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Georgia Mann

Georgia Mann with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann joins Essential Classics, playing the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises along the way.

0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥 a new feature focusing on the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Essential Five - this week we bring you five characteristic pieces of music for the guitar.

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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 5 Apr 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • John Foulds

    Bells at Coblentz (Holiday Sketches Op.16)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • J Foulds, Keltic Suite: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Corp.
    • Epoch.
    • 10.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op.81 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
    • ONYX.
  • Antonio Bertali

    Ciaconna

    Composer: Tarquinio Merula. Composer: Claudio Monteverdi. Performer: Tabea Debus. Performer: Jonathan Rees. Performer: Alex McCartney.
    • Delphian.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Music.
    • Da Capo.
    • 2.
  • Adolf Schulz-Evler

    Arabesques on 'The Beautiful Blue Danube'

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Dances: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.
    • 24.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Victoria! Christo resurgenti

    Singer: Judith Nelson. Singer: Emma Kirkby. Performer: Jane Ryan. Performer: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Couperin: Trois Lecons de Tenebres.
    • L'Oiseau Lyre.
    • 4.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97, 'Rhenish' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: David Zinman. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich.
    • Robert Schumann: Symphonies 1-4.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
  • 讬讜住祝 讛讚专

    Evening Of Roses

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Oliver James. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla.
    • Inspiration.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in E minor (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.1 no.10) BWV.855

    Performer: Brad Mehldau.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Brad Mehldau

    After Bach: Flux

    Performer: Brad Mehldau.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Introduction and Rondo, Op.72

    Music Arranger: Jelle Tassyns. Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Belle 茅poque.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 501.
  • John Ireland

    Sea Fever

    Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • EMI.
  • Frederick Keel

    Trade Winds

    Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Songs by Brahms, Faure, Finzi and Schubert.
    • EMI.
    • 17.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Scherzo in A major TWV 42:A4 (Lunedi)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Symposium.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Little Hen (Czech Dances, Set 2)

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Smetana: Czech Dances / On the Seashore.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Hen (The Birds)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    La Poule (Nouvelles suites de pi猫ces de clavecin, Book 2)

    Performer: Sophie Yates.
    • La Sophie: Sophie Yates.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition)

    Music Arranger: Tomita. Performer: Tomita.
    • RCA.
  • Leroy Anderson

    Chicken reel

    Orchestra: The London Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata no.2 in G major Op.13 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandra Soumm. Performer: David Kadouch.
    • Claves.
  • Randall Thompson

    Alleluia

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Anna Cawrse

    Songs Without Words (Lied)

    Ensemble: Benaud Trio.
    • Women of Note vol 3.
    • ABC Classics.
    • 2.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Gondellied (Songs Op.1)

    Singer: Susan Gritton. Performer: Eugene Asti.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn - Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Capricho arabe

    Performer: Andr茅s Segovia.
    • DG.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no.1

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6-9.
  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: John Metcalfe. Performer: Philip Sheppard. Performer: Chris Worsey.
  • Oliver Davis

    Solace

    Performer: Jonathan Hill. Orchestra: Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra. Conductor: P茅ter Ill茅nyi.
    • Oliver Davis: Solace.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Fugato

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: N茅stor Marconi. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Piazzolla: Soul of the Tango: Yo Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Thomas Morley

    Now is the month of maying

    Music Arranger: Philip Rosseter. Ensemble: Dowland Consort. Director: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Heavenly Noyse: Download Consort/Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Michael Torke

    Javelin

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yoel Levi.
    • Michael Torke: Three: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ecstatic Records.
    • 1.

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