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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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  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 and 8.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Libiamo ne' lieti calici (La traviata)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Frank Lopardo. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Verdi: La Traviata.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for flute, violin and keyboard, BWV 1044 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 10.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'ocean (Miroirs)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • ERATO.

  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Lagrima (Preludes)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Milos - The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 004.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Entree de la championne de tennis - Couplet avec Beau Gosse (Le Train Bleu Op.84)

    Orchestra: Saarbr眉cken Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Reimer.
    • Hanssler.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Sibelius: Syphony 4, Pohjola's Daughter, Finlandia: Helsinki PO/Segerstam.
    • Ondine.
    • 6.

  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor, Op.32 'Gaelic' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite no.2 in D major HWV.349 (Alla Hornpipe)

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Herbert Howells

    King David

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Kitty Whately.
    • This Other Eden: A Landscape of English Poetry and Song.
    • Champs Hill.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

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

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor Op.15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Kathryn Stott. Ensemble: Hermitage String Trio. Ensemble: Hermitage String Trio.
    • Chandos.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata a 6 for trumpet, violins, violas and bc

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mahler Symphony No 1.
    • Pentatone.
    • 2.

  • Philip Sparke

    Sambezi for Trombone & Brass Band

    Performer: Peter Moore. Conductor: Ian Porthouse. Ensemble: Tredegar Band.
    • CHANDOS.

  • John Williams

    Olympic Fanfare and Theme

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams: The Berlin Concert.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Laudamus Te (from Gloria)

    Choir: Polyphony. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Singer: Susan Gritton. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Poulenc: Gloria & Motets.
    • Hyperion.

  • Wilhelm Peterson鈥怋erger

    Fr枚s枚blomster I, for Piano, Op. 16: III. Lawn Tennis

    Performer: Stig Ribbing.
    • The Sound of Scandinavia.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 312.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op. 36; 10. Intermezzo: Dorabella (Allegretto)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • DG.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Spring, Op.34

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto/Octet: James Ehnes.
    • Onyx.
    • 2.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Pas des 茅charpes (Suite for piano)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Suite, Cunning Little Vixen

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • DECCA.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite, Op 29 (Jig)

    Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Holst: St Paul's Suite: Yehudi Menuhin.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op.71`1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.
    • LINN.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Recorder Quartet in B flat major, FWV NB1

    Performer: Pamela Thorby. Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas.
    • Linn.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Legende Op.17

    Performer: Bomsori. Orchestra: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Violin on Stage.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

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