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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.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 6 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Amadigi di Gaula (Overture)

    Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • London Calling: Barokksolistene.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Oh! Sweet were the hours (Twenty Five Scottish Songs, Op. 108 No.3)

    Lyricist: William Smyth. Singer: Rufus M眉ller. Ensemble: Hammer Clavier Trio.
    • Oh sweet were the hours.
    • Rubicon.
    • 113.
  • Graham Fitkin

    Flak

    Performer: Graham Fitkin. Performer: Errollyn Wallen. Performer: Eleanor Alberga. Performer: Shelagh Sutherland.
    • GFR.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Burlesque de Quixotte

    Performer: Terje T酶nnesen. Music Arranger: Terje T酶nnesen. Orchestra: Camerata Nordica.
    • Tales of Sound and Fury.
    • BIS.
    • 1008.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 3 in F major, Op 90 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Paavo Berglund. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Complete): COE, Berglund.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.
  • Florence Price

    Quintet in A minor for piano and strings: 1st movement; Allegro non troppo

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • American Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 301.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Respighi: Antiche danze ed arie per liuto & Gli uccelli.
    • CPO.
    • 204.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dove sono (Le Nozze di Figaro)

    Singer: Camilla Tilling. Orchestra: Musica Saeculorum. Conductor: Philipp von Steinaecker.
    • Loves Me... Loves Me Not....
    • BIS.
    • 702.
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Impromptu in A flat Op 54

    Performer: Philip Martin.
    • Gottschalk: Piano Music 6: Philip Martin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Die stille Stadt, Op.50 (Six Songs) No.5 (1906).

    Music Arranger: Einojuhani Rautavaara. Singer: Gerald Finley. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Silent Woods

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Anna Polonsky.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro

    Performer: Francesco Corti. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 101.
  • Amy Beach

    Pastorale for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 151

    Ensemble: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • Beach: Violin Sontata etc..
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Don Quichotte 脿 Dulcin茅e

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • Hyperion.
  • Michel Legrand

    The Windmills of Your Mind

    Music Arranger: Michail Tsygutkin. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • As Time Goes By.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 113.
  • Ludwig Minkus

    Spanish Dance (Don Quixote)

    Orchestra: Sofia National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Boris Spassov.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • Mitch Leigh

    The Impossible Dream (The Man of La Mancha)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • DG.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger.
    • Perspectives 7.
    • BIS.
    • 12-15.
  • Nikos Skalkottas

    The Sea Suite - III. Dance of the Waves

    Orchestra: Athens State Orchestra. Conductor: Stefanos Tsialis.
    • Skalkottas: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 203.
  • Edward Elgar

    May Song

    Performer: Marat Bisengaliev. Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • Elgar: The Violin Music.
    • NAXOS.
    • 12.
  • Robert Schumann

    Cello Concerto in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Schumann: Cello Concerto.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Aria con variazioni in G major

    Performer: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • ARION.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 3.
  • J膿kabs Jan膷evskis

    Silent Starlight

    Choir: Riga Cathedral Choir School Mixed Choir. Conductor: Jur模is C膩bulis.
    • Hyperion.
  • Herbert Spencer

    Underneath The Stars

    Music Arranger: Josef Pasternack. Performer: Charlie Siem. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Goodwin.
    • Under The Stars.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 01.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Little Russian' Op.17 - finale

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
    • Onyx.
    • 008.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A major for 2 violins, RV.519

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

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