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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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Music Played

  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Music Arranger: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ray Russell.
    • RCA.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Berlin Philharmonic.
  • Ernesto Nazareth

    Carioca

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • SOLATINO.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 26.
  • Reinhard Keiser

    Croesus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Keiser: Croesus: Rene Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Robert Schumann

    Marchenerzahlungen, Op.132 (Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell)

    Performer: J枚rg Widmann. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: D茅nes V谩rjon.
    • MYRIOS CLASSICS.
  • William Byrd

    Crowned with flowers

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Toccata)

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony no.2 in B minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.21 in C Major Op.53 'Waldstein' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8 "Path茅tique", 14 "Moonlight", 17 "The Tempest",.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concerto no.1 in E flat major Op.107 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nacht und Tr盲ume D.827

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Alexander Schmalcz.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.36 in C major K.425 'Linz' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Sony.
  • Dana Suesse

    Piano Concerto in Three Rhythms (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Ferde Grof茅. Performer: Michael Gurt. Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.
    • Jazz Nocturne.
    • Naxos.
    • 009.
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto in 7 parts [after D Scarlatti] no.6 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln.
    • Charles Avison: Concerti Grossi After Scarlatti.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 6.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Queen Mab's Scherzo (Romeo et Juliette)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.
    • RCA.
  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes (no.1)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.
  • David Briggs

    Improvisation on Baa-Baa, Black Sheep (Finale)

    Performer: David Briggs.
    • David Briggs Improvisations.
  • Jacobus Clemens non Papa

    Ego flos campi

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Clemens Non Papa: Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis: Tallis Scholars.
    • Gimell.
    • 9.
  • Billy Mayerl

    Marigold

    Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Loose Elbows - Susan Tomes plays the piano music of Billy Mayerl.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Richard Strauss

    Presentation of the Rose (Der Rosenkavalier)

    Singer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Singer: Lucia Popp. Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier: Brigitte Fassbaender, Bavarian State Opera, Carlo.
    • Orfeo.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keyboard Sonata in E flat major Wq.52`1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Danny Driver.
    • C P E Bach - Keyboard Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Allegro appassionato Op.43

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Vesti la giubba (I Pagliacci)

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

    Landscape

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrzej Panufnik.
    • UNICORN-KANCHANA.
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana (Dance)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Orff: Carmina burana.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 106.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio no.2 in C minor Op.66 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Performer: Jonathan Gilad.
    • PENTATONE.
  • William Walton

    Belshazzar's Feast (conclusion)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: 91热爆 Singers. Choir: 91热爆 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • APEX.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI MUSIC.
  • John Field

    Nocturne no.12 in E Major

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Field: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Norwegian Artists' Carnival Op.14

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Sextet in C major Op.37 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D Major Op.3 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Daniel Blendulf.
    • Tchaikovsky & Barber: Violin Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 103.

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  • Fri 21 Mar 2025 09:30

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