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The very best 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

  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, 大象传媒SO, Hugh Wolff.
    • Decca.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Danza espanola No 1 (La vida breve)

    Performer: Julian Bream. Performer: John Williams.
    • RCA.
  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the heaven

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Universal.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.208 'Il Grosso Mogul' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • ALPHA.
  • Dolores White

    Las Tarantulas

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Sony.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Celeste Aida (Aida)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Warner.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G major Wq.183 no.4

    Orchestra: Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta. Conductor: Manfred Huss.
    • BIS.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes.
    • DG.
    • 28.
  • Lucrezia Vizzana

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Performer: Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann.
    • Heroines of Love & Loss.
    • BIS.
    • 14.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto no.2 in D major H.7d.4 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: W眉rttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Ruben Gazarian.
    • Horn Concertos.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 6.
  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Cloudburst

    Choir: Polyphony. Performer: Stephen Betteridge. Performer: Robert Millett. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no5 in D major BWV.1050 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Performer: Rachel Beckett. Performer: Malcolm Proud. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Horovitz

    Sonatina for clarinet and piano (1st mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • Michael Collins Plays British Clarinet Sonatas, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen Suite Z.629 (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Purcell: Opera Suites.
    • Capriccio.
    • 1.
  • Howard Shore

    Shelob's Lair (The Lord of The Rings: Return of The King)

    Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Shore.
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrac.
    • Reprise.
    • 11.
  • Paul Patterson

    Tarantula (Spiders Op.48)

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major, Op.20 (4th mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Ensemble: Seattle Chamber Players.
    • Onyx.
  • Fats Waller

    The Spider and The Fly

    Singer: Fats Waller.
    • Happy Birthday Fats Vol. 1.
    • Fuel 2000.
    • 7.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Concerto Grosso No.4 in G minor

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos: Hough/Dallas Symphony Orch/Litton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Palladio (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • Karl Jenkins: Quirk, Sarikiz & Over the Stone.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 114.
  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Heyr 镁煤 oss himnum 谩 [Hear us in the heavens]

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson.
    • Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir.
    • BIS.
    • 10.
  • Franz Schubert

    Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D.821

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.
  • Franz von Supp茅

    Light Cavalry (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Suppe: Overtures and marches: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Dilys Elwyn-Edwards

    The Cloths Of Heaven

    Singer: James Atkinson. Performer: Michael Pandya.
  • Nico Muhly

    Very Fast Music (Patterns)

    Performer: James McVinnie.
    • Dreamcatcher.
    • Pentatone.
    • 5.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV.351 (Menuet 1 and 2)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Claude Debussy

    La cath茅drale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.5 'Reformation' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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