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Ian Skelly with Essential Sibelius and Weinberger's Schwanda the Bagpiper

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Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

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

1010 Essential Symphony 鈥� a movement from the 大象传媒 archive, plus the whole performance available online.

1100 Essential Five 鈥� this week we suggest five great pieces by Sibelius.

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

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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in A flat major Op.46 no.3

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 16.

  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Aesop's Feast, Op 39 No 12

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Alkan: Grande Sonate; Sonatine; Le Festin D'Esope.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in C Major H.7b.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Orchestra: recreation 鈥� Grosses Orchester Graz. Conductor: Michael Hofstetter.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1-2 & Symphony No. 13 in D Major, Hob. I:13 (Live).
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 5.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Surge propera amica mea

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Jarom铆r Weinberger

    Svanda the bagpiper [Svanda dudak] - suite: Polka

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: Karl鈥怘einz Steffens.
    • CPO.

  • Jarom铆r Weinberger

    Svanda the bagpiper [Svanda dudak] - suite: Fuga

    Conductor: Karl鈥怘einz Steffens. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz.
    • Weinberger: Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 106.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Russian Rag

    Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Signum.

  • Trad.

    Hasapiko

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Mediterraneo.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.

  • 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.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No 16 in E flat major, K 428 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Beethoven/Mozart: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Aparte.
    • 9.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne Op.78

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.
    • Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 3, 'Pastoral'

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Six Variations in F major, Op 34

    Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Beethoven: Variations: Cedric Tiberghien.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Strathspey (Four Scottish Dances, Op 59)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Arnold: Homage to the Queen etc, PO / Irving.
    • EMI.
    • 39.

  • Kathryn Tickell

    Brig Set

    Composer: Corrina Hewat. Performer: Kathryn Tickell. Performer: Corrina Hewat.
    • The Sky Didn't Fall.
    • Park Records.
    • 2.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Polka)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Smetana: The Moldau; RLPO, Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.

  • Jorge Cardoso

    Milonga

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Milo拧 Karadagli膰 - Latino Gold.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Berenice, regina d'Egitto (Overture)

    Orchestra: Il Complesso Barocco. Singer: Klara Ek. Singer: Ingela Bohlin. Singer: Romina Basso. Singer: Mary-Ellen Nesi. Singer: Franco Fagioli. Singer: Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani. Singer: Vito Priante. Conductor: Alan Curtis.
    • Handel: Berenice. Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.

  • George Gershwin

    Stairway to Paradise; The man I love

    Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Quintet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Night Ride and Sunrise Op.55

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7.
    • EMI.
    • 009.

  • William Byrd

    Vigilate

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vigilate! Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 9.

  • Dmitri Smirnov

    Lento (Quartet No.2)

    Ensemble: Chilingirian Quartet.
    • CATALYST.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.15 (no.2 in F sharp major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op 75 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Karen Geoghegan. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Chandos.

  • Antonio Est茅vez

    Mediodia en el llano

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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    大象传媒 Radio 3

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