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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: The original rock music, Ravel's La Valse, Essential Operatic Villains

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 operatic villains.

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

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Wed 11 Mar 2020 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, H I 105 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: T艒ru Yasunaga. Performer: Georg Faust. Performer: Jonathan Kelly. Performer: Stefan Schweigert. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Haydn: Symphonies 88-92: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 11.

  • Jos茅 Antonio Bottiroli

    Waltz in E Minor, B26 "Verdadero"

    Performer: Fabio Banegas.
    • Bottiroli: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1 鈥� Waltzes.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 2.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O nata lux (Lux aeterna)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; Madrigali; Latin Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Hector Berlioz

    B茅atrice et B茅n茅dict (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Henry Purcell

    Strike the viol (Come ye sons of art)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Maurice Ravel

    La valse

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Baroque and Me

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Improvisations.
    • Warner.
    • 5.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 violins and 2 cellos in D major, RV 575 complete

    Performer: Pablo Valetti. Performer: Mauro Lopes Ferreira. Performer: Oph茅lie Gaillard. Performer: Atsushi Saka茂. Orchestra: Pulcinella Orchestra.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Norwegian Artists' Carnival Op.14

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Guns n' Roses arr. Suzzie Vango

    Sweet Child o' Mine

    Ensemble: Papagena.
    • Somm.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    The Rock, Op 7

    Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2, The Rock: 大象传媒 Philharmonic, Noseda.
    • Chandos.

  • Rick Bamford

    Kilmartin Lithophone

    • Kilmartin House.

  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • Striking A Balance: Contemporary Percussion Music.
    • EMI.
    • 12.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.8 in D major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln.
    • Felix Mendelssohn, String Symphonies.
    • DAS ALTE WERK.
    • 004.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    La Barcheta (Venezia)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Souvenirs De Venise.
    • Helios.
    • 13.

  • Nikita Koshkin

    Usher-Waltz, Op 29

    Performer: Craig Ogden.
    • Tango Nuevo - Craig Ogden.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Waltz Theme (Murder on the Orient Express)

    Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Barcarolle no.5 in F sharp minor Op.66

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 006.

  • Richard Strauss

    Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments Op.4 (Gavotte)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Paris-Bastille. Director: Fran莽ois Leleux.
    • Strauss: Francois Leleus, Swedish RSO, Ensemble Paris-Bastille.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Trio no.1 Op.8

    Ensemble: Trio Kar茅nine.
    • Chostakovitch, Dvo艡谩k & Weinberg.
    • Mirare.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Christopher Purves. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Andante con moto (Tempo di valse) from Symphonic Dances, Op.45 (version for 2 pianos)

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Performer: H茅l猫ne Mercier.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Dvorak:Symphony no. 7 Suite in A major,Budapest Festival Orchestra,Ivan Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Notturno (from notturno e danza)

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Paavali Jumppanen.
    • Ondine.

  • William Byrd

    Mass for 4 voices (Sanctus and Benedictus)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 9.

  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    String Quartet no.4 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Lutos艂awski Quartet.
    • Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Franz Schubert

    Overture in D major D.590 'in the Italian style'

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

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