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Ian Skelly with essential Tudor music and Respighi's Fountains of Rome

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 ´óÏó´«Ã½ archive

1100 Essential Five – this week we suggest five pieces of Tudor music

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • New Year Concert 2012.
    • Sony.
    • 5.
  • Richard Wagner

    Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Liszt at the Opera.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cello Sonata No 4 in C major, Op 102 No 1

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Alexander Lonquich.
    • ALPHA.
  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Choir: Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge. Director: Mark Williams.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Fountains of Rome

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Salve regina a 8

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Call of Rome.
    • Coro.
    • 15.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Toccatina Op.36

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • Kaleidoscope: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in F major Wq.181

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • King Henry VIII of England

    Pastime with good company / Hélas madame

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • DECCA.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no. 2 (Op.73) in D major

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří BÄ›lohlávek.
    • GB´óÏó´«Ã½.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No 1 in E flat major

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • Decca.
  • Isabella Leonarda

    Sonata in D minor Op.16`12

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Marcin ÅšwiÄ…tkiewicz.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Ferde Grofé

    Grand Canyon Suite (Sunset)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Hans-Dieter Baum.
    • Capriccio.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet in A minor, Op 41 No 1 - 4th movement, Vivace

    Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
    • Elias String Quartet - Haydn/Schumann.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 8.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in C major, Op 72 No 7

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Warner.
  • Anna Meredith

    Moonmoons

    Performer: Anna Meredith. Performer: Maddie Cutter.
    • Moshi Moshi.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    Choir: Chapelle du Roi. Conductor: Alistair Dixon.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers (Haven)

    Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III)

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud.
    • Helene Grimaud: Water.
    • DG.
    • 11.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • François Couperin

    Second livre de pièces de clavecin, Ordre 7: No. 2d, Les petits âges. Les délice

    Performer: Jory Vinikour.
    • L'unique.
    • Cedille.
    • 205.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 1 in D major, K. 412

    Performer: Roger Montgomery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Mozart: Complete Horn Concertos.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 501.

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