
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.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E minor, Op 44 No 2 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- Erato.
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John Dowland
Time stands still in gazing on her face
Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- DG.
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Gabriela Montero
Piano Concerto No. 1, 'Latin' Concerto - III. Allegro
Performer: Gabriela Montero. Performer: Orchestra of the Americas. Performer: Carlos Miguel Prieto.- Orchid Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio in E flat major K.498 'Kegelstatt' (3rd mvt)
Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- BIS.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.- Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto / Stravinsky: Les Noces.
- Sony.
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Marin Marais
Couplets de folies
Performer: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Thomas Dunford.- Lucie Horsch - Baroque Journey.
- Decca.
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Francis Poulenc
Laudamus te (Gloria)
Choir: Lausanne Pro Arte Chorus. Choir: Swiss Romande Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.- Decca.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade Op.35)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- LAWO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ Sonata no.4 BWV.528 (2nd mvt)
Music Arranger: August Stradal. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Louise Farrenc
Sextet in C minor, Op.40 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Les Vents Français. Performer: Eric Le Sage.- Winds & Piano.
- Warner Classics.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Air de la folie: Aux langeurs d'Apollon d'Hebe (Platee)
Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Orchestra: Les Ambassadeurs. Conductor: Alexis Kossenko.- Erato.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.80 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- British Violin Concertos.
- Chandos.
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Gerald Finzi
5 Bagatelles Op.23 (Prelude)
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.- The Lyrical Clarinet: Michael Collins.
- Chandos.
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Francis Poulenc
Rondeau (Les Biches)
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.- Signum.
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George Botsford
Black and White Rag
Performer: Piers Lane. Music Arranger: Winifred Atwell.- Piers Lane Goes To Town Again.
- HYPERION.
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Franz Schubert
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D 965
Performer: Sharon Kam. Performer: Geoffrey Parsons. Singer: Barbara Bonney.- TELDEC.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 83 in G minor, 'The Hen' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.- Erato.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Little Prelude No 5 in E major, BWV 937
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
- Hyperion.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Symphony No 3 in C minor (Finale)
Performer: Olivier Latry. Orchestra: Liege Philharmonic. Conductor: Pascal Rophé.- CYPRES.
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Manuel de Falla
7 Canciones Populares Espanolas (Nana)
Performer: Yaniv d'Or. Performer: Ensemble NAYA.- Naxos.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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John Williams
Donnybrook Fair (Far and Away)
Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles.- DG.
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Georges Bizet
Symphony in C major
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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Frédéric Chopin
Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Perahia Plays Chopin.
- Sony Classical.
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Amy Beach
Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro agitato
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- American Quintets.
- Chandos.
- 103.
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- Fri 14 May 2021 09:00ѿý Radio 3