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Ian Skelly with Essential Rhapsodies and Thompson's New Nation Rising

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 musical rhapsodies.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest HWV.258

    Ensemble: Apollo's Singers. Orchestra: Apollo鈥檚 Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • Handel: Dixit Dominus, Zadok the Priest, Ode for Queen Anne: Apollo's Fire, Sorr.
    • Avie.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In the Bottoms: Morning-Barcarolle

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Direct to Tape.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No 1 in D major (6th mvt, Rondo (Allegro))

    Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for 2 Flutes & Bassoon in G Major, TWV 53:G1: III. Largo

    Orchestra: Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra.
    • The Colorful Telemann.
    • Naxos.
    • 203.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for 2 Flutes & Bassoon in G Major - Presto

    Orchestra: Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra.
    • The Colorful Telemann.
    • Naxos.
    • 204.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet no.12 in F major, Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Dvorak String Quartets - Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.
    • 8.
  • Shirley Thompson

    New Nation Rising: Mvt 1; Marshes, Hamlets and Roaming Cows

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Shirley Thompson.
    • RPO.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Caprice Viennois Op.2

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: P茅ter Nagy.
    • Favourite Encores: Kavakos/Nagy.
    • Delos.
    • 9.
  • William Byrd

    I will give laud

    Ensemble: Magdalena Consort. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Signum.
  • Richard Wagner

    Parsifal (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.1 in D major K.412

    Performer: Alessio Allegrini. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos: Allegrini/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

    Quintet for alto saxophone and strings - 3rd mvt

    Performer: Otis Murphy. Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet.
    • Contemporary Voices.
    • Cedille.
    • 10.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding Cake Op.76

    Performer: Romain Descharmes. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che faro senza Euridice? (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Andreas Scholl - Heroes.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Phyllis Tate

    London Fields 鈥 suite: no.3 St James's Park

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Lyrita.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Cryes of London, Part Two

    Choir: Red Byrd. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Nigel Hess

    Congestion Charge (New London Pictures)

    Ensemble: RAF Central Band. Conductor: Nigel Hess.
    • Hess: New London Pictures: Royal Air Force Central Band/Hess.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • 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.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 104.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43

    Performer: Rafael Orozco. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Sonata in A major, Op 2 No 4 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no. 1 (Afro-American) (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony/In Memoriam/Africa (Symphonic Poem).
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Confitebor tibi, Domine (Selva morale e spirituale)

    Ensemble: Cantus C枚lln. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Conductor: Konrad Jungh盲nel.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Waltzes for piano (Op.34), no.2 in A minor

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Chopin: Waltzes: Tharaud.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

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