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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 – focusing on the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Essential Five - this week we bring you five lilting barcarolles – music to be heard on the water.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 13 Apr 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Oberek no.1

    Performer: Midori. Performer: Robert Macdonald.
    • SONY.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.74 'Pathétique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Tchaikovsky 6: Romeo and Juliet.
    • Orfeo.
    • 4.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Bagatelle Op.59`9

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Richard Wagner

    Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)

    Singer: Ricarda Merbeth. Singer: Silvia Hablowetz. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • PENTATONE.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Atalanta (Overture)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Aparte.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Rag-Mazurka (Les biches)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Rite of Spring.
    • Signum.
    • 20.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Oboe Concerto in E flat major, Wq. 165 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Xenia Löffler. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Oboe Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series volume II.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    En Bateau (Petite Suite)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Hyperion.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony in E flat major Op.1 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • DECCA.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt)

    Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • DECCA.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice in B minor Op.1 no.2

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova.
    • HYPERION.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Ruy Blas - Overture Op.95

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • LSO LIVE.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Gondoliers (Overture)

    Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 9.
  • Franz Schubert

    Gretchen am Spinnrade D.118

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Fileuse (Folk Song Arrangements, Vol 2)

    • Britten: 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo / The Poet's Echo / Folk Song Arrangements /.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 303.
  • Eric Coates

    Calling All Workers

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Reginald Kilbey.
    • EMI.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon noni toni à 12

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
    • HYPERION.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3'2

    Music Arranger: Louis Vierne. Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • DG.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • DG.
  • Jorge Cardoso

    Milonga for guitar

    Performer: Zsófia Boros.
    • ECM.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture Op.62

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen (First music - Prelude)

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 1-5.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    A Child's Prayer

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Martin Baker.
    • HYPERION.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.3 in D minor (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • CHANNEL.

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