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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 discoveries and surprises along the way.

0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥 focusing on the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Essential Five - this week we bring you five beautiful sarabandes, slow and stately dances.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 1 Jun 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    King's Row (Main title)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.
    • The Sea Hawk - The Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
    • RCA.
    • 005.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Flute Sonata in D major Op.94 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • EMI.
  • Heinrich Isaac

    Recordare, Jesu Christe

    Ensemble: Cinquecento.
    • HYPERION.
  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E major Wq.182`6

    Orchestra: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Chengqian Xue

    Caprice

    Music Arranger: Yi-Wen Jiang. Ensemble: The Shanghai Quartet.
    • China Song.
    • Delos.
    • 8.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Sonate-fantaisie

    Performer: Stephen Coombs.
    • The Early Scriabin.
    • Helios.
    • 11.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no. 2 in D major Op.43: 1st mvt; Allegretto - poco allegro ........

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Alpha.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    An English Day-Book (Sweet Suffolk Owl)

    Choir: NYCoS National Girls Choir. Performer: Claire Jones. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • Britten: A Ceremony of Carols - Poston: An English Day-Book.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 210.
  • Henry Purcell

    Hail, bright Cecilia Z.328 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Balad膬 艦i Joc [Ballade and Dance]

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Suyeon Kang.
    • ALPHA.
  • Richard Strauss

    Die Erwachte Rose AV.66

    Singer: Katharina Konradi. Performer: Daniel Heide.
    • Strauss, Mozart & Schubert: Liebende.
    • AVI.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2.
    • Lso Live.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A major D.959 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Schubert: Late Piano Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Arthur Wood

    Barwick Green (The Archers' Theme Tune]

    Orchestra: New Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jay Wilbur.
    • Memoir Records.
  • Michael William Balfe

    Come into the garden, Maud

    Singer: Robert Tear. Performer: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Victorian Ballads.
    • HMV.
    • 9.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Danza lejana (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov.
    • Live from the Lugano Festival 2009, Martha Argerich and friends.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Billy Mayerl

    Marigold

    Performer: Phillip Dyson.
    • Billy Mayerl: The Nimble Fingered Gentleman: Philip Dyson.
    • ASV.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Durufl茅

    Organ Suite Op.5 (Toccata)

    Performer: John Scott.
    • Maurice Durufle: Organ Music: John Scott.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite no.4 in E minor HWV.429 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Lisa Smirnova.
    • ECM.
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    奥补濒诲驳别蝉辫谤盲肠丑

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Orchestra: Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comt茅. Conductor: Jean-Fran莽ois Verdier.
    • ALPHA.
  • Benny Goodman

    Slipped Disc

    Ensemble: The Julian Bliss Septet.
    • I Got Rhythm.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 106.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Sextet no.2 in G major Op.36 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Julia-Maria Kretz. Performer: Stefan Fehlandt. Performer: Pauline Sachse. Performer: Christoph Richter. Performer: Xenia Jankovic.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Abduction from the Seraglio (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Mozart: Overtures: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel / Andrea Marcon.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.
  • Amy Beach

    Berceuse, Op.40 no.2

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Children's Cello.
    • BIS.
    • 17.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor Op.22

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • DECCA.

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