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Ian Skelly with Eleanor's Troubadours, Essential Trumpet Concertos, Strauss's Thunder Polka

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly.

Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

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1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five essential trumpet concertos.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Scherzo romantique for piano

    Performer: Alan Marks.
    • 'The Lady Fainted'.
    • Nimbus.
    • 10.
  • Giovanni Battista Bononcini

    La conversione di Maddalena: In tepidi fiumi

    Singer: Emanuela Galli. Ensemble: La Venexiana. Director: Gabriele Palomba.
    • Glossa.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    A Sussex Overture

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music - suite in D major HWV.349

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Thunder and Lightning Polka Op.324

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • Decca.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 "Salzburg Symphony No. 1"

    Orchestra: Camerata Nordica. Director: Terje T酶nnesen.
    • Mozart: Serenata notturna, 3 Divertimenti & Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
    • BIS.
    • 10-12.
  • Dame Ethel Mary Smyth

    String Quartet in E minor (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Archaeus Quartet.
    • Lorelt.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Welcome sweet and sacred feast Op.27 No.3

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Christopher Whitton. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.
    • NAXOS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Trio Sonata in D minor, RV 63, 'La Follia'

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Pachelbel/Bach/Handel/Vivaldi: Musica Antiqua Koln.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68, 'Pastoral'

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Go from my window

    Performer: Susanna Pell. Performer: Asako Morikawa. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Gibbons: Consorts for Viols.
    • Avie.
    • 21.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Variations concertantes, Op 17

    Performer: Roel Dieltiens. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Mendelssohn: Variations concertantes etc: Dieltiens/Braley.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Johann Baptist Georg Neruda

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • EMI.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    5 Preludes (no.1 in E minor)

    Performer: Carlos Bonell.
    • The Private Collection: Carlos Bonell.
    • Upbeat Classics.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dance of the Cygnets (Swan Lake)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229

    Choir: Vocalconsort Berlin. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • J.S. Bach: Motets.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op 167 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • BIS.
  • Eric Coates

    The Three Bears

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Symphonic Eric Coates.
    • Chandos.
    • 003.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus, K 618

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Mozart: Requiem.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 016.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon in D

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

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  • Tue 7 Apr 2020 09:00

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