
    • Chandos.
    • 004.
  • Taylor Scott Davis

    Music when soft voices die

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • Where All Roses Go.
    • Voces8.
    • 10.
  • Johan Halvorsen

    Bergensiana

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in D major (from The Well-Tempered Klavier, Book 1), BWV 850

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • CDA67741/4.
  • Claude Debussy

    Canope (Preludes, Book 2)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • CHAN10421.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Andante (Songs without Words, Book 3 No 4

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4530612.
  • Charles Williams

    Devil's Galop

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics vol.1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    Elegie

    Singer: Nicole Cabell. Performer: Lucy Mauro.
    • Mademoiselle: Première audience – Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger.
    • Delos.
    • 201.
  • Frank Bridge

    Berceuse

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Bridge: Suite for Strings etc: Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Conifer.
    • 15.
  • Max Richter

    Spring (Recomposed)

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: André de Ridder.
    • Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1-4.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Serenade in F major, Op 95 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Capricorn.
    • Parry Nonet & Stanford Serenade (Nonet).
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Dorilla in Tempo RV.709 (Dell'aura al sussurrar)

    Choir: Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera. Ensemble: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • NAIVE.
  • Kalevi Aho

    Theremin Concerto "Eight Seasons" (Midnight Sun)

    Performer: Carolina Eyck. Orchestra: Lapin kamariorkesteri. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Kalevi Aho - Theremin Concerto, Horn Concerto.
    • Bis.
    • 013.
  • William Sterndale Bennett

    Capriccio, Op 2

    Performer: Ilona Prunyi.
    • Marco Polo.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Scherzo in D minor

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphonies & Orchestral Music.
    • BIS.
    • 401.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Suite francaise (Sicilienne)

    Performer: Christopher D.Lewis.
    • 20th Century Harpsichord Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Allan Mzamo Silinga

    Olilili

    Singer: Miriam Makeba. Choir: The Belafonte Folk Singers. Conductor: Milt Okun.
    • Miriam Makeba.
    • Disques Espérance.
    • 5.
  • Eleni Karaindrou

    Adagio for saxophone

    Performer: Jan Garbarek. Orchestra: Camerata Orchestra. Conductor: Alexandros Myrat.
    • Concert in Athens.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 16.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.100 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Symphony No. 5.
    • Mariinsky.
    • 5.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in G major Op.2`12 (Ciacona)

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Latina. Director: Giordano Antonelli.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 88875174822.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.
  • Jan Ladislav Dussek

    Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in B-flat Major III. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Yaara Tal. Performer: Andreas Groethuysen. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Sony Classical.

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