Georgia Mann
Refresh your morning 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 pieces of music that celebrate the month of May.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Ernest John Moeran
Bank Holiday
Performer: Eric Parkin.- Baines/Moeran: Piano Music: Eric Parkin.
- Lyrita.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg concerto no.5 in D major BWV.1050 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists.
- Soli Deo Gloria.
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Alfred Schnittke
Choir Concerto (Complete this work which I began)
Singer: Elena Dof-Fonskaya. Choir: State Chamber Choir of Moscow Conservatory. Conductor: Valery Kuzmich Polyansky.- CHANDOS.
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Claude Debussy
Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
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Gioachino Rossini
William Tell (Overture)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Rossini: Overtures: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Barbara Strozzi
L'Eraclito amoroso (Udite amanti)
Singer: Susie LeBlanc. Ensemble: Ensemble Constantinople.- ANALEKTA.
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Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dance No 2
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- DG.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Quintet in E flat major K.407 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Nury Guarnaschelli. Ensemble: Signum Quartet.- Horn Quintet: Nury Guarnaschelli/Signum Quartett.
- CAPRICCIO.
- 003.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Slicked Back Tango
Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska. Performer: Elena Kats鈥怌hernin.- ABC CLASSICS.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Apotheosis of Fevronia (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh - suite)
Orchestra: G眉rzenich-Orchester K枚ln. Conductor: Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko.- Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov & Lyadov: Works.
- Oehms Classics.
- 204.
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Louis鈥怤icolas Cl茅rambault
Chaconne in D major (Sonata 'La Magnifique')
Ensemble: The Bach Players.- Chamber Music from the Brossard Collection.
- Coviello Classics.
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Aaron Copland
At the River (Old American Songs, Set 2)
Singer: William Warfield. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aaron Copland.- Sony.
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Astor Piazzolla
La Muerte del angel
Music Arranger: Not credited. Ensemble: Clair-Obscur.- Memorias, Astor Piazzolla Memories in 6 Tableaux.
- CAvi-music.
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Richard Mudge
Concerto no.5 in B flat major
Performer: Christoph Rudolf. Performer: Vitaly Shestakov. Orchestra: Capriccio Baroque Orchestra.- Richard Mudge - Six Concertos - In Seven Parts.
- Tudor.
- 18-21.
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Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
A Song of the Weather
Performer: Michael Flanders and Donald Swann.- EMI.
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Claude Debussy
Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, Book 1)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
- Chandos.
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Helen Habershon
Found in the Rain
Music Arranger: John Lenehan. Performer: Helen Habershon. Performer: John Lenehan. Orchestra: London Primavera Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Halstead.- DIVINE ART.
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Harold Arlen
Over the Rainbow
Music Arranger: Toru Takemitsu. Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.- The Sound of Silence.
- Decca.
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Irving Berlin
Isn't This A Lovely Day [To Be Caught In The Rain]?
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George Frideric Handel
As with rosy steps the morn (Theodora)
Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Harry Bicket.- Handel: Arias: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
- Avie.
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Bedrich Smetana
Furiant (The Bartered Bride)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.- Supraphon.
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Arnold Bax
Morning song (Maytime in Sussex)
Performer: Ashley Wass. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Bax: Winter Legends: Ashley Wass, Bournemouth SO, James Judd.
- Naxos.
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Sophia Corri Dussek
Harp Sonata (second and third movements)
Performer: Judy Loman.- Harp Showpieces.
- Naxos.
- 010.
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Hector Berlioz
Fantasy on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Choir: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.- Berlioz: Symphony fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48 & Fantaisie dramatique sur la temp锚.
- Chandos.
- 101.
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Rued Langgaard
Unnoticed Morning Stars (Symphony no.14 'The Morning')
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Langgaard: Symphonies 2 & 6.
- Da Capo.
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Florence Price
Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Dances in the Canebrakes)
Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.- MSR CLASSICS.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for strings in F major RV.141
Orchestra: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Director: Paul Dyer.- Decca.
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John Adams
On the Dominant Divide (Grand Pianola Music)
Performer: Alan Feinberg. Performer: Ursula Oppens. Performer: Solisti New York. Performer: Ransom Wilson.- EMI.
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