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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Essential Entrances, Holst's Beni Mora, Finzi's Apples

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

Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Musical Time Travellers 鈥� stories behind the music-making of the British Isles.

1100 Essential Five 鈥� this week we suggest five essential grand musical entrances.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

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Thu 6 Feb 2020 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

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

  • Leonardo Vinci

    Prende ardire e si conforta (from Didone abbandonata)

    Singer: Sunhae Im. Ensemble: Teatro del Mondo. Conductor: Andreas K眉ppers.
    • Didone abbandonata.
    • CPO.
    • 5.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Romance in F minor Op.11

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Variations on a theme of Paganini

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Rachmaninov:Suite No.2 /Ravel a Valse/Lutoslawski:/Paganini Variations - Argeric.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • Gustav Holst

    First Dance (Beni Mora)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Live In Rome.
    • Gimell.
    • 8.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op.70 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Novus String Quartet. Performer: Lise Berthaud. Performer: Oph茅lie Gaillard.
    • Tchaikovsky: String Quartet & Souvenir de Florence.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 5.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Suite in Old Style (1st mvt)

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Vaiva Eidukaityt臈-Storastien臈. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Dies natalis, Op 8

    Singer: Wilfred Brown. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Finzi.
    • EMI.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Nightingales (7 Partsongs, Op 17 No 5)

    Conductor: Christopher Robinson. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Shortening Days (A Young Man's Exhortation)

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: John Mark Ainsley.
    • Naxos.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Proud Songsters (Earth and Air and Rain)

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.

  • Maurice Ravel

    La vall茅e des cloches (Miroirs)

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Muzio Clementi

    Sonatina No 5 in G major for keyboard, Op 36

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • HYPERION.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Aladdin Suite (Oriental Festival March)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Nielsen: Flute Concerto - Clarinet Concerto - Aladdin Suite.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 301.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a "St. Anthony Variations"

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73.
    • BIS.
    • 201.

  • Hubert Parry

    I was glad

    Choir: The Sixteen. Performer: Robert Quinney. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A New Heaven, The Sixteen.
    • UCJ.
    • 1.

  • Marietta Veulens

    Campanas consonantes

    Performer: Marietta Veulens.
    • Marietta Veulens: Piano Cubano.
    • Lontano Records.
    • 5.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major 'Classical'

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Maurice Jarre

    Lawrence of Arabia (Lawrence and the Desert)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • LPO.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cum dederit dilectis (Nisi Dominus, RV 608)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Dyer.

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Intermezzo

    Ensemble: Dante Quartet.
    • HYPERION.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Belshazzar's Feast, Op 51 (No 1, 'Alla marcia')

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Bis.

  • Manuel de Falla

    El Sombrero de tres picos - suite no. 2

    Orchestra: Orchestre national d'脦le-de-France. Conductor: Enrique Mazzola.
    • Manuel de Falla.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 19-21.

Broadcast

  • Thu 6 Feb 2020 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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