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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

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23, K.488 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22, K. 482 & No.23, K. 488.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.4 in F sharp minor

    Orchestrator: Paul Juon. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The cat does not give up catching mice (Coffee Cantata, BWV.211)

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Singer: J煤lia V谩rady. Singer: Aldo Baldin. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Phillips.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Guitar Quintet no. 4 (Pastorale)

    Performer: Johan L枚fving. Ensemble: Consone Quartet.
    • Fandango! Music for Solo Guitar and String Quartet.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 8.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • Gjeilo: Northern Lights.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding-Cake - Caprice-Waltz in A flat major Op.76

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA 5162.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 20.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Sch枚n Rosmarin (Old Viennese Dances)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Samuel Sanders.
    • Itzhak Perlman - The Complete Warner Recordings.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Spring Song, Op. 16

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Pictures from Finland.
    • Ondine.
    • 12.

  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Quintet for piano, two violins, viola & cello: IV. Presto

    Performer: Louise Bessette. Ensemble: Quatuor Molinari.
    • ATMA CLASSIQUE.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in A major, Op 46 No 5

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 15.

  • Georges Bizet

    L'amour est un oiseau rebelle [Habanera] (Carmen)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Homage to Maria Callas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 107.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne Worte Op.6 (no.2)

    Performer: Olga Pashchenko.
    • ALPHA.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding Cake Caprice-Waltz

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA 5162.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 20.

  • Nino Rota

    Harp Concerto - I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Matthew Locke

    Little Consort Suite No 2 in C

    Performer: Sergio Bucheli. Performer: Silas Wollston. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Matthew Locke - The Little Suites.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899 (no.3 in G flat major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Le Voyage Magnifique, Schubert: Impromptus; Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    Softly and gently (The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38)

    Singer: Alice Coote. Choir: Hall茅 Choir. Choir: Hall茅 Youth Choir. Orchestra: Halle. Director: Sir Mark Elder.
    • The Dream of Gerontius.
    • Halle.
    • 14.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Suite from Dardanus (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Music for Brass Septet Volume 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March past of the kitchen utensils (The Wasps)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antarctica / The Wasps-Suite: Boult.
    • EMI.
    • 8.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Spinning Song (Song without Words - Bk 6 Op.67)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Chandos.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise

    Performer: Scott Long. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Telarc.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Company - Original Broadway Cast: Getting Married Today

    Lyricist: George Furth. Music Arranger: Wally Harper. Conductor: Harold Hastings.
    • Company (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 8.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    African Dance (African Suite)

    Music Arranger: Chris Cameron. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major Op.25 'Classical' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Prokofiev: Symphonies nos. 5 & 1: Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Emahoy Tsegu茅-Maryam Gu猫brou

    Mother's Love

    Performer: Maria Corley.
    • MSR CLASSICS.

  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 16.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no. 1 in D major Op.47

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in F major, Op 24, 'Spring'

    Performer: Aleksey Semenenko. Performer: Inna Firsova.
    • 大象传媒 recording.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
    • Lso Live.
    • 1.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    24 Caprices Op.1 (no.13 in B flat major)

    Performer: Mar铆a Due帽as.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in D major TWV.54:D3

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Performer: Michael Laird. Performer: William Houghton. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Iona Brown.
    • Philips.

  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem see, D543

    Performer: Sholto Kynoch. Singer: Kathryn Rudge.
    • 大象传媒 recording.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    La Poule

    Conductor: Dominique Roggen. Orchestra: Orchestra Tempo Giusto.
    • Strings in Pink - From Bach to the Beatles.
    • Claves Records.
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite Bergamasque)

    Orchestrator: Andr茅 Caplet. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • NAXOS.

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