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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Georgia Mann.

0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Song of the Day

1100 Essential Five - this week we bring you five pieces of music inspired by the story of Romeo and Juliet

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

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Last on

Mon 17 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Bourr茅e fantasque

    Orchestrator: Felix Mottl. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral Works: Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    Etude in E flat minor Op.4 no.1

    Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.
  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Michael Antrobus.
    • Chandos.
  • Eug猫ne Ysa每e

    Violin Sonata no.2 in A minor Op.27`2 'Obsession' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tai Murray.
    • Eugene Ysaye, Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op.27.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 5.
  • Clara Schumann

    Le ballet des revenants, Op.5 no.4

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in D Major, TWV.54:D3

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Telemann: Concerti per molti stromenti.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1 - 4.
  • Eduard K眉nneke

    Blues (Dance suite Op.26)

    Orchestra: Staatsoperette Dresden. Conductor: Ernst Theis.
    • Suites & Overtures for the Radio, Vol. 2.
    • CPO.
    • 302.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Capriccio in B Minor (8 Pieces Op.76)

    Performer: Anna Tsybuleva.
    • Anna Tsybuleva: Brahms.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Introduction, theme and variations

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.
    • BIS.
  • Heino Eller

    Dawn

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Music From Estonia.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 007.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Dies natalis, Op 8

    Singer: Wilfred Brown. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Finzi.
    • EMI.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet no.2 in A major Op.81 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Stefan Vladar. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Dvorak: Quatuor Op.95 'Americain'.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C minor Kk.11

    Performer: Mie Miki.
    • S'il vous pla卯t: Mie Miki.
    • Bis.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Musica Ricercata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.
    • SONY.
  • Knut Nystedt

    Immortal Bach

    Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Director: Simon Halsey.
    • XL Choral Works for 40 Voices.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 7.
  • John Adams

    Absolute Jest (II Presto)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude no.21 in B flat major

    Music Arranger: Jacques Loussier. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • Bach Remastered Hits.
    • Millenium Digital Remasters.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.4 in E flat major K.495 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Dennis Brain. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Mozart: Concertos Pour Cor.
    • EMI.
    • 11.
  • Claude Debussy

    L' Isle joyeuse

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Debussy: Suite bergamasque.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet - suite no.1 Op.64a (extracts)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Septet in E flat major Op.65 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • Antonio Lotti

    Dixit Dominus in G minor

    Ensemble: Syred Consort. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Paul's. Director: Ben Palmer.
    • Delphian.
  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for Strings Op.6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Suk: Serenade fro Stings, Martinu: Sinfonietta Giocosa.
    • Conifer.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Enchantment (Song of the Shrine)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • Navona.
    • 12.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Go from my window

    Performer: Susanna Pell. Performer: Asako Morikawa. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Gibbons: Consorts for Viols.
    • Avie.
    • 21.
  • Howard Hanson

    Symphony No.2 in D flat major, Op.30 'Romantic' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Hanson: Symphony No.2 "Romantic".
    • Naxos.

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