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Ian Skelly with Venus from Holsts's The Planets and Essential Sibelius

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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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Fri 8 May 2020 09:00
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Music Played

  • Henry Eccles

    Europe revells in ye Peace

    Performer: John Wallace. Performer: Michael Bochmann. Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Singer: Edward Barham. Choir: Leeds Festival Chorus. Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Boughton.
    • Rule Britanna.
    • Nimbus.
    • 8.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini: Overtures: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Anton Rubinstein

    2 Melodies Op.3 (no.1 in F major)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • The Piano Album 2.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 04.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.2 in D major H.7b.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Trio no.1 in B flat major Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tempest Trio.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 鈥� Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.

  • Gustav Holst

    Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets)

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Performer: Dominic Martens. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Strauss / Holst: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 011.

  • Kemal Belevi

    Cyprian Rhapsody no.1

    Ensemble: Duo Tandem.
    • Kemal Belevi: Guitar Duos.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Tielman Susato

    Suite from Danserye

    Music Arranger: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Ensemble: London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble.
    • ASV.

  • Max Bruch

    Concerto for Clarinet & Viola in E Minor, Op.88 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dimitri Ashkenazy. Performer: Anton Kholodenko. Orchestra: Baltic Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Mats Liljefors.
    • Weber & Bruch: Works for Clarinet, Viola & Orchestra.
    • Paladino Music.
    • 503.

  • Gustav Holst

    Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets)

    Performer: Dominic Martens. Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Strauss / Holst: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 011.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Heute noch, heute noch (Cantata no.211 "Kaffee-Kantata")

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas: Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
    • 18.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, Op 100

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Michael Abels

    Winged Creatures

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Demarre McGill. Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Allen Tinkham.
    • Winged Creatures.
    • Cedille.
    • 101.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (Dona nobis pacem)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Dunedin Consort and Players.
    • Linn.
    • 15.

  • Bill Evans

    Peace Piece

    Performer: Bill Evans.
    • Everybody Digs Bill Evans.
    • Riverside.
    • 7.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (Finale)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet no.2 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Borodin: String Quartets nos 1&2: Borodin Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E flat major, K 252 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Consortium Classicum.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in A minor, Op 59 No 1

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Chopin: Ballades, Mazurkas, Polonaises.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Music Arranger: Myra Hess. Performer: Myra Hess.
    • Philips.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • RCA Red Seal.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • The Sound of Sibelius: Lahti SO, Vanska.
    • Bis.
    • 10.

  • Gottfried Finger

    A Ground in D Minor

    Ensemble: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Conductor: Maurice Steger.
    • Mr Handel's Dinner.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 118.

  • Tarquinio Merula

    Ciaccona

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 14.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Libera me; In Paradisium (Requiem op.48)

    Singer: St茅phane Degout. Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.

  • Claude Debussy

    Serenade for the Doll (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski.
    • Debussy: Images/Children's Corner etc: Simon Trpceski.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Happiness (Waltz Suite Op.110)

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 - Waltz Suite.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade in E minor, Op 20

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Elgar: Orchestral Works.
    • Decca London.
    • 2-4.

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