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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Glazunov's Spring, Essential Handel arias, Robert Carver's Abbey Road

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 – stories behind the music-making of the British Isles.

1100 Essential Five – this week we suggest five essential Handel arias.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cypresses B.152 (no.1)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Dvorak: American Quartet, Cypresses: Hagen Quartet.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    32 Variations for piano in C minor, WoO.80

    Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Beethoven: Variations: Cedric Tiberghien.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah": II. Profanation

    Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • Bernstein: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Suor Leonora d'Este

    Haec dies quam fecit Dominus

    Choir: Musica Secreta. Choir: Celestial Sirens. Director: Laurie Stras. Director: Deborah Roberts.
    • Lucrezia Borgia's Daughter.
    • OBSIDIAN.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schreker

    Dance (Romantic Suite Op.14)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Schreker: The Birthday of the Infanta Suite, Prelude to a Drama & Romantic Suite.
    • Naxos.
    • 15.
  • Steve Reich

    Duet

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simos Papanas. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin.
    • DG.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830: I. Toccata

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • J.S. Bach: 6 Partitas, BWVV 825-830.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 1301.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • The Copland Collection.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in A major (6 Pieces Op.118)

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud.
    • Brahms: Piano music: Helene Grimaud.
    • Regis.
    • 12.
  • The Beatles

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    Ensemble: The Beatles.
    • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
    • Apple Music.
    • 1.
  • Robert Carver

    Mass 'Pater Creator Omnium' for 4 Voices - Gloria

    Choir: Cappella Nova. Director: Alan Tavener.
    • ASV.
  • Robert Carver

    O Bone Jesu

    Choir: Cappella Nova. Director: Alan Tavener.
    • ASV.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G for 2 mandolins RV532

    Performer: Paul O’Dette. Performer: Robin Jeffrey. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Roy Goodman.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Hungarian Dance)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • DG.
  • Karl Goldmark

    'Rustic Wedding' symphony Op.26 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Goldmark: Symphony No. 1, "Rustic Wedding" & Violin Concerto - Dohnányi: Variati.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Serenity [O magnum mysterium]

    Performer: Matthew Sharp. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Decca.
  • Robert Schumann

    Romance Op.94 no.2

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Markus Becker.
    • Music for oboe, oboe d'amore, cor anglais and piano: Albrecht Mayer, Markus Beck.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Léo Delibes

    Coppélia Suite (Prelude; Mazurka)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Famous Ballet Music.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata no.16 in C major, K.545

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse: Frondi tenere... Ombra Mai Fu

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

    Ensemble: LSO String Ensemble. Director: Roman Simović.
    • LSO LIVE.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Feuillet inédit No 4

    Performer: Estelle Lemire. Performer: Louise Bessette.
    • Messiaen: Fête des belles eaux.
    • ATMA Classique.
    • 12.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 6 in D major, Op 60 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E major Kk.206

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 19.
  • Mieczyslaw Karlowicz

    Violin Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

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  • Tue 3 Mar 2020 09:00

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