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Georgia Mann

Georgia Mann with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann 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 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

Wed 7 Apr 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Three Parts upon a Ground, Z.731

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Aaron Copland

    Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes (Hoe-down)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Valse Suite, Op.71 (Andante)

    Performer: Monica Gaylord.
    • Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.
    • 24.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 4.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.
  • Filippo Gragnani

    Guitar Duo no.3 in G Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: J酶rgen Skogmo. Performer: Jens Franke.
    • Gragnani: Masterful Guitar Duos.
    • Naxos.
    • 303.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer - 3 symphonic sketches for orchestra: no.3; Dialogue du vent et de la mer

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    God is Light

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major K.488 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Christian Zacharias. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Jenny McLeod

    Journey through Mountain Parklands (3 Celebrations)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Uwe Grodd.
    • NAXOS.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in D major Op.6`4

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Im Fruhling D.882

    Singer: Christoph Pr茅gardien. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • CHALLENGE.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Piano Concerto in D flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Chandos.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Passacaglia on an Old English Tune

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Performer: Sophia Rahman.
    • Rebecca Clarke: Violin Sonata, Dumka.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Apollo (Pas de deux)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Stavinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps.
    • EMI.
    • 8.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Saliam cantando al Cielo)

    Singer: Adam Riis. Singer: Johan Linderoth. Ensemble: H枚枚r Barock. Conductor: Fredrik Malmberg.
    • Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318.
    • BIS.
    • 305.
  • Richard Wagner

    Magic Fire Music (Die Walk眉re)

    Singer: Tomasz Konieczny. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • Wagner: Die Walkure.
    • Pentatone Classics.
  • Michael Praetorius

    Galliarde a 5 (Terpsichore) no.287

    Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante. Director: Skip Semp茅.
    • PARADIZO.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: Orchestral Music: Ruud.
    • BIS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    In The Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Op.23)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • William Walton

    5 Bagatelles (no.2)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.
  • William Walton

    5 Bagatelles (Alla Cubana)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams & Fancies.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 3.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite no.1

    Music Arranger: Ernest Guiraud. Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Pablo Gonz谩lez.
    • Bizet: Carmen & L'arl茅sienne Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Silenzio nocivo [Dolcissimi respiri] Op.1 no.6

    Singer: C茅line Scheen. Singer: Fabi谩n Schofrin. Singer: Jaime Caicompai. Singer: Matteo Bellotto. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Director: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n.
    • Ambronay.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.
    • Warner.
  • William Grant Still

    Elegy

    Performer: Philip Brunelle.
    • CLARION.
  • Howard Hanson

    Symphony no.4 Op.34 'The Requiem' (Requiescat [Largo])

    Orchestra: Oregon Symphony. Conductor: Carlos Kalmar.
    • Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition (Live).
    • PENTATONE.
    • 302.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major, Kk.455

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.1 in D minor Op.13 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.

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