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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning 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 great pieces of music by Camille Saint-Saëns.

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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 10 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite suite (Ballet)

    Music Arranger: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Debussy; Ravel.
    • Naive.
    • 10.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Stephan Siegenthaler. Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett.
    • British Clarinet Quintets.
    • CPO.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ogni vento (Agrippina)

    Singer: Ann Hallenberg. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Director: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
  • Frank Martin

    Deuxième étude, pour le pizzicato (Études)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Frank Martin: Polyptyque, Concerto, Studies: The Chamber Orch of Europe, Fischer.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no. 1 in D major Op.47

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keyboard Sonata in F sharp minor Wq.52`4 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Danny Driver.
    • CPE Bach: Keyboard Sonatas: Danny Driver.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Howard Shore

    The Forest (1st mvt)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: National Arts Centre Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Decca.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite) in D major TWV.55:D19 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Andrew Clark. Performer: Gavin Edwards. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Telemann: Suites: The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 9.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    In Nature's Realm Op.91

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Traditional Spiritual

    My Soul's been anchored in the Lord

    Music Arranger: Florence Price. Singer: Marian Anderson. Performer: Franz Rupp.
  • Steve Reich

    Duet

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simos Papanas. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin.
    • DG.
    • 5.
  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Violin Concerto no.1

    Performer: Joanna Kurkowicz. Orchestra: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 7-9.
  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm

    Performer: Django Reinhardt. Performer: Stéphane Grappelli. Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.
    • Regis.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ysaÿe.
    • Ravel/Debussy: String Quartets: Quatuor Ysaye.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Ave regina coelorum a 8 [1575]

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
    • 10.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Pizzicato-Polka

    Composer: Josef Strauss. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Johann Strauss II Waltzes, Polkas and Marches.
    • Apex.
    • 7.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor Op.117 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Pascal Devoyon.
    • Hyperion.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.101 in D major 'The Clock' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Linn.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse macabre

    Performer: Luben Yordanoff. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Danse Macabre: Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    2nd movement; Lively (Horseplay for ensemble)

    Ensemble: Continuum. Conductor: Philip Headlam.
    • Wallen: The Girl in my Alphabet.
    • AVIE.
    • 9.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes Galantes (Chaconne; Ballet of the Flowers - Thunderstorm)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • SONY.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude in C sharp minor Op.34 no.10

    Performer: Andrey Gugnin.
    • HYPERION.
  • William Rimmer

    Ravenswood

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Frank Renton.
    • The Miners' Prayer: The Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
    • DOYEN.
    • 3.
  • Nico Muhly

    How Little You Are (A Long-Drawn Wail)

    Choir: Conspirare. Ensemble: Austin Guitar Quartet. Ensemble: Texas Guitar Quartet. Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson.
    • The Singing Guitar.
    • Delos.
    • 4.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet no.1 in E minor 'From my life' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.39 in E flat major K.543 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Archiv.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite

    Orchestrator: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made in Britain: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson.
    • Avie.

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