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The ideal mix of classical music

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

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

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Music Played

  • L茅o Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Delibes: Coppelia: Orchestre de l'opera de Lyon/Nagano.
    • Erato.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, 'Classical' (4th mvmt, Molto vivace)

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Prokofiev: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Piano Quartet in F minor, Op 28 (2nd mvt, Adagio)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto for two oboes in F major, Op 9 No 3 (1st mvmt, Allegro)

    Performer: Gail Hennessy. Performer: Rachel Chaplin. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • The Italian Job.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 18.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Il saltarello romano (No 4 of Songs Without Words, Op 6)

    Performer: Dinorah Varsi.
    • GENUIN.

  • Rued Langgaard

    Behind the wall stand the little roses (Rose Garden Songs, No 2)

    Ensemble: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Tam谩s Vet艖.
    • Rued Langgaard: Rose Garden Songs.
    • Dacapo.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 49 in F minor, 'La Passione' (Finale)

    Orchestra: Ludwig Orchestra. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.
    • Alpha.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Chorale

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Director: David Le Page.
    • Timelapse.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1201.

  • Maurizio Cazzati

    Ciaccona

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Latina.
    • Corelli Bolognese - Trio Sonatas by Corelli and his Successors.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Hector Berlioz

    March to the Scaffold (Symphonie fantastique)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Gestillte Sehnsucht (No 1 of 2 Songs, Op 91)

    Performer: Yulia Deyneka. Performer: Sir Simon Rattle. Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩.
    • 厂辞颈谤茅别.
    • Pentatone.
    • 109.

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Symphony no.2 in G minor Op.34 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • Stenhammar: Symphony No. 2 & Ett dr枚mspel.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Il saltarello romano (No 4 of Songs Without Words, Op 6)

    Performer: Dinorah Varsi.
    • GENUIN.

  • Scott Joplin

    Paragon rag

    Performer: Brian Dykstra.
    • The Riches of Rags.
    • Baroque Records.
    • 9.

  • Manuel de Falla

    The Neighbours' Dance (Seguidillas), from The Three-Cornered Hat

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • Falla: Orchestral Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 105.

  • Max Richter

    The Four Seasons Recomposed (Spring 0-1)

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Daniel Rowland. Orchestra: Stift Festival Orchestra.
    • Richter: Recomposed: Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1-2.

  • Marianna Martines

    Sinfonia (Overture) in C major

    Ensemble: La Floridiana. Director: Nicoleta Paraschivescu.
    • Marianna Martines: Il Primo Amore.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1-3.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Il saltarello romano (No 4 of Songs Without Words, Op 6)

    Performer: Dinorah Varsi.
    • GENUIN.

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Mattinata

    Orchestrator: Alexander Faris. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Piero Gamba.
    • Decca.

  • Georges Auric

    Roman Holiday (main title)

    Conductor: Georges Auric.
    • Disques Cinemusique.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Sicut cervus

    Choir: Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina. Director: Massimo Palombella.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Pines of the Appian Way (Pines of Rome)

    Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Santa Cecilia Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Fontane di Roma, Pina di Roma, Feste Romane & Il Tramonto.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Akin Euba

    L'ori oke ati petele (3 Yoruba Songs Without Words)

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • African Pianism.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 1003.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Music Arranger: Derek Ashmore. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Classic Brass.
    • RCA/Sony Masterworks.
    • 4.

  • William Babell

    Concerto in F major for 2 alto recorders and strings, Op 3 No 5

    Performer: Anna Stegmann. Performer: Maria Martinez Ayerza. Ensemble: Ensemble Odyssee.
    • PAN CLASSICS.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 32 (2nd mvmt, Adagio cantabile)

    Ensemble: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph Koenig.
    • NAXOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni (Overture)

    Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Director: Julien Chauvin.
    • ALPHA.

  • Samuel Barber

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Daniel Blendulf.
    • Tchaikovsky & Barber: Violin Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 201-203.

  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    脡tude No 38 in A Minor

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult: 脡tudes.
    • BIS.
    • 107.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gott ist mein Freund (from Cantata No 139, Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott)

    Performer: Davina Clarke. Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Performer: Tom Foster. Singer: Nick Pritchard.
    • J. S. Bach: The Art of Obligato.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 8.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Pas de six (William Tell)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli.
    • Rossini: Guillaume Tell.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 117.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Andante for clarinet and orchestra

    Performer: Angela Malsbury. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies: Malsbury, LMP, Shelley.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Arturo M谩rquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

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