Ian Skelly with Essential Piano Duets and John Foulds's Keltic Overture
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Ian Skelly
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 for piano duet.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Music Played
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Rued Langgaard
Rose Garden Play: ii Mozart
Ensemble: Nightingale String Quartet.- Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol.2.
- Da Capo.
- 2.
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Otto Nicolai
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Lance Friedel.- Naxos.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Rondo in G minor Op.94
Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Pavel Gililov.- Strauss/Dvorak: Morgen: Mischa Maisky/Pavel Gililov.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 10.
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John Foulds
Keltic Overture Op.28
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- J Foulds, Keltic Suite: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Corp.
- Epoch.
- 1.
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Ludwig August Lebrun
Oboe Concerto no.2 in G minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy.- Lost and Found.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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George Frideric Handel
Streams of pleasure (Theodora)
Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Harry Bicket.- Handel Duets: The English Concert.
- Chaconne.
- 4.
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Alfred Gr眉nfeld
Soir茅es de Vienne Op.56
Performer: Rudolf Buchbinder.- Strauss, Johann ii : Waltz Transcriptions For Piano: Rudolf Buchbinder.
- Elatus.
- 1.
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John Foulds
Keltic Overture, Op 28
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- J Foulds, Keltic Suite: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Corp.
- Epoch.
- 1.
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Gustav Holst
Suite in F major for military band, Op 28 No 2
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.- CHANDOS.
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Georges Bizet
Symphony in C
Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth. -
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in B flat major, RV 383a
Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori.- Rachel: The Music I Love.
- Channel Classics.
- 1.
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Francesco Barsanti
The birks of Invermay
Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas. Conductor: Peter Whelan.- LINN.
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Granville Bantock
Celtic Symphony (4th and 5th mvts)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- Bantock: Celtic & Hebridean Symphonies, The Witch of Atlas: RPO/Handley.
- Hyperion.
- 4-5.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)
Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.- Peter Maxwell Davies: A Celebration of Scotland: Scottish Chamber Orch & Choir.
- Unicorn-Kanchana.
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Malcolm Arnold
Four Cornish Dances for orchestra, Op 91 (No 4)
Performer: Hugh Bean. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.- Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
- Chandos.
- 16.
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
Intermezzo
Ensemble: Dante Quartet.- HYPERION.
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Richard Wagner
Rienzi (Overture)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- Lorin Maazel Conducts Wagner: Vol.2.
- RCA.
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Franz Schubert
Credo - Et Incarnatus Est (Mass no. 6 in E flat major D.950)
Singer: Susan Gritton. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: James Gilchrist. Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Within a Dream. A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox.
- Chandos.
- 2.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Berceuse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)
Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.- Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
- Philips.
- 13.
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Weronika Ratusi艅ska
Sinfonietta for String Orchestra (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Miros艂aw Jacek B艂aszczyk.- Weronika Ratusinska: Works for Orchestra.
- DUX.
- 5.
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Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov
Symphony no.1 in B minor Op.12 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.- Lyapunov: Violin Concerto: Symphony No.1.
- Naxos.
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Scott Joplin
Bethena (A Concert Waltz)
Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Andr茅 Previn.- The Easy Winners & Other Rag-Time Music of Scott Joplin.
- Warner Classics.
- 3.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Va, pensiero (Nabucco)
Choir: Chorus of Opera North. Orchestra: Opera North Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.- Verdi: Nabucco: David Parry.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major Op.20`4 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Dudok Quartet Amsterdam.- Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20, Volume 2, Nos. 1, 4 & 6.
- Resonus Classics.
- 8.
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William Grant Still
Symphony no.2 'Song of a new race' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- CHANDOS.
Broadcast
- Wed 13 May 2020 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3