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Georgia Mann

Georgia Mann with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann playing the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises along the way.

0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Song of the Day – focusing on the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Essential Five - this week we bring you five lilting barcarolles – music to be heard on the water.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 16 Apr 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Tutto Mozart!: Bryn Terfel/Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • George Gershwin

    Nice work if you can get it

    Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Ensemble: Art Deco Trio.
    • SOMM RECORDINGS.
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade in E minor, Op 20 (2nd mvt, Larghetto)

    Conductor: John Barbirolli. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • Elgar: Orchestral Works: Sir John Barbirolli.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Gaúcho (tango brasileiro for piano)

    Performer: Arnaldo Cohen.
    • BIS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major for two horns, RV.539

    Performer: Anneke Scott. Performer: Jocelyn Lightfoot. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • Avie.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Faure: Choral works: City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/ѿý Philharmonic/Torteli.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    March in F major 'Yorckscher Marsch', WoO 18

    Ensemble: London Baroque Ensemble. Conductor: Karl Haas.
    • Beethoven: Wind Music: London Baroque/Haas.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Dag Wirén

    Portia's Castle Orchestra (Romantic Suite 'The Merchant of Venice')

    Orchestra: Dala Sinfonietta. Conductor: Stefan Karpe.
    • Nosag.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No 7 in C major, H.45 (Reverie-Nocturne)

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • DECCA.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    PLAYLISTER CLIP Gaúcho

    Performer: Arnaldo Cohen.
    • BIS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor

    Music Arranger: Albert Parlow. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Piano Trio

    Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Adam Neiman.
    • NAXOS.
  • Thomas Arne

    Overture No 7 in D major

    Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Simon Standage.
    • Thomas Arne Overtures.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 23-25.
  • Serge Gainsbourg

    La Javanaise

    Singer: Serge Gainsbourg.
    • UNIVERSAL LICENSING MUSIC.
  • Claude Debussy

    Pagodes (Estampes)

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • DECCA.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no. 6 in C major D.589: 4th movement; Allegro moderato

    Ensemble: Classical Band. Conductor: Bruno Weil.
    • Schubert, Symphonies no.5 & 6.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 8.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    PLAYLISTER CLIP Gaúcho

    Performer: Arnaldo Cohen.
    • BIS.
  • Aaron Copland

    Rodeo: Hoe-down

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aaron Copland.
    • SONY.
  • M. Camargo Guarnieri

    Brazilian Dance (Dances for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Minczuk.
    • Dancas Brasileiras.
    • BIS.
    • 9.
  • Alberto Ginastera

    Danza del gaucho matrero (Danzas argentinas, Op 2)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Alberto Ginastera.
    • Live from the Concertgebouw: 1978 & 1979.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 014.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 012.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rusalka's Song to the Moon

    Performer: Phillip McCann. Performer: Black Dyke Band. Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Conductor: Roy Newsome.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Nicola Porpora

    Come nave in ria tempesta (Semiramide regina dell'Assiria)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Philippe Jaroussky - Porpora Arias.
    • Erato.
    • 3.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    March (The Love for Three Oranges)

    Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Peter Limonov. Music Arranger: Peter Limonov.
    • ONYX.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Une Nuit à Lisbonne - barcarolle for orchestra

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Saint-Saens: Various works: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B flat major, Kk.248

    Performer: Pierre Hantaï.
    • Astree.
  • Frederick Delius

    Brigg Fair

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • EMI.
  • Michael Praetorius

    Galliarde a 5 (Terpsichore) no.287

    Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante. Director: Skip Sempé.
    • PARADIZO.
  • Traditional Spiritual

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace

    Music Arranger: Undine Smith Moore. Choir: VocalEssence Ensemble Chorus. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • CLARION.
  • George Enescu

    Cantabile and Presto for flute and piano

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
    • Café au lait: Music for Flute and Piano.
    • Bis.
    • 4-5.
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in G major, Op 9 No 1 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
    • Divine Art.
    • 4.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia - suite Op.11

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • BIS.

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