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The very best of classical music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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1145 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Siegfried-Idyll; Overtures.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.9 for piano: no.2 in E flat major

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DG.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Les tours de passe-passe (Three Studies from Couperin)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • Ades: Tevot; Violin Concerto etc..
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Variations concertantes, Op 17

    Performer: Ant么nio Meneses. Performer: G茅rard Wyss.
    • Mendelssohn: Music For Cello And Piano: Meneses, Wyss.
    • Avie.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Fairy Pipers (The Wand of Youth Suite No 1)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & 2: New Zealand SO/Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborado del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Ravel: Sheherazade; Ma Mere l'Oye; La Valse: BSO/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, BWV 891 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 19.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Concerto for horn and orchestra, Op.58: Finale. Allegro ritmico

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • British Horn Concertos.
    • LYRITA.

  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op.27 no.4

    Singer: Camilla Tilling. Performer: Ulf Wallin. Performer: Paul Rivinius.
    • BIS.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B flat major RV.529 for 2 violins and orchestra

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Amandine Beyer. Orchestra: Gli Incogniti.
    • Vivaldi - Concerti per due violini.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 4.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian dances Op.35 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: The Orchestral Music: Bergen PO, Ruud.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in E flat major, D.929 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music - suite in D major HWV.349

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.

  • Roger Quilter

    Fairy Frolic (Where the Rainbow Ends)

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • English Miniatures: Hickox.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel and Gretel (Dream-Pantomime)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • PENTATONE.

  • James Newton Howard

    Flying (Peter Pan)

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le jardin f茅erique (Ma m猫re l'oye)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Debussy: La Mer/Iberia/Prelude: Detroit SO/Paray.
    • Mercury.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite Op.11 (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Sounds of Sibelius: Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Vanska.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 5 in F major, Op 24, 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for piano & violin: Faust, Melnikov.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • George Lloyd

    Symphony No 6 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: George Lloyd.
    • George Lloyd: Overture, 'John Socman' Sixth Symphony; Tenth Symphony (November J.
    • Albany Troy.
    • 3.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in D major Op.3`2

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • Arcangelo Corelli: Opus 1 and 3 - Church Sonatas.
    • Linn Records.
    • 5-8.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concerto for Piano, String Orchestra and Trumpet, No. 1, Op. 35

    Performer: Maria Meerovitch. Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbr眉cken Kaiserslautern. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.
    • Shostakovich: Chamber Symphonies & Concerto For Piano, String Orchestra and Trum.
    • SWR music.
    • 06.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Choir: Choir of Temple Church. Choir: Holst Singers. Performer: Ian le Grice. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • DECCA.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    La Mer

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Merci.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's suite Op.29`2

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Kenneth Sillito.
    • English Music For Strings: ASMF/Kenneth Sillito.
    • Collins.
    • 1.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Improvisation No 3 in B minor (15 Improvisations)

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Poulenc Les Soirees De Nazelles 3 Mouvments Perpetuels 3 Novlettes 9 Improvisati.
    • Decca.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Musica Aeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • SONY.

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