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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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1115 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Seventeen Come Sunday (English Folk Song Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • HMV.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Interlude and Danse Espagnole (La Vida Breve)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.2

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deustche Grammophon.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • Divox.
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B flat major, RV.166

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Vivaldi - Concerti per archi II.
    • Naive.
    • 28-30.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Etruscan Concerto (Meditation)

    Performer: Caroline Almonte. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • Women of Note.
    • ABC.
    • 08.
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 - finale

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Decca.
  • Nigel Hess

    East Coast Pictures

    Ensemble: London Symphonic Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Hess.
    • Chandos.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Autograph.
    • Erato.
    • 7.
  • John Dowland

    Time stands still

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Singer: Karim Sulayman.
    • PENTATONE.
  • William Grant Still

    Pastorela

    Performer: Zina Schiff. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 401.
  • John Williams

    Yoda's Theme (The Empire Strikes Back)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in E flat major, K.375 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists.
    • Linn.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 4 in D minor - 4th mvt: Scherzo

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Naxos.
  • Joe Zawinul

    In a Silent Way

    Performer: Miles Davis.
    • Forecast: Tomorrow.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 1.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Harold in Italy, Op.16 (Serenade)

    Performer: Lise Berthaud. Orchestra: Op茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Berlioz: Harold en Italie.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Reginald Smith Brindle

    Etruscan Preludes: No. 1, Tempo libero (Con fuoco e passione)

    Performer: Duilio Meucci.
    • Smith Brindle: Guitar Music, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation (Tha茂s)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Paris, La Belle Epoque: Yo-Yo Ma/Kathryn Stott.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture Op.96

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Shostakovich: Symphony No.2 etc: Royal Philhamonic Orchestra/Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Anna Bon di Venezia

    Sonata No. 6 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vladimir Soares. Performer: Fabian Grosch.
    • Anna Bon: Sonatas para Flauta Op. 1.
    • Tratore.
    • 18.
  • Caroline Shaw

    The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (Leonardo da Vinci)

    Performer: John Patitucci. Ensemble: Attacca Quartet. Ensemble: S艒 Percussion. Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.
    • Leonardo da Vinci: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, & David McMahon (Original S.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 16.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rondo in G Minor, Op.94

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Sony.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 83 in G minor, 'The Hen'

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.
    • Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83 & 84: Tafelmusik/Weil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2

    Performer: Simon Trpceski.
    • Simon Trpceski Plays Rachmaninov.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No 1, Op 22 (3rd mvmt, Allegro)

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite in F major, HWV 348, 'Water Music' (Aria)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: Water Music: The English Concert, Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
    • 3.
  • J贸n Leifs

    Icelandic Folk Dances, Op 11 (No 4)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Bis.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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