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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Soler's Fandango, Liszt's Irish Extravaganza

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly.

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0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today's starter is Soler's Spanish-infused Fandango, arranged for ensemble by Christina Pluhar. Other highlights include a piano concerto by German Romantic Emilie Mayer, and Vaughan Williams's tune-packed overture to The Wasps.

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Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Folk Festival (The Gadfly)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol.2: 大象传媒 Phil, Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Ernest Bloch

    Prayer

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Director: Candida Thompson.
    • Prayer.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue in C Major, BWV 531

    • Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 3.
    • BIS.
    • 102.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.

  • Eva Dell'Acqua

    Villanelle [With the swallow]

    Singer: Edita Gruberov谩. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Eichhorn.
    • Orfeo.

  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Fandango

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Los Pajaros Perdidos: L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 19.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.13 'Path茅tique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8,15,27 & 30: Jonathan Biss.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Imperial March

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Sullivan: Irish Symphony, Imperial March, Victoria and Merrie England & In Memor.
    • CPO.
    • 201.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Spheres

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London. Director: Nigel Short.
    • Ola Gjeilo.
    • Decca.
    • 002.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Carnival Overture, Op 92

    Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Sony.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Concerto in B flat major: I. Allegro

    Conductor: Sebastian Tewinkel. Orchestra: Neubrandenburger Philharmonie.
    • Mayer: Symphony No. 4, Piano Concerto, String Quartet & Piano Sonata.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 201.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quintet No 4 in D major, G 448 (Grave assai, Fandango)

    Performer: Carles Trepat. Performer: Daniel Tummer. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Boccherini: La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 15.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in G major op 37 no 2

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 8 Aug 2019 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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