Monday with Ian Skelly - Bach, Gyles Brandreth, WW1 Toys
Ian Skelly with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, Gyles Brandreth.
Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today's starter is the chorus Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Bach's Cantata No 147.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history. Naomi Paxton investigates the World War I boom in military-themed children's toys.
1050 This week Ian's guest is the writer, broadcaster, and former MP, Gyles Brandreth, who talks about some of the things that have inspired him throughout his life and career.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's contemplation, today with music for piano and two harps by Paul Hindemith.
Other music on today's programme includes a string quartet by Haydn, a Concerto Grosso by Handel, and the beguiling Adagio from Dvorak's Piano Concerto in G minor.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Magnificat, C75
Choir: Ex Cathedra. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Gabrieli: Sacred Symphonies: Ex Cathedra/Concerto Palatino/Skidmore.
- Hyperion.
- 9.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Waltz in C sharp minor, Op 64 No 2
Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.- Chopin: Piano works: Maria Joao Pires/Pavel Gomziakov.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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Heinrich Marschner
Hans Heiling (Overture)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- German Operetta Overtures: Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marriner.
- Philips.
- 6.
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C茅sar Franck
Sonata for Violin & Piano in A Major (arr. J Delsart for cello & piano) (4th mvt)
Performer: Dmitry Kouzov. Performer: Peter Laul. Music Arranger: Jules Delsart.- French Favorites: Debussy, Franck, Ravel & Chopin.
- Delos.
- 204.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
La Dauphine
Performer: Steven Devine.- Rameau: Complete Solo Keyboard Works.
- Resonus.
- 032.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Cantata No 147)
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.- J.S. Bach: Cantatas nos. 147 & 140: Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists/Ga.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 17.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 33 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Warner Classics.
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Gustav Mahler
Trost im Ungl眉ck (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Singer: Thomas Hampson. Ensemble: Vienna Virtuosi.- DG.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartert in E flat major, Op 64 No 6
Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.- Haydn String Quartets Op 64.
- Chandos.
- 009.
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The British Grenadiers
Ensemble: Band of HM Royal Marines.- Her Majesty鈥檚 Royal Marines.
- Polydor.
- 2383302.
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Time Traveller: Military toys for chidren
Duration: 02:01
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Lillibulero
Ensemble: Band of HM Royal Marines.- Her Majesty鈥檚 Royal Marines.
- Polydor.
- 2383302.
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Hielan鈥� Laddie
Ensemble: Band of HM Royal Marines.- Her Majesty鈥檚 Royal Marines.
- Polydor.
- 2383302.
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Leopold Mozart
Cassation in G major (Toy Symphony) (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- From Kindersinfonie to Bauernhochzeit.
- Challenge Classics.
- 013.
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Teresa Carre帽o
Un r锚ve en Mer, Op.28
Performer: Clara Rodriguez.- Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
- Nimbus.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Chorale Prelude 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ', BWV 639
Performer: Murray Perahia. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.- Sony.
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William Byrd
Ave verum corpus
Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.- Upheld by Stillness.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 013.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- Sleeping Beauty.
- Philips.
- 007.
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Edvard Grieg
Homeward (Lyric pieces - book 7 Op.62)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Grieg Lyric Pieces.
- EMI.
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Johan Halvorsen
Intrata (Suite ancienne, Op 31)
Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.- HALVORSEN: Suite ancienne; Mascarade.
- NKF.
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Cultural Inspirations: Gyles Brandreth talks about the influence of Church Music on his life
Duration: 04:15
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Hubert Parry
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Performer: Daniel Cook. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey.- Hyperion.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in C major HWV.318 'Alexander's Feast'
Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- Concerto Grosso 'Alexander's Feast'.
- ARCHIV.
- 1-4.
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Richard Strauss
Sonatina (Symphony) no.2 'Happy Workshop' (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Armonia Ensemble.- Richard Strauss - Wind Sonatas.
- Berlin Classics.
- 006.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in B flat major K.269
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Mozart: Violin Concertos.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Paul Hindemith
Concert Music for piano, brass & 2 harps, Op 49 (2nd mvt)
Performer: 陌dil Biret. Orchestra: Yale Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Toshiyuki Shimada.- Hindemith: The Complete Piano Concertos.
- Naxos.
- 003.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Chiome d'oro (Madrigals, Book 7)
Singer: Anna Crookes. Singer: Clare Wilkinson. Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.- Monteverdi Fire and Ashes.
- CHANDOS.
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Gioachino Rossini
William Tell (Overture)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Rossini: Overtures: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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