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Georgia Mann

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

0930 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.

1045 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 4 Apr 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major 'con molti strumenti', RV.558

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • DG.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • DG.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Octet-Partita in E flat major

    Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • ASV.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime (Hansel and Gretel)

    Singer: Barbara Bonney. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Humperdinck: H盲nsel und Gretel.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 118.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Israel In Egypt HWV.54 (excerpt)

    Singer: Caroline Trevor. Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Israel In Egypt.
    • Coro.
  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • German Operetta Overtures: Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 8.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: Accentus. Ensemble: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Naive.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B Minor 'Pathetique' (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Samuil Feinberg. Performer: Arcadi Volodos.
    • Volodos: Piano Transcriptions.
    • Sony.
    • 12.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rake's Progress (As I was saying)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 35.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet no.14 in D Minor D.810 'Death and the Maiden' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 14 & 9.
    • BIS.
    • 102.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no.8 in C minor Op.65 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
  • Kristina Arakelyan

    2 Love Songs (You Are Loved)

    Choir: National Youth Choir of Great Britain Fellowship. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • Young Composers Scheme, Vol. 3.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Chaconne (Les Indes galantes)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
    • Archiv.
    • 17.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies irae (Requiem)

    Singer: Anja Harteros. Singer: Sonia Ganassi. Singer: Rolando Villaz贸n. Singer: Ren茅 Pape. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verdi: Messa Da Requiem. Pappano.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Trad.

    Go down, Moses

    Music Arranger: Harry Burleigh. Singer: Paul Robeson. Performer: Lawrence Brown.
    • Songs for Free Men: Paul Robeson.
    • Gemm.
    • 24.
  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (Hymn to the Sun)

    Singer: Paul Esswood. Ensemble: Chor der Staatsoper Stuttgart. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Stuttgart State Opera. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • Sony.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture Suite in F Major 'Alster' (The Concert of the Frogs and Crows)

    Orchestra: L鈥橭rfeo Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Carin van Heerden.
    • Wind Overtures, Vol. 2.
    • CPO.
    • 207.
  • Joe Raposo

    (It's Not Easy) Bein' Green

    Singer: Kermit the Frog.
    • We're Doing a Best Of.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonatina (Cantata no.106)

    Music Arranger: Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g. Performer: Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g. Performer: M谩rta Kurt谩g.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Shepherd girl's dance (The Mountain King)

    Music Arranger: Sebastien Dub茅. Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: Sebastien Dub茅.
    • SONY.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.364 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 5 & Sinfonia concertante.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 107.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Mar铆a de Buenos Aires (Fuga y Misterio)

    Performer: Bjarke Mogensen. Ensemble: Storstr酶ms Kammerensemble.
    • Album for Astor.
    • OUR Recordings.
    • 106.
  • William Byrd

    Christe, qui lux es a5

    Choir: The Cardinall鈥檚 Musick. Director: Andrew Carwood.
    • Byrd: Early Latin Church Music; Propers for Lady Mass in Advent.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 12.
  • Edmund Finnis

    String Quartet no.1 'Aloysius' (Hymn [After Byrd])

    Ensemble: Manchester Collective.
    • Shades.
    • Bedroom Community.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in E flat major Op.126 no.6

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Beethoven: Alfred Brendel plays, vol.4.
    • Vox Box.
    • 6.
  • William Walton

    Symphony no.1 in B flat minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Walton: Symphony No 1: LSO, Previn.
    • RCA.
    • 1.

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