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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 great pieces of music by Camille Saint-Sa毛ns.

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

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Last on

Wed 12 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Dag Wir茅n

    Concert overture no.2 Op.16

    Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Dag Wiren, Symphonies 2 & 3, Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig Thuille

    Sextet in B flat major Op.6 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ensemble Wien-Berlin. Performer: Stefan Vladar.
    • Beethoven/Thuille: Piano Quintet/Sextet: Ensemble Wien-Berlin/Vladar.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Jonathan Dove

    In Beauty May I Walk

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Equinox.
    • VCM.
    • 18.
  • Arnold Bax

    Moy Mell

    Performer: Seta Tanyel. Performer: Jeremy Brown.
    • Bax: Piano Duos Jeremy Brown/Seta Tanyel.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Duke Ellington

    Isfahan

    Composer: Billy Strayhorn. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • American Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 305.
  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata no.6 in two parts, Z.807

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Concerto in D major 'Basle Concerto'

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben (Cantata no.8)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Eternal Fire.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.
    • 14.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Little Suite for Brass Band no.1 Op.80

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • SONY.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silent Noon (The House of Life)

    Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: David Willison.
    • R. Vaughan Williams: Songs Luxon/Willison.
    • Chandos.
    • 18.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Sextet in D major Op.10 (Finale)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet. Performer: Jennifer Stumm. Performer: Bartholomew LaFollette.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Op.71 (Pas de deux - Intrada)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Joan Trimble

    Buttermilk Point

    Performer: Una Hunt. Performer: Roy Holmes.
    • Trimble: 2 Pianos - Songs and Chamber Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.
  • Andr茅 Previn

    First I'll Try Love (Honey and Rue)

    Singer: Kathleen Battle. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • DG.
  • Turlough O'Carolan

    Carolan's Cup

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 111.
  • Johannes Brahms

    How lovely is thy dwelling place (A German Requiem Op.45)

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, London. Performer: James Baillieu. Performer: Richard Uttley. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Johannes Brahms: An English Requiem.
    • Delphian.
    • 4.
  • John Adams

    China Gates

    Performer: Nicolas Hodges.
    • John Adams: Road Movies.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Walter Braunfels

    Don Gil von den gr眉nen Hosen Op.35 (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gregor B眉hl.
    • Braunfels: Orchestral Works.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    She Sat and Sang Alway (6 Sorrow Songs Op.57)

    Singer: Elizabeth Llewellyn. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • Heart & Hereafter: Collected Songs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 104.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto no.5 in F major Op.103 'Egyptian' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.
    • Erato.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    And birds are still... Op.72

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor for 2 violins RV.523

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 (no.5 in G minor)

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • The Rachmaninov Experience.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.
  • Edmund Rubbra

    Symphony no.6 Op.80 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Rubbra: Complete Symphonies.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.
  • Lera Auerbach

    24 Preludes Op.46 (no.8)

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Performer: Angela Yoffe.
    • BIS.
  • John Jenkins

    Fantasy no.6 in D major for 6 part consort

    Ensemble: Phantasm. Performer: Emilia Benjamin. Performer: Mikko Perkola.
    • Jenkins: Six-Part Consorts - Phantasm.
    • Avie.
    • 15.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 23 in D major K.181

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • Dacapo.

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