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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

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 – this week we're dipping into the recording catalogue of the great Portuguese pianist, Maria Joao Pires.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 13 Oct 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Alfredo Casella

    Paganiniana Op.65 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • La Scala PO/Muti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Rasa - Dew

    Choir: Valsts Akadēmiskais koris "Latvija". Director: Maris Sirmais.
    • Album:From the dim and distant past.
    • VAK LATVIA.
    • 10.
  • Derek Bourgeois

    William & Mary - Suite (The Achievement)

    Ensemble: 10forBrass.
    • Genuin.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    The Fountain of Arethusa (Myths Op.30)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.
  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for Strings in E flat major Op.6 (1st mv)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • BR Klassik.
  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
  • An-Lun Huang

    Saibei Dance (Saibei Suite no. 2)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Delights & Dances.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata in E major BWV.1034

    Music Arranger: Avi Avital. Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Shalev Ad-El. Performer: Ophira Zakai. Performer: Ira Givol.
    • Avi Avital Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Serenata in vano FS.68

    Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • Chamber Music for Horn.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 10.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Les Beceaux (3 Songs Op.23)

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • ERATO.
  • Vítězslava Kaprálová

    Suite en miniature Op.1

    Orchestra: University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler.
    • Kapralova: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Tango

    Music Arranger: Victor Babin. Performer: Marc-André Hamelin. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • The Rite of Spring.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.
  • Kurt Weill

    I'm a stranger here myself (One Touch of Venus)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 22.
  • Claude Debussy

    Syrinx

    Performer: Katherine Bryan.
    • LINN.
  • Thomas Morley

    Hard by a crystal fountain

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Phaëton Op.39

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Saint-Seans: Orchestral Works: Neemi Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Alcina (Sta nell' Ircana)

    Singer: Christine Rice. Orchestra: La Nuova Musica. Conductor: David Bates.
    • Handel's Unsung Heroes.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 6.
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series volume II.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in C minor, K 475

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • DG.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Dances of Marosszek

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • HUNGAROTON.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio no.1 in B major Op.8 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: André Previn. Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Performer: Heinrich Schiff.
    • Beethoven: Archduke Trio: Previn, Mullova, Schiff.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto a 5 in C major Op.7`2

    Performer: Catherine Latham. Performer: Anthony Robson. Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Simon Standage. Conductor: Simon Standage.
    • Albinoni: The Collected Concertos for Oboes and Strings: Collegium Musicum 90 /.
    • Chandos.
    • 3-5.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor (Polovtsian Dance no.17)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Tchaikovksy:1812 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Balakirev: Islamey : Esa-Pekka S.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

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  • Wed 13 Oct 2021 09:00

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