Georgia Mann
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is conductor Zubin Mehta. Presented by Georgia Mann.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
0915 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1030 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1100 Essential Performers 鈥 this week we focus on conductor Zubin Mehta.
1130 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Music Played
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Gabriela Montero
Toreador Song (Improvisation on Escamillo's Song from Bizet's Carmen)
Composer: Georges Bizet.- Live In Germany.
- Warner Classics.
- 17.
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Richard Strauss
Baron Ochs's Waltz (Der Rosenkavalier - Concert Suite)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Strauss.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 10.
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Francisco Guerrero
Regina caeli
Choir: El Le贸n de Oro. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- Hyperion.
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C茅sar Franck
Les jardins d'Eros (Psych茅)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.- Franck: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Johannes Brahms
String Sextet no.2 in G major Op.36 (4th mvt)
Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- ALPHA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite no.1 in C major BWV.1066 (Overture)
Ensemble: Sonnerie. Director: Monica Huggett.- Avie.
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Jacques Ibert
3 Pieces breves
Performer: Les Vents Fran莽ais.- Warner Classics.
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Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- Opera Intermezzi and Balle Music: Berlin Phil/Karajan.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 5.
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Errollyn Wallen
Horseplay (Lively)
Ensemble: Ensemble X.- AVIE.
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Maurice Ravel
La Valse
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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Simon Jeffes
Perpetuum mobile
Performer: Penguin Cafe Orchestra.- Signs of Life.
- E.G. Records.
- 9.
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George Butterworth
Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)
Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.- George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Benjamin Britten
The trees they grow so high
Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.- Britten: Canticle 1/Michelangelo sonnets etc: Johnson/Johnson.
- Hyperion.
- 10.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Violin Concerto no.1 in D major Op.19 (1st mvt)
Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Visions Of Prokofiev.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Trad.
Tarantella del Gargano
Singer: Alfio Antico. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- ALPHA.
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Manuel de Falla
Psyche
Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Performer: Fenwick Smith. Performer: Lynn Chang. Performer: Nardo Poy. Performer: Bruce Coppock. Performer: Barbara Allen.- The Girl With Orange Lips.
- Nonesuch.
- 1.
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Claude Debussy
Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune
Music Arranger: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Warner Classics.
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Olivier Messiaen
Turangalila-symphonie (Jardin du sommeil d'amour)
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Performer: Takashi Harada. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Alexandre Guilmant
Organ Symphony no.1 in D minor Op.42 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.- ABC CLASSICS.
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Giacomo Puccini
Turandot (Act 1, conclusion)
Singer: Montserrat Caball茅. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Singer: Nicola茂 Ghiaurov. Singer: Tom Krause. Singer: Pier Francesco Poli. Singer: Piero de Palma. Choir: The John Alldis Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- DECCA.
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Giovanni Maria Trabaci
Ancidetemi pur
Performer: Christina Pluhar.- RICERCAR.
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Alexander Scriabin
Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op.20 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- Lawo.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.1 in D major D.82 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Berlin Philharmoniker.
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Traditional Ukrainian
Kontakion of the departed [Kiev Chant]
Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.- COLLEGIUM.
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Fritz Kreisler
Liebesleid (Old Viennese Dances)
Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.- Kreisler: Liebesleid, Liebesfreud: Joshua Bell.
- Decca.
- 7.
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Leo Brouwer
Omaggio a Debussy (Nuevos estudios sencillos)
Performer: Graham Anthony Devine. -
Richard Strauss
Tod und Verkl盲rung (conclusion)
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Strauss.
- DG.
- 3-4.
Broadcast
- Mon 16 May 2022 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3