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Ian Skelly with Essential Rondos and Grainger's Hill Song No 2

Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Ian Skelly

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

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five great pieces in rondo form.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Domenico Cimarosa

    Judith - Overture

    Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Hal谩sz.
    • Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 7.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No.6 in E minor, BWV.830 (Toccata)

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • J.S. Bach: 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830, Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 15.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for flute, piano and chamber orchestra (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Diana Ambache. Ensemble: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • Liberte, Egalite, Sororite.
    • Ambache.
    • 18.
  • John Taverner

    Agnus Dei (Missa Corona Spinea)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Taverner: Missa Corona Spinea, Gaude plurimum, In Pace.
    • HYPERION.
    • 5.
  • Percy Grainger

    Hill Song No 2

    Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Mercury Living Presence.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    3 Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 5.
  • George Frideric Handel

    No, di voi non vo' fidarmi, HWV.189

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Judith Nelson. Performer: Susan Sheppard. Performer: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Handel: Cantatas Nos. 36 & 37 etc..
    • Oiseau Lyre.
    • 4.
  • Amy Beach

    Berceuse, Op.40 no.2

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Children's Cello.
    • BIS.
    • 17.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Dances of Galanta

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Kodaly: Psalmus hungaricus, Marossz茅k Dances, Gal谩nta Dances: Fischer.
    • Hungaroton.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI:23

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
    • ONYX.
  • George Butterworth

    Bredon Hill (In Summertime on Bredon)

    Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Songs Of War.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.
  • Patrick Hadley

    Kinder Scout

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Jean Sibelius

    The Oceanides, Op 73

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • EMI.
  • Max Richter

    Sunlight

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: Natalia Bonner. Performer: Rico Costa. Performer: John Metcalfe. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Deustche Grammophon.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 11 in A major, K 331 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonatas/Fantasies: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    3 Slavonic rhapsodies Op.45: no.3 in A flat

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • IMG Artists.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Presto in C major

    Ensemble: Arditti Quartet.
    • MONTAIGNE.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pavane, Op 50

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Ornamental Air (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon 'in echo duodecimi toni' 脿 10

    Music Arranger: Eric Crees. Performer: Christopher Martin. Performer: John Hagstrom. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass. Conductor: Mark Ridenour.
    • CSOR.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccio Brillante in B minor, Op.22

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

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