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Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

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  • Richard Strauss

    Also sprach Zarathustra Op.30 (Introduction)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Strauss.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 36.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Aria (Bachiana brasileira no.5)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: New World Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.
    • 5.
  • Carlo Arrigoni

    Sonata for mandolin & violin in E minor

    Performer: Davide Ferella. Performer: Barbara Altobello. Ensemble: Accademia degli Erranti.
    • Tiranni affetti.
    • Dynamic.
    • 20-23.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in D minor, K.397

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonatas/Fantasies: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No.1 in F minor, Op.10 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
    • BIS.
  • Paule Maurice

    The Bumblebee (Pictures of Provence)

    Performer: Julia Nolan. Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet in G major Op.106

    Performer: Kleio Quartet.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Chaconne (Les Indes galantes)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
    • Archiv.
    • 17.
  • Franz Schubert

    Heidenroslein D.257 and Improvisation

    Composer: Fergus McCreadie. Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Music Arranger: Chaos String Quartet. Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Trois po猫mes de St茅phane Mallarm茅, M. 64: No. 2, Placet futile

    Performer: Andrew Matthews-Owen. Singer: Claire Booth.
    • Paris 1913: L'offrande lyrique.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 5.
  • Paule Maurice

    The Bumblebee (Pictures of Provence)

    Performer: Julia Nolan. Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.
  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic Dances, Op 64 (No 3, Allegro giocoso)

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

    Sonata in D minor for cello and piano

    Performer: Santiago Ca帽贸n-Valencia. Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Suite in Old Style (4th & 5th mvts)

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Vaiva Eidukaityt臈-Storastien臈. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras.
    • String Paths.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 008.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Spem in alium. Vidi aquam.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Andante Soave, Op.5 no.6

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn - Piano Music.
    • BIS.
    • 17.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Simax.
  • Thomas Arne

    Where the bee sucks (The Tempest)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • The pure voice of Emma Kirkby.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Suite proven莽al: I: Anim茅

    Conductor: Michel Plasson. Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse.
    • DG.
  • Bobby Scott

    A Taste Of Honey

    Composer: Ric Marlow. Lyricist: Bobby Scott. Lyricist: Ric Marlow.
    • The Essential Herb Alpert.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 5.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Marche Slave, Op.31

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • ORFEO.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in F major, HWV.293 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Lauda Jerusalem, RV 609

    Singer: Joowon Chung. Singer: Hanna Herfurtner. Choir: Salzburger Bachchor. Ensemble: Bach Consort Wien. Conductor: Rub茅n Dubrovsky.
    • Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Gloria & Other Works (Live).
    • Gramola Records.
    • 18.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.
    • Encores as performed by Pablo Casals: Gerhardt/Licad.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto in One Movement

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement: Andantino - Allegretto.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.
  • Stephen Sondheim

    Send In The Clowns

    Performer: Gary Beecher. Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Horn Concerto, Op. 58: I. Con moto

    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 3.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The 49th Parallel (Prelude. Opening Titles)

    Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40: IV. Finale. Allegro con brio

    Performer: Stephen Stirling. Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Brahms: Piano Trios 1-3, Clarinet Trio & Horn Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.85 in B flat major 'La Reine' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker. Conductor: Thomas Fey.
    • HANSSLER.

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