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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

0915 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

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

1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 Essential Five – another pick of the perfect pizzicato pieces.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 11 Aug 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Danse païenne Op.158

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • DG.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Sextet in D major Op.10 (Intermezzo)

    Performer: Jennifer Stumm. Performer: Bartholomew LaFollette. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Korngold: Piano Sextet/String Quintet: Doric String Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No.5

    Ensemble: Empire Brass.
    • TELARC.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Overture to "L'isola disabitata", Hob. Ia:13

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Haydn: L'isola disabitata, Hob. XXVIII:9.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 101.
  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Toccata arpeggiata for chitarrone [no.2 in Libro 1o .. di chitarrone, 1604]

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • Kapsberger: Lute Works.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Violin Sonata in G minor

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.
    • Onyx Classics ONYX 4159.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.
  • An-Lun Huang

    Saibei Dance (Saibei Suite no. 2)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Delights & Dances.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.
    • 1.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    The Arts and the Hours (Les Boreades)

    Music Arranger: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Debussy & Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 17.
  • Anton Webern

    Im Sommerwind

    Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Hänssler Classic.
  • Alec Roth

    Autumnal

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Performer: Morgan Szymanski.
    • Sometime I Sing.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 15.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major RV.569

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Vivaldi: Dresden Concertos.
    • OPUS.
    • 4-6.
  • Jean Sibelius

    The Tempest: Prelude, Op.109, No.1 

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • BIS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Oh my heart, you are scorned (Alcina)

    Singer: Nathalie Stutzmann. Ensemble: Orfeo 55.
    • Quella Fiamma: Arie Antiche.
    • Erato.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.17 in D minor 'Tempest' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 7.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 303.
  • Hector Berlioz

    L'île inconnue (Les nuits d'été)

    Singer: Régine Crespin. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.
    • Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete: Régine Crespin.
    • Decca.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Piano Concerto no.1 'Latin Concerto' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Americas. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto.
    • Ravel.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 3.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Pizzicato-Polka

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

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat, K.207

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • WARNER.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzona da sonar II (Sacrae symphoniae)

    Music Arranger: John Serry. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • OPENING DAY.
  • Thomas Adès

    Arcadiana (O Albion)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust

    Singer: Robin Blaze. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Enrique Granados

    Quejas o la Maja y el Ruiseñor (Goyescas)

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Granados: Goyescas: Ohlsson.
    • Hyperion.
  • Trad.

    Cachua Serranita (Instrumental)

    Orchestra: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Königskinder - Concert Overture

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.
    • Virgin.

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