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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. Presented by Georgia Mann.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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 our artist in focus is violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.

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

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Last on

Tue 14 Jun 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Sea Songs

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: George Hurst.
    • Chandos.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Scherzo for strings

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: Vanska/Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesfreud'

    Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov. Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.
  • William Herschel

    Symphony no.14 in D major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos.
  • Philippe Gaubert

    Pi猫ce romantique

    Ensemble: Emanuel Ensemble.
    • Emanuel Ensemble.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon concerto in C major RV.476

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Orchestra: L鈥橭nda Armonica.
    • Naive.
  • George Walker

    Quarter Note = 52 (Serenata)

    Orchestra: Cleveland Chamber Symphony. Conductor: Edwin London.
    • ALBANY.
    • 3.
  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F sharp minor Op.67 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • ASV.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Ian Venables

    In the Grip of Their Season from Remember This, Op. 40

    Performer: Graham J. Lloyd. Singer: Allan Clayton. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Ian Venables: Love Lives Beyond the Tomb 鈥 Songs and Song Cycles.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 704.
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Excelsior! Symphonic overture, Op.13

    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • BIS.
  • Gustav Holst

    Uranus (The Planets)

    Music Arranger: Jeremy Levy. Ensemble: Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra. Conductor: Jeremy Levy.
    • THE PLANETS: REIMAGINED.
    • OA2 RECORDS.
    • 6.
  • Patrick Moore

    In the Moonlight

    Performer: Neil Crossland.
    • Sir Patrick Moore: Moore Music 2.
    • DELTATEL.
    • 3.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No.2 in B minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Borodin: Symphonies 1 & 2.
    • DECCA.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Two-Part Invention in B flat major BWV.785

    Performer: Wendy Carlos.
    • esd.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Bishop Rock

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    O rossignol (Madrigals, Book 3)

    Choir: La Venexiana.
    • GLOSSA.
  • Andr茅 Previn

    Violin Concerto 'Anne-Sophie' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Previn: Violin Concerto / Bernstein: Serenade.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet K 285 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Friend. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Mozart: Complete Flute Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo Fantastique

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Virtus Sapiente

    Music Arranger: Marianne Pfau. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Early Music.
    • Nonesuch/Warner Records.
    • 17.
  • Alexei Stanchinsky

    Nocturne in E Major

    Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Stanchinsky: Piano Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Signum.
  • Florent Schmitt

    Suite Op.133

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Fabien Gabel.
    • Tomasi, Jolivet & Others: French Trumpet Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 7-9.

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  • Tue 14 Jun 2022 09:00

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