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Essential Classics for driving

Georgia Mann with a specially selected mix of classical tracks for driving - whether your journey is for business or pleasure, it'll go much better with great music!

Georgia Mann with a collection of great classical tracks for a road trip. Whether you are driving for business or pleasure, don't get stressed by the traffic lights and roadworks, diversions and malfunctioning satnavs - make the journey more enjoyable with carefee and lively music from Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Debbie Wiseman and Philip Glass, among many others.

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn; Hummel etc.: Trumpet Concertos.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Delibes: Coppelia: Orchestre de l'opera de Lyon/Nagano.
    • Erato.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Quintet in A Major D.667 'Trout' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Performer: Hwayoon Lee. Performer: Maximilian Hornung. Performer: Roman Patkol贸.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet.
    • DG.
    • 4.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker, Act II: Trepak (Russian Dance)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Henry Purcell

    Rondeau (Abdelazer)

    Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Rondeaux Royaux: The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.

  • George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - It Ain't Necessarily So (Arr. Heifetz for Violin and Piano)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Lyricist: Ira Gershwin. Lyricist: DuBose Heyward. Lyricist: Dorothy Heyward.
    • Roots.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major, K.417 III. Rondo. Pi霉 allegro

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Antonio M茅ndez Padr贸n.
    • Mozart y Mambo.
    • Alpha.
    • 3.

  • Sally Whitwell

    Road Trip

    Performer: Sally Walker.
    • Women of Note.
    • ABC.
    • 09.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for strings (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yuri Zhislin. Ensemble: Russian Virtuosi of Europe.
    • Orchid Classics : ORC100052.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 2.

  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (The City)

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • CBS.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Waltzes for piano (Op.34), no.2 in A minor

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Chopin: Waltzes: Tharaud.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Wolf Hall (main theme)

    Ensemble: Locrian Ensemble of London. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Wolf Hall (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue 脿 la Gigue

    Orchestrator: Gustav Holst. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Bach: Transcriptions for Orchestra: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music: Suite in F major, HWV 348 (Air)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Handel: Fire & Water.
    • Classic FM.
    • 12-13.

  • Claude Debussy

    Dr Gradus ad Parnassum (Children's corner)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Childhood Tales.
    • Decca.

  • Joby Talbot

    April: The First Day of Summer (Once Around the Sun)

    Performer: Joby Talbot. Performer: Rob Farrar. Performer: Manon Morris.
    • SONY.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.