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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Emily Bront毛's piano, Essential Operatic Villains, Strauss's Schlagobers Waltz

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.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Running Set

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Naxos.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.2 in A minor Op.13 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • ERATO.
  • Paul Mealor

    Ave Maris Stella

    Choir: Voce New England. Director: Singlecell.
    • Blessing: The Music of Paul Mealor.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 801.
  • Johann David Heinichen

    Dresden Concerto in F major, S 231

    Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerti Musica Antiqua Koln Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 11.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Serenade Op.37

    Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Aziz Shokhakimov.
    • Trip to Russia.
    • Orfeo.
    • 601.
  • Richard Strauss

    Schlagobers-Walzer (Schlagobers Op.70)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Strauss: Schlagobers, Munchen: Detroit SO/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Franz Liszt

    2 Concert studies S.145 for piano

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Transcendental - Daniil Trifonov plays Franz Liszt.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 001.
  • Edward Elgar

    Froissart Overture, Op.19

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Jean d'Estr茅e

    The Buffens

    Ensemble: The Baltimore Consort.
    • The Food of Love: Songs, Dances, and Fancies for Shakespeare.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 1.
  • Richard Strauss

    Schlagobers-Walzer (Schlagobers)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Strauss: Schlagobers, Munchen: Detroit SO/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Romanze

    Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett.
    • MDG.
  • Frantisek Koczwara

    The Battle of Prague

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Orchestra: Berlin Police Orchestra. Conductor: Caspar Richter.
    • Capriccio.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 (transcribed for piano)

    Composer: Franz Liszt. Performer: Leslie Howard.
    • Hyperion.
  • Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria

    Telestri Regina delle Amazzoni (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Batzdorfer Hofkapelle. Director: Daniel Deuter.
    • Talestri - Commedia per Musica.
    • KammerTon.
    • 1-3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata no.2 in A major, Op.100 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • HYPERION.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Valse-caprice in A flat major, Op 76, 'Wedding Cake'

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Konzertst眉ck No 1 in F minor, Op 113 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Wolfgang Meyer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Quartet in G minor K.478 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Skride Piano Quartet.
    • Mozart, Brahms & Mahler: Piano Quartets.
    • Orfeo.
    • 103.
  • Shruthi Rajasekar

    Numbers

    Choir: National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • Young Composers Scheme.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    A Legend of the Skerries, Op 20

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stig Westerberg.
    • Alfv茅n: Symphony No.1; Legend of the Skerries.
    • Swedish Society.
    • 5.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea)

    Singer: Danielle de Niese. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Danielle de Niese: Beauty of the Baroque: The English Concert, Harry Bicket.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • G枚ran Fr枚st

    Klezmer Dance no.2

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony 88875065292.
    • Sony.
    • 3.
  • Frederick Keel

    Trade Winds

    Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Songs by Brahms, Faure, Finzi and Schubert.
    • EMI.
    • 17.
  • Herbert Howells

    Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 21: II. Lento, molto tranquillo

    Performer: David Adams. Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio.
    • Howells: Chamber Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 302.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Th猫me vari茅 for piano

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
  • Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅

    Vals, Op 8 No 4

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E major, BWV.1042 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 Mar 2020 09:00

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