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Ian Skelly with Mendelssohn's Die sch枚ne Melusine and essential Tudor music

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 An Essential Symphony movement from the 大象传媒 archive.

1100 Essential Five 鈥� this week we suggest five pieces of Tudor music.

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

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Tue 21 Apr 2020 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Trio in G major, K 564 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips. Performer: Malin Broman. Performer: Jesper Svedberg. Ensemble: Kungsbacka Trio.
    • Mozart: Piano Trios 2.
    • Naxos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 3 in E flat Op. 55, 'Eroica': I. Allegro con brio

    Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: London Classical Players. Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies & Concertos..
    • Warner Classics.
    • 105.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Mondnacht

    Singer: Robin Tritschler. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No.4 in D, BWV 828; (1st mvt. Overture)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Fair Melusina Op.32

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mendelssohn: Overtures: LSO/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • Divox.
    • 4.

  • Eric Coates

    Youth of Britain [The Princess Elizabeth] (The Three Elizabeths)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Reginald Kilbey.
    • Classics for Pleasure.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.

  • Alessandro Stradella

    La Susanna - Da chi spero aita, o cieli

    Singer: Emanuela Galli. Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora. Conductor: Enrico Gatti.
    • Glossa.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 100 in G major, 'Military' (1st mvt)

    Director: Christopher Hogwood. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Haydn: Symphony no.104 & 100: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    An Sylvia, D 891

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: John Mark Ainsley.
    • Schubert - Complete Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Chopin/Liszt/Ravel: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.
    • 11.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (M谩 vlast)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • B. Smetana; Ma Vlast: Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Peteris Vasks

    Cantabile for string orchestra

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch.
    • ABC CLASSICS.

  • John Dowland

    Time stands still in gazing on her face

    Performer: Anthony Rooley. Singer: Emma Kirkby.
    • Honey from the Hive: Songs by John Dowland.
    • BIS.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Impromptu, Op 86

    Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • Carnival de Venise.
    • SAIN.
    • 7.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Divertimento

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.

  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Overture; Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • DA CAPO.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite in F major, HWV 348, 'Water Music' (Air; Minuet)

    Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Handel: Fire & Water.
    • Classic FM.
    • 12-13.

  • George Gershwin

    Prelude No 2

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Julius Drake. Performer: Skaila Kanga.
    • Emma Johnson - Encores.
    • ASV.
    • 22.

Broadcast

  • Tue 21 Apr 2020 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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