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Ian Skelly with Saint-Saens' Rhapsodie d'Auvergne, Guy Woolfenden's Tempest, Essential Brahms

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 works by Brahms.

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

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Wed 25 Mar 2020 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Barcarolle no.4 in A flat major Op.44

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Hyperion.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Dance of Nymphs and Reapers (Suite from The Tempest)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Pr茅lude

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Bach: Cello Suites, BWVV 1007-1012.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites: SNO, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F major Op.31 (Finale)

    Ensemble: Ensemble 360.
    • Spohr: Septet and Nonet: Ensemble 360.
    • ASV.
    • 4.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Rapsodie d'Auvergne in C major Op.73

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Saint Saens: Piano Concertos Nos.3 and 5 etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 01.

  • James Whitbourn

    Lux in tenebris (Luminosity)

    Choir: Commotio. Performer: Levine Andrade. Performer: Henry Parkes. Performer: Andrew Ker. Performer: Steffan Jones. Conductor: Matthew Berry.
    • Whitbourn: Luminosity and other choral works.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet no.9 in G minor, D.173 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony in G minor Op.6`6

    Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Newton Classics.

  • Aaron Copland

    Billy the Kid (Waltz)

    Performer: Paul Watkins. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Tempest, Op 18

    Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Guy Woolfenden

    Full Fathom Five

    Singer: Ian Charleson. Ensemble: Royal Shakespeare Theatre Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Guy Woolfenden.
    • Ariel Music.

  • Guy Woolfenden

    Come unto these yellow sands

    Singer: Ian Charleson. Ensemble: Royal Shakespeare Theatre Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Guy Woolfenden.
    • Ariel Music.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Tempest Op.109 (Dance of the Shapes)

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

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Overture on Hebrew themes Op.34

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Performer: Shirely Laub. Performer: Samuel Nemtanu. Performer: Marc Sabbah. Performer: Bruno Philippe. Performer: Lucas Blondeel.
    • Weinberg - Prokofiev.
    • GENUIN.
    • 8.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Pastourelle (Chants d'Auvergne - set 2)

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Serge Baudo.
    • Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 05.

  • Vincent d鈥橧ndy

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • D'indy: Orchestral Works Vol. 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 03.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Scherzino mexicano

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.

  • Il F谩solo

    Ciaconna 'Acceso mio core'

    Ensemble: Le Po猫me Harmonique. Conductor: Vincent Dumestre.
    • Il Fasolo: Le Poeme Harmonique/Dumestre.
    • Alpha.
    • 17.

  • Frank Bridge

    Fantasy Piano Quartet in F sharp minor

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Performer: Phillip McCann. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Roy Newsome.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Andante

    Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel Variations.
    • Ondine.
    • 3.

  • William Byrd

    Mass for 4 voices (Agnus Dei)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 10.

  • Marcel Louiguy

    La vie en rose

    Performer: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker - Recordings 1978-2010.
    • Warner.
    • 9.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    La Lisonjera, Op. 50 for piano solo

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • The Flatterer.
    • Steinway & Sons.
    • 1.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Sailing at dawn (Songs of the Fleet, Op.117)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Stanford: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.39 in E flat major K.543 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Symphonies nos. 39 & 40: Orchestra Mozart/Abbado.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Wed 25 Mar 2020 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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