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

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

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  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Serenade For Strings; Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 7.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F Major, Op. Posth. 166, D. 803: III. Allegro vivace

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • Schubert: Octet in F Major, Op. Posth. 166, D. 803.
    • BIS.
    • 103.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony in E flat major Op.1 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • DECCA.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Tu es Petrus, a 6

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • DECCA.

  • Claude Debussy

    General Lavine - eccentric (Preludes, Book 2)

    Performer: Alain Plan猫s.
    • Debussy: Preludes Books I & II: Alain Planes.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 18.

  • Johan Halvorsen

    Scenes from Norwegian Fairy Tales: No 4 Dance of the Little Trolls

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • NAXOS.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Czech Suite (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Dvorak: American Suite, Czech Suite; Overtures and Tone Poems.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

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

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo in A minor, Op 81`2

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Erato.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Luonnotar Op.70

    Singer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Teresa Carre帽o

    Mi Teresita [Little Waltz]

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • WARNER.

  • William Grant Still

    American Suite: II. Danse

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 502.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Gayane: Sabre Dance

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Sandra Rivers. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • EMI.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in B flat major Op.3`1

    Orchestra: Berliner Barock Solisten. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 1-3.

  • Louis Vierne

    Organ symphony no.2 in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • Vierne: Organ Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
    • BNL.
    • 3.

  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestraume - 3 notturnos S.541 (no.3 in A flat major)

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Warner.

  • Roland Dyens

    Tango En Skai

    Performer: Michaelangelo Toumanidis.
    • Influencias.
    • Music Mirror.
    • 5.

  • Antonio Bazzini

    Dance of the Goblins

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Jonathan Feldman.
    • DG.

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    The Mountain King Suite, Op. 37: II. Dance of the Troll Girl

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: 艁ukasz Borowicz.
    • Alfv茅n: Symphony No. 3 in E Major, Uppsala Rhapsody & The Mountain King Suite.
    • CPO.
    • 2.

  • Franz Liszt

    Gnomenreigen (2 Concert Etudes, S 145 No 2)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Transcendental.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 002.

  • Julian Nott

    Theme from Wallace and Gromit

    Music Arranger: Nic Raine. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Tolga Ka艧if.
    • Greatest Film Classics.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 9.

  • Gabriel Piern茅

    Canzonetta, Op.19

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • Chandos.

  • Gordon Jacob

    Concerto for horn and strings (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • British Horn Concertos - Gordon Jacob, Malcolm Arnold, York Bowen, Ruth Gipps, G.
    • Lyrita.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Pizzicato (Sylvia)

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • French Album: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.

  • Jacobus Clemens non Papa

    Sanctus

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.

  • John Foulds

    Le Cabaret, Op.72a

    Orchestra: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overture from the British Isles, Vol.2.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Hans Sitt

    Album Leaves: Nos 1 & 6

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Thomas Hoppe.
    • Romance Oubli茅e.
    • Myrios Classics.
    • 1.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Improvisation No 1 in B minor' (15 Improvisations)

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Poulenc Les Soirees De Nazelles 3 Mouvments Perpetuels 3 Novlettes 9 Improvisati.
    • Decca.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly: Act I (conclusion)

    Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DECCA.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Silent Woods, Op.68 no.5

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Jacqueline du Pre: The Complete EMI Recordings.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue in G major, BWV.860 (Well-tempered Klavier, Bk 1)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Bach: Das Wholtemperierte Clavier.
    • ECM.
    • 05.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Annen-Polka, Op 117

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2025 / New Year's Concert 2025 / Concert du Nouvel An 2025.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • William Walton

    Sonata for string orchestra (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Kristina Blaumane.
    • BIS.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No 2 in A minor, Op 55 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Jean Martinot. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France.
    • Saint-Saens: Complete Symphonies, Jean Martinon.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 11.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

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