Boxing Day with Ian Skelly - Michael Morpurgo, Debussy's La bo卯te 脿 joujoux, Roman Christmas
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Ian Skelly's guest is Michael Morpurgo.
Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Our Classical Century - 100 pieces celebrating 100 key moments in classical music in the last century. bbc.co.uk/ourclassicalcentury
1050 This Christmas week, the former Children's Laureate and prolific author Michael Morpurgo shares his cultural inspirations.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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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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脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Trio sonata no. 3 in D major
Ensemble: The Bach Players.- Coviello.
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Gustave Charpentier
Depuis le jour (Louise)
Singer: Nicole Cabell. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Divos & Divas - Various Artists.
- Decca.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto no.5 in A major K.219 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Vilde Frang. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.- Warner.
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Claude Debussy
Le magasin de jouets (La boite a joujoux)
Orchestrator: Andr茅 Caplet. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.- Debussy.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5; Markl.
- Naxos.
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in A major, Op.118 no.2
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Sony Classical.
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Leopold Godowsky
Alt-Wien (Triakontameron)
Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.- Petits-fours - Favourite Encores: Brodosky Quartet.
- Chandos.
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笔茅谤辞迟颈苍
Viderunt omnes
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. -
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Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Praeludium)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Grieg: Complete music with orchestra: Gothenburg SO/Jarvi.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Oboe Concerto after BWV 150, BWV 170 and BWV 49 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Conductor: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Trinity Baroque. Orchestra: The English Concert.- Voices Of Bach Albrecht Mayer.
- Decca.
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Ottorino Respighi
La Befana (Feste Romane)
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Respighi: Orchestral Works: Philharmonia Orch/Simon/Tortelier.
- Chandos.
- 21.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Hark! The herald angels sing
Performer: Raymond Johnston. Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: Worcester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Donald Hunt. Singer: Robert Stringer.- Christmas Carols.
- Naxos.
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Anonymous
Adeste fideles (O come all ye faithful)
Composer: John Francis Wade. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.- Nativitas, A celebration of peace: Choir of New College, Oxford/Higginbottom.
- Erato.
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Trad.
Ding dong merrily on high
Music Arranger: Charles Wood. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Director: Andrew Lumsden.- Christmas from Winchester: Winchester Cathedral Choir.
- Regent.
- 21.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides, Op 26
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.- Decca.
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Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
The Musical Snuff Box, Op 32
Performer: Olga Kern.- Rachmaninov - Sonata No 2, Balakirev - Islamey.
- Harmonia Mundi USA.
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Ottorino Respighi
La boutique fantasque (Valse lent)
Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Rossini-Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque - Davis.
- CBS.
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Giovanni Pacoloni
Passamezzo di Zorzi
Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Nigel North. Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette. Performer: Robert Meunier.- Three, Four and Twenty Lutes, Lindberg etc..
- BIS.
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Isaac Alb茅niz
Triana (Iberia Bk 2)
Performer: Yuja Wang.- Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
- DG.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf: A Triumphant Procession; The duck is alive in the wolf
Narrator: Peter Ustinov. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Ellis.- SANCTUARY RECORDS.
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Sir James MacMillan
The Gallant Weaver
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Pietro Locatelli
Concerto Grosso in F minor, op.1 no.8 ('Christmas Concerto')
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- Locatelli: The Italian Music Master In Amsterdam.
- CHALLENGE CLASSICS.
- 14-16.
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Clara Schumann
Scherzo No.2, Op.14
Performer: William Youn.- Sony.
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Joseph Haydn
Overture in D major H.1a.7
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- BR Klassik : 40357-190010-2.
- BR Klassik.
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Josef Suk
Meditation on an old Czech hymn "St Wenceslas"
Ensemble: Signum Quartet. -
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Giles Farnaby
Dreame; A Toye (Six Dances by Giles Farnaby)
Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.- DECCA.
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Gabriel Piern茅
March of the Little Lead Soldiers
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.- Piern茅 鈥� Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Sleigh with Little Bells; The Drummer (Musical Toys)
Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.- BIS.
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George Gershwin
Gershwin / Arr Heindorf: Rhapsody in Blue: Overture [Live]
Music Arranger: Ray Heindorf. Music Arranger: Ray Heindorf. Conductor: John Wilson. Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra.- Gershwin in Hollywood (Live).
- Warner Classics.
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