Ian Skelly with Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream Scherzo, Jack and Dorothy's Wedding, Essential Vivaldi
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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 Vivaldi.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Polonaise in E flat major, B.100
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.- Dvorak: Slavonic Dances etc.: RPO/Detroit SO/Dorati.
- Decca.
- 15.
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John Ireland
April (Two Pieces)
Performer: Daniel Adni.- EMI.
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Luigi Boccherini
Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D Major, G. 448: III. Grave assai - Fandango
Performer: Johan L枚fving. Performer: Nanako Aramaki. Ensemble: Consone Quartet.- Fandango! Music for Solo Guitar and String Quartet.
- Resonus Classics.
- 10.
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Concerto 脿 5 in C major, Op 9 No 5
Performer: Pierre Pierlot. Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.- Albinoni: Oboe and Violin concertos.
- WARNER Apex.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 4.
- Chandos.
- 005.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Impromptu in G flat major Op.51
Performer: David Fray.- Chopin: Piano Works.
- Erato/Warner Classics.
- 110.
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Henry Purcell
Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z.49, 'Bell Anthem'
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Neal Davies. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: St John's Sinfonia. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.- My Beloved Spake: Anthems by Purcell and Humfrey.
- Chandos.
- 10.
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John Foulds
April-England Op.48`1
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Foulds - Orchestral Works.
- Warner Apex.
- 4.
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Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Ciaccona for solo lute
Performer: Jonas Nordberg.- Eudora.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 4.
- Chandos.
- 005.
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Alexander Glazunov
Valse (5 Novelettes for string quartet, Op 15 No 4)
Ensemble: St. Petersburg String Quartet.- Glazunov: 5 Novelettes etc: St Petersburg String Quartet.
- Delos.
- 4.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)
Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.- Peter Maxwell Davies: A Celebration of Scotland: Scottish Chamber Orch & Choir.
- Unicorn-Kanchana.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Performer: Robert Jordan. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.- Peter Maxwell Davies - An Orkney Wedding With Sunrise and other works.
- LINN.
- 9.
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Jessie Montgomery
Strum
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Azica Records.
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Franz Leh谩r
Gr眉tzner Waltz
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Michail Jurowski.- Lehar: Overtures & Waltzes: Michail Jurowski.
- CPO.
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Benjamin Britten
Playful Pizzicato (Simple Symphony)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- Britten: The Young Person's Guide etc: LSO/ECO/Britten.
- Decca.
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Gustav Holst
Cotswold Symphony H.47 (3rd mvt; Scherzo)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Holst: Cotswolds Symphony.
- Naxos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A Musical Joke K 522 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Ein Musikalischer Spa脽.
- Teldec.
- 014.
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George Butterworth
Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)
Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.- George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Malcolm Arnold
Four Cornish Dances, Op 91
Conductor: Malcolm Arnold. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
- Lyrita.
- 19.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cum dederit dilectis (Nisi Dominus, RV 608)
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Dyer. -
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Le rouet d'Omphale
Performer: Maya Iwabuchi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Saint-Saens: Neeme Jarvi conducts.
- Chandos.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Habanera
Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux. Conductor: Yutaka Sado.- Elatus.
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Crist贸bal de Morales
Parce mihi Domine
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SOLI DEO GLORIA.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Butterflying
Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.- Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
- Signum Classics.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in E flat major Op.33 no.2 'Joke' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.- Hyperion.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Performer: George McIlwham. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies.- Maxwell Davies: Symphony No.6.
- Naxos.
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