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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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  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Borodin/Glinka/Mussorgsky: Romantic Russia: London Symphony/Solti.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies, John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Standchen (Zogernd, leise) D.920

    Singer: Bernarda Fink. Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466; Piano Sonatas, K. 281 & 332.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Sonny Kompanek

    Killer Tango

    Performer: Canadian Brass.
    • OPENING DAY.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Jealousy

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Scott Joplin

    Maple leaf rag for piano

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Symphony in F sharp major, Op.40 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.
  • Pyotr Iiyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir d'un lieu cher (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Peter Friis Johansson.
    • BIS.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Norwegian Artists' Carnival Op.14

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Dardanus: "Lieux funestes"

    Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rameau: Dardanus.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 52.
  • Arturo M谩rquez

    Danz贸n No 2

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • The Vienna Recital.
    • DG.
    • 16.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    K枚nigskinder - Concert Overture

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.
    • Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music: Bamberger Symphoniker/Rickenbacher.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.
  • William Walton

    Coronation Te Deum

    Choir: Polyphony. Choir: Polyphony. Performer: James Vivian. Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Flute Sonata in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Pahud plays Debussy, Ravel & Prokofiev.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Franz von Supp猫

    The Beautiful Galatea (Overture)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Mercury.
  • Antonio Salieri

    La Scuola de' gelosi: Sinfonia

    Ensemble: l鈥檃rte del mondo. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • ONYX.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Quartet No 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Vesti la giubba (I Pagliacci)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • William Lawes

    Royall Consort Suite No 10 in B flat major: Paven

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Lawes: The Royal Consort.
    • Linn Records.
    • 57.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes.
    • DG.
    • 28.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Etude-Caprice for 2 Violins, Op 18 No 5 in E Major

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Igor Oistrakh.
    • DG.
  • James McMillan

    Christus vincit

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Performer: David De Winter. Conductor: Martin Baker.
    • HYPERION.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Scherzo in D minor

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Dances from Aleko & Scherzo in D Minor.
    • Telarc.
    • 5.
  • Carl Orff

    Dance (Carmina Burana)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.
    • J.S. Bach: Complete Cello Suites (The 2023 Sessions).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 110.
  • Albert Roussel

    Bacchus et Ariane - suite no. 2 (Bacchanale)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Onyx.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesfreud' - old Viennese dance no.1

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Hyperion.
  • Robert Alexander Schumann

    Abendlied (12 Klavierstucke, Op 85 No 12)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Schumann: Works for Oboe & Piano.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 19.
  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Trio Sonata No 1 in G minor

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Director: S茅bastien Dauc茅.
    • Splendeurs de Versailles (Collection Ch芒teau de Versailles).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 7.
  • Francisco Guerrero

    Missa Congratulamini mihi: Kyrie

    Ensemble: Cardinall's Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
    • HYPERION.
  • George Enescu

    Romanian rhapsody no. 1, Op.11`1

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Liszt And Enesco Rhapsodies.
    • MERCURY.
    • 1.

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