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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 lilting barcarolles 鈥 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

Thu 15 Apr 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)

    Performer: Cristina Bianchi.
    • Scarlatti, Baltin & Others: Harp Works.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 303.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G minor

    Composer: Remo Giazotto. Performer: Edward Brewer. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Albinoni/Pachelbel: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Mazurkas Op.59 (no.2 in A flat major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • DG.
  • Percy Grainger

    Shallow Brown

    Singer: Lynette Alc谩ntara. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Country Gardiner Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • The music of Percy Grainger: Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in C minor K.388 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas. Director: Peter Whelan.
    • LINN.
  • Max Bruch

    Romance for Viola and Orchestra, Op 85

    Performer: Yuri Abramovich Bashmet. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Works by Walton and Bruch.
    • RCA.
    • 7.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sta nell'Ircana (Alcina)

    Singer: Della Jones. Orchestra: City of London Baroque Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Rachel Stott

    Serendipity and Household Objects (first movement)

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • The Schubert Ensemble: Bright Future.
    • NMC.
    • 8.
  • Percy Grainger

    Shallow Brown

    Singer: Lynette Alc谩ntara. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Country Gardiner Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • The music of Percy Grainger: Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • EMI.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    The Noonday Witch, Op 108

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Recorder Concerto in C major (4th mvt: Tempo di minuet)

    Performer: Peter Holtslag. Performer: Mark Caudle. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.
    • Telemann: Recorder Concertos: Peter Holtslag, The Parley of Instruments.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Singer: Susan Graham. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Onyx.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Oberon (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • ELOQUENCE.
  • Nkeiru Okoye

    Dusk

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR CLASSICS.
  • Percy Grainger

    Shallow Brown

    Singer: Lynette Alc谩ntara. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Country Gardiner Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • The music of Percy Grainger: Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Rani Arbo

    Crossing the Bar

    Music Arranger: Stephen Taberner. Choir: The Spooky Men's Chorale. Director: Stephen Taberner.
    • Not on Label (The Spooky Men's Chorale self-released).
  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • William Walton Symphonies & Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento (Cos矛 fan tutte)

    Singer: Miah Persson. Singer: Christine Rice. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Tutto Mozart!: Bryn Terfel/Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Trad.

    Shallow Brown

    Singer: Tony Hall. Singer: Keith Pearshouse. Singer: The Hats.
    • Fieldvole.
    • Free Reed.
    • 8.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Pygmalion (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • Rameau: Overtures: Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 13.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Wind Quintet, Op 43 (2nd mvt, Menuet)

    Performer: James Galway. Performer: Bjorn Carl Nielsen. Performer: Niels Thomsen. Performer: Jens Tofte-Hansen. Performer: Bj枚rn Fosdal.
    • James Galway plays Nielsen.
    • RCA.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.
    • DG.
  • Traditional Irish

    Seachr谩n Si

    Performer: Clare O'Connell. Music Arranger: Clare O'Connell.
    • Stone Records.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 7

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Jonathan Aasgaard. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.
    • Decca.
  • Henry Purcell

    An Evening Hymn (Now that the sun hath veiled his light)

    Singer: Michael Chance. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Philip Glass

    Evening Song (Satyagraha, Act 3)

    Singer: Douglas Perry. Orchestra: New York City Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Keene.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in D major, Op.30 no.5

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Arthur Honegger

    Symphony No 1 in C: III. Presto

    Orchestra: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • Warner Classics.

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