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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

Thu 13 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    HMS Pinafore: Act I, Chorus. We sail the ocean blue

    Lyricist: William Gilbert. Choir: Scottish Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Scottish Opera. Conductor: Richard Egarr.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore.
    • Linn Records.
    • 102.
  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur Z.628 (Act 5 Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • WINGED LION.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • American Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Oberon (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Overtures: London Classical Players/Norrington.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Running Set

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Naxos.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Sapphire Rag

    Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1901.
  • Samuel Barber

    Violin Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Daniel Blendulf.
    • Tchaikovsky & Barber: Violin Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio, Act I: No. 3 Quartett: Mir ist so wunderbar (Marzelline/Leonore/Rocco/J

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Simon Rattle Edition: Beethoven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Claude Debussy

    Sir猫nes (Nocturnes)

    Choir: Les Cris de Paris. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Debussy: Jeux, Nocturnes, Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr茅s midi d'un faune.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 105.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Keyboard Duet in F major, Op 18 No 6 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Hans Fagius. Performer: David Sanger.
    • Duets for Organ - Music for Organ 4 Hands.
    • BIS.
    • 14.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Che si pu貌 fare

    Singer: Em艖ke Bar谩th. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Director: Francesco Corti.
  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet no.5 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Manfred Symphony Op.58 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, The Voyevoda: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orches.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Claude Debussy

    La danse de Puck (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Debussy: Preludes Books I & II: Zoltan Kocsis.
    • Philips.
    • 11.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.64 (I Know A Bank)

    Singer: James Bowman. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn In Birmingham Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Robert Johnson

    The Fairies' Dance from 'Oberon, the Faery Prince'

    Performer: Nigel North.
    • NAXOS.
  • Clara Schumann

    Impromptu in G major, Op.9, 'Souvenir de Vienne'

    Performer: Jozef de Beenhouwer.
    • CPO.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Carnival of the Animals

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Performer: H茅l猫ne Mercier. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA 5162.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.
  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    O Domine Jesu Christe

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Tenebrae Responsories.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 22.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet for piano and winds in E flat major K.452 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Imogen Holst

    String Quintet: Prelude

    Performer: Simon Hewitt Jones. Performer: David Worswick. Performer: Tom Hankey. Performer: Oliver Coates. Performer: Thomas Hewitt Jones. Performer: Daniel Swain.
    • Holst: String Chamber Music.
    • NMC.
    • 17.
  • S. Charles Brown

    A Song Without Words

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.
    • Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 1201.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Alcina (Overture)

    Orchestra: Il Complesso Barocco. Conductor: Alan Curtis.
    • Archiv.
  • Arnold Bax

    Tintagel

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Bax: Symphonic Poems.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

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