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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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  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in G flat major, Op 25 No 9 (Butterfly)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • Chopin: 12 脡tudes, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Three Shakespeare Songs for chorus [complete]

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Signum.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 103.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Les entretiens de la belle et de la b锚te (Ma m猫re l'oye)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • Giulini in America: Los Angeles Philharmonic/Giulini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 7.
  • Edward Elgar

    Piano Quintet in A Minor, last Mvt.

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Elgar: Violin Sonata / Piano Quintet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • John Adams

    Tromba lontana

    Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • John Adams: The Chairman Dances, Two Fanfares, Other Works.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The heavens are telling (The Creation)

    Singer: Arleen Aug茅r. Singer: Philip Langridge. Singer: David Thomas. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Warner.
  • Traditional British

    O Waly, waly

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Ian Bostridge. Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings etc..
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no.4 in G minor, Op.40 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.
  • Johann Rosenm眉ller

    Sonata da Camera No.11

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ASTREE.
  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Lane.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Fanfare.
    • Telarc.
    • 1.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto No.5 "Egyptian" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor RV.105

    Ensemble: Collegium Pro Musica.
    • BRILLIANT.
  • Luigi Denza

    Finiculi, Finicul谩

    Lyricist: Giuseppe Turco. Music Arranger: Giancarlo Chiaramello. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Choir: Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Anton Guadagno.
    • The Essential PAVAROTTI.
    • Decca.
    • 16.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3&4: Andras Schiff.
    • Teldec.
    • 5.
  • Georges Auric

    Beauty and the Beast: Main Title

    Composer: Georges Auric. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adriano. Conductor: Adriano.
    • Auric: La Belle Et La Bete (Beauty and the Beast).
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Alan Menken

    La Belle et la B锚te (de "La Belle et la B锚te")

    Performer: Lang Lang. Lyricist: Howard Ashman. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • The Disney Book (Deluxe Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite no.2 in B minor BWV.1067 (Badinerie)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 7.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.4 in D Minor (Juba Dance)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 203.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma!"

    Singer: Pene Pati. Choir: Choir of Bordeaux National Opera. Orchestra: National Orchestra of Bordeaux Aquitaine. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume.
    • Puccini: Turandot: "Nessun dorma".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex (Main Title; Darling; Finale)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • DG.
  • Phamie Gow

    Rackwick Bay

    Performer: Phamie Gow.
    • Anthems For Scotland (By Classic FM).
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 18.
  • Hubert Parry

    I was glad

    Performer: Timothy Byram-Wigfield. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Choir: Waynflete Singers. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Jerusalem: Winchester Cathedral Choir/Waynflete Singers/Bournemouth SO/Hill.
    • Argo.
    • 1.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Grand Duo Concertante, Op 48

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
  • Friedrich Kuhlau

    Trillingbrodene fra Damask (Overture)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt.
    • Kuhlau: Overtures: Danish National Radio Symphony Orch/Schonwandt.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzona No.13 a 12

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22, WD 56: No. 12, Le bal

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Four Hands.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 22.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.5 in C minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Frank Martin

    Mass For Double Choir: Credo

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Frank Martin.
    • Coro.
    • 17.
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op 10 No 3

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
    • Divine Art.
    • 20.

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