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Ian Skelly with Essential Piano Duets

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.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sophie Yates.
    • La Sophie: Sophie Yates.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.2 in C minor, Op.17 'Little Russian' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky.
    • Onyx.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Reflets dans l'eau (Images, Book 1, No.1)

    • Debussy, Ginastera & Others: Piano Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Eije Oue.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Iiro Rantala

    My Finnish Calendar - May

    Performer: Iiro Rantala.
    • Act.
  • Otto Nicolai

    Moon chorus (The Merry Wives of Windsor)

    Choir: Wiener Singverein. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • SONY.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in B flat Op 7 No 1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • DG.
  • Jean Sibelius

    2 Serenades Op.69 (no.1 in D major)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Philip Glass

    'Heroes' Symphony: VI. V2 Schneider

    Composer: David Bowie. Orchestra: American Composers Orchestra. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • POINT.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in B flat major D.898 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Schubert Piano Trios 1&2.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 36 in C major, K 425, 'Linz'

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Solyom.
  • Franz Waxman

    Carmen Fantasy

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Warner.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Conifer.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅 Suite no.2 (Lever du jour)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in A major, Op 4 No 3

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • LINN.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in E minor Op.72 No. 2

    Performer: Lily Maisky. Performer: Karin Lechner.
    • Live from the Lugano Festival 2008.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 213.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8

    Performer: Zdenka Hrsel. Performer: Martin Hr拧el. Ensemble: Prague Piano Duo.
    • Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances opp. 46 & 72: Prague Piano Duo.
    • Praga Digitals.
    • 8.
  • Jos茅 Maur铆cio Nunes Garcia

    Requiem Mass: VI: Sanctus - Benedictus

    Singer: Matti Tuloisela. Singer: Betty Allen. Singer: Willie Brown. Singer: Doralene Davis. Choir: Morgan State University Choir. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • SONY.
  • Jos茅 Maur铆cio Nunes Garcia

    Requiem Mass: VII: Agnus Dei

    Singer: Matti Tuloisela. Singer: Betty Allen. Singer: Willie Brown. Singer: Doralene Davis. Choir: Morgan State University Choir. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • SONY.
  • Jos茅 Maur铆cio Nunes Garcia

    Requiem Mass: VIII: Lux Aeternam

    Singer: Betty Allen. Singer: Matti Tuloisela. Singer: Willie Brown. Singer: Doralene Davis. Choir: Morgan State University Choir. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • SONY.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le Nozze di Figaro - Overture

    Music Arranger: Johann Went. Ensemble: Bl盲ser der Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K 492 & La clemenza di Tito, K. 492.
    • Orfeo.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Porgi amor (Le nozze di Figaro)

    Music Arranger: Johann Went. Ensemble: Bl盲ser der Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K 492 & La clemenza di Tito, K. 492.
    • Orfeo.
    • 103.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Non pi霉 andrai (Le Nozze di Figaro)

    Music Arranger: Johann Went. Ensemble: Bl盲ser der Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K 492 & La clemenza di Tito, K. 492.
    • Orfeo.
    • 109.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Passacaglia on an Old English Tune

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Performer: Sophia Rahman.
    • Rebecca Clarke: Violin Sonata, Dumka.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Richard Strauss

    Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Lise Davidsen. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Decca.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Gordian knot unty'd, Z.597

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Pirates of Penzance (Overture)

    Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 2.

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