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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

Fri 14 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E minor, Op 44 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Erato.
  • John Dowland

    Time stands still

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • DG.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Piano Concerto No. 1, 'Latin' Concerto - III. Allegro

    Performer: Gabriela Montero. Performer: Orchestra of the Americas. Performer: Carlos Miguel Prieto.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Trio in E flat major K.498 'Kegelstatt' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • BIS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto / Stravinsky: Les Noces.
    • Sony.
    • 3.
  • Marin Marais

    Couplets de folies

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Lucie Horsch - Baroque Journey.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Laudamus te (Gloria)

    Choir: Lausanne Pro Arte Chorus. Choir: Swiss Romande Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.
    • Decca.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade Op.35)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • LAWO.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata no.4 BWV.528 (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: August Stradal. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Sextet in C minor, Op.40 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Les Vents Fran莽ais. Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Air de la folie: Aux langeurs d'Apollon d'Hebe (Platee)

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Orchestra: Les Ambassadeurs. Conductor: Alexis Kossenko.
    • Erato.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.80 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • British Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles Op.23 (Prelude)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet: Michael Collins.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Rondeau (Les biches)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Signum.
  • George Botsford

    Black and White Rag

    Performer: Piers Lane. Music Arranger: Winifred Atwell.
    • Piers Lane Goes To Town Again.
    • HYPERION.
    • 31.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D 965

    Performer: Sharon Kam. Performer: Geoffrey Parsons. Singer: Barbara Bonney.
    • TELDEC.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 83 in G minor, 'The Hen' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Erato.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Little Prelude No 5 in E major, BWV 937

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No 3 in C minor (Finale)

    Performer: Olivier Latry. Orchestra: Liege Philharmonic. Conductor: Pascal Roph茅.
    • CYPRES.
  • Manuel de Falla

    7 Canciones Populares Espanolas (Nana)

    Performer: Yaniv d'Or. Performer: Ensemble NAYA.
    • Naxos.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • John Williams

    Donnybrook Fair (Far and Away)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles.
    • DG.
  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C major

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro agitato

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • American Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

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