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Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favorites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favorites.

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Music Played

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesfreud (Old Viennese Dances)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Naoko Tanaka. Orchestrator: Clark McAlister.
    • Romances: Gil Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria Rusticana: Regina coeli laetare - Inneggiamo

    Performer: Mariagrazia Allegri. Singer: Fiorenza Cossotto. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Ruy Blas - Overture Op.95

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Gabriel Piern茅

    Canzonetta, Op.19

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

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Moscow-Cheryomushki Suite (Dances)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: Cheryomushki; The Bolt; etc.
    • Decca.

  • Amy Beach

    Robin Redbreast (Summer Dreams)

    Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov.
    • Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
    • CPO.
    • 402.

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon Op.24 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Khachaturian, Mussorgsky, Shchedrin etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 01.

  • John Sheppard

    Beata nobis gaudia

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell.

  • Richard Strauss

    Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Le贸 Weiner

    Serenade for small orchestra, Op 3 (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Solti - Bart贸k.
    • DECCA.
    • 21.

  • Giulio Caccini

    Amarilli, mia bella

    Singer: Jakub J贸zef Orli艅ski. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • Beyond.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Grainger: Works for Wind Orchestra Vol.4: Royal Northern College of Music Wind O.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon IV

    Ensemble: Le Concert Bris茅. Director: William Dongois.
    • Fontana & Gabrieli: Sonate & Canzone.
    • ACCENT.
    • 6.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 2 in C major, Op 61 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Schumann: The Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010 (Allemande)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.

  • 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales & Martyn Brabbins

    Symphony No 5 (Adagietto)

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Taking Your Leave

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Images.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 14.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Who Killed Cock Robin?

    Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Silence & Music.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.

  • Anon.

    Robin is to the Greenwood Gone

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Virtuoso Music from Italy and England.
    • BIS.
    • 12/1.

  • William Cornysh

    Ah Robin

    Music Arranger: Roderick Williams. Choir: The SDASA Chorale. Ensemble: I Fagiolini.
    • Simunye.
    • Detour.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Hausmusik.
    • EMI.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks - Overture

    Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel. Director: Herv茅 Niquet.
    • Handel: Water Music & Fireworks: Concert Spirituel, Niquet.
    • Glossa.
    • 19.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op.23 no. 4

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • Hyperion.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Verklarte 鈥疦acht鈥���(conclusion)

    Performer: Nicolas B么ne. Performer: Ant么nio Meneses. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • ALPHA.

  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Trois petites pi猫ces: Gigue

    Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: H茅l猫ne Couvert.
    • Compositrices 脿 l'aube du XXe si猫cle.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Recitar!... Vesti la giubba'(I Pagliacci)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giuseppe Patan猫.
    • DECCA.

  • Franz Liszt

    A Faust Symphony (2nd mvt Gretchen)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Liszt: A Faust Symphony.
    • PHILIPS.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Dance (Juba)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach To Black.
    • ALBANY.
    • 28.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto - W.A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Fantasias for 6 Viols: No. 6

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • My Days.
    • Signum Records.
    • 15.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    Concert study no.2 in F major

    Performer: Nicolas Namoradze.
    • Hyperion.

  • Charles Wood

    Hail, gladdening light

    Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Lux Aeterna.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Violin Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • Russian Violin Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.

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