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Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont, Op 84 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: Overturen - Weiner Philharmoniker/Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 7.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Danse Espagnole (La vida breve)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.
    • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in B flat major, K 240

    Orchestra: Consortium Classicum.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.

  • Imogen Holst

    Agnus Dei (Mass in A minor)

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 14.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Master Oluf Rides (Prelud)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Carl Nielsen: Orchestral music: Danish National Symphony Orch/Dausgaard.
    • Dacapo.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.4 in G major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt. Conductor: John Butt.
    • J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 11.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    3 Caprices Op.33 (no.2 in E major)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Mendelssohn: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Naive.
    • 012.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for Strings, Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Conrad van Alphen.
    • Grieg/Dvorak/Elgar: Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra/van Alphen.
    • Telarc.
    • 8.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Se teco vive il cor (Radamisto)

    Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Harry Bicket.
    • Handel Duets: The English Concert.
    • Chaconne.
    • 1.

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Uppsala Rhapsody, Op. 24

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Lukasz Borowicz.
    • Alfv茅n: Symphony No. 3 in E Major, Uppsala Rhapsody & The Mountain King Suite.
    • CPO.
    • 9.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise no.1 in A major 'Military Polonaise' (2 Polonaises, Op 40)

    Performer: Pietro De Maria.
    • DECCA.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Hamlet: Overture

    Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Ensemble: Montreal Chamber Players.
    • Autour de la harpe: Montreal Chamber Players.
    • Atma Classique.
    • 10.

  • Franz Schubert

    Erlk枚nig, D328

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Librettist: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • DG.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Les Sir猫nes

    Performer: Antonii Baryshevskyi. Singer: Catherina Witting. Choir: Orpheus Vokalensemble. Conductor: Michael Alber.
    • Lili Boulanger: Hymne au Soleil. Chorwerke.
    • Carus.
    • 5.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Elves' dance (Lyric pieces - book 1 Op.12)

    Performer: Florian Henschel.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces (Digitally Remastered).
    • EMG Classical.
    • 4.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de nuit

    Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Petits-Fours: Favourite Encores: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in A minor, RV.440

    Performer: Katy Bircher. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi: The French Connection 2.
    • Avie.
    • 8.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Etude op.8 no. 8

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Spem in alium. Vidi aquam.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Dances of Galanta

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

  • Maurizio Cazzati

    Capriccio sopra sette note

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Wonder Women.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Valse-fantasie in B minor

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Ballets Russes: Russian Dances and Ballets.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Columba aspexit

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Performer: Doreen Muskett. Choir: Gothic Voices. Director: Christopher Page.
    • HYPERION.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia Op.26

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Sibelius: Symphonies No.1 & 3/Finlandia: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/O.
    • Erato.
    • 8.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Autrefois (6 Pi猫ces humoristiques, Op 87)

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 2.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Les Eolides M.43

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Franck: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

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