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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann plays 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 beautiful sarabandes, slow and stately dances.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 3 Jun 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Liszt at the Opera.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Circus Polka

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Stravinsky in America: London Symphony Orchestra, Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.
  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Richard Galliano.
    • Avi Avital - Between Worlds.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.
  • Claude Debussy

    Le magasin de jouets (La boite a joujoux)

    Orchestrator: Andr茅 Caplet. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • Debussy.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5; Markl.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Armide (Act 5,Passecaille)

    Ensemble: Caf茅 Zimmermann.
    • ALPHA.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Piano Quintet in B minor Op.40 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.
    • Pejacevic: Chamber Works.
    • CPO.
    • 2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Scherzo capriccioso Op.66

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, Scherzo Capriccioso etc..
    • EMI.
    • 6.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Le Printemps Op.18

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Elena Bashkirova.
    • Gidon Kremer.... works by Milhaud, V鈥猧euxtemps, Chausson.
    • Philips.
    • 7.
  • George Enescu

    Wind Dectet Op.14 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Director: Lawrence Foster.
    • Georges Enesco, Symphonie de chambre op.33, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne...
    • CLAVES.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.42 'Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats' (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
    • DHM.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Apres un reve, Op.7 no.1

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Ensemble: I Giardini.
    • ALPHA.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Deception (complete score restored by J. Morgan) - Cello Concerto

    Performer: Alexander Zagorinsky. Orchestra: Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William T. Stromberg.
    • Naxos.
  • James Whitbourn

    Lux in tenebris (Luminosity)

    Choir: Commotio. Performer: Levine Andrade. Performer: Henry Parkes. Performer: Andrew Ker. Performer: Steffan Jones. Conductor: Matthew Berry.
    • Whitbourn: Luminosity and other choral works.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.
  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Sleigh with Little Bells; The Drummer (Musical Toys)

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Boutique Fantasque: Mazurka

    Music Arranger: Ottorino Respighi. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • ALTO.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Louis' Loops

    Performer: Errollyn Wallen.
    • Errollyn.
    • AVIE.
    • 10.
  • Victor Herbert

    March of the Toys (Babes in the Wood)

    Orchestra: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Brion.
    • Marco Polo.
  • Arnold Bax

    In a vodka shop

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Naxos.
  • Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas

    Violin Concerto no.4 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Overture on Hebrew Themes

    Ensemble: Berlin Soloists.
    • Prokofiev: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition Vol. 4 - Instrumental & Chamber.
    • Warner.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (Sentimental Sarabande)

    Orchestra: Slovensk媒 komorn媒 orchester Bohdana Warchala. Conductor: Bohdan Warchal.
    • Britten: Music for Sting Orchestra: Dohdan Warchal.
    • Campion Records.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.1 in D major H.I/1

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • ALPHA.
  • Sz茅ch茅nyi Imre

    Le Ch芒teau de Celles

    Performer: Istv谩n Kassai.
    • Sz茅ch茅nyi: Waltzes & Hungarian Marches.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Peteris Vasks

    The Fruit of Silence

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Orchestra: Sinfonietta R墨ga. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.
    • Vasks: Laudate Dominum.
    • Ondine.
    • 5.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.3`6

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Performer: Aline Zylberajch. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ERATO.
  • Morton Gould

    Boogie Woogie Etude

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Festival Polonaise Op.12

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Naxos.

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