Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Essential Shakespeare, Walton's Siesta, Matthew Barley
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 Well known musicians reveal their personal favourite performers.
1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we bring you five pieces inspired by Shakespeare.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Arthur Benjamin
Overture to an Italian Comedy
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Myer Fredman.- Arthur Benjamin: Overture, Symphony, Dances: RPO, Myer Freman.
- Lyrita.
- 1.
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Benjamin Britten
Sailing (Holiday Diary)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Virgin Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV.650
Music Arranger: Andrew Balio. Performer: Andrew Balio. Performer: Bruce Bengtson.- Soli Deo Gloria.
- Delos.
- 201.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Piano Trio no 1 in F major, Op 18 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Aquinas Piano Trio.- Guild.
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Traditional Irish
The Galway Bay Hornpipe
Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.- The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
- Alia Vox.
- 1.
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William Walton
Siesta
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Hyperion.
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Scott Joplin
The Easy Winners
Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Andr茅 Previn.- Joplin: The Easy Winner & Other Rag-Time Music: Itzhak Perlman.
- EMI Classics.
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Max Reger
A Romantic Suite Op.125 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.- Christian Thielemann - Staatskapelle Dresden: Ferruccio Busoni / Hans Pfitzner /.
- Profil Medien.
- 2.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Zefiro Torna
Singer: John Potter. Singer: Douglas Nasrawi. Performer: Stephen Stubbs. Ensemble: Red Byrd.- Factory.
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Ruth Gipps
Horn Concerto, Op.58 (2nd mvt)
Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.- British Horn Concertos: Jacob/Arnold/Bowen/Gipps/Vinter.
- Lyrita.
- 11.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.6 in C major D.589 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.- Symphony No.6, Rosamunde - Incedental Music.
- EMI.
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Alexander Scriabin
Study in C sharp minor, Op.2 no.1
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.- DG.
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Benjamin Britten
Courtly Dances (Gloriana)
Music Arranger: Julian Bream. Ensemble: Julian Bream Consort.- Sony Classical.
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Anton Stepanovich Arensky
Concert Waltz in B flat major
Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Performer: Alexander Markovich.- Teldec.
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Arnold Bax
Mediterranean
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.- Seascapes.
- Chandos.
- 2.
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Gustav Holst
2 Eastern Pictures (Summer)
Performer: Grace Cloutier. Ensemble: Etherea Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Derek Greten-Harrison.- Hymn to the Dawn.
- Delos.
- 202.
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Percy Whitlock
Spade and Bucket Polka (Holiday Suite)
Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- Marco Polo.
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Johann Joseph Fux
Intrada in C major E.62
Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- Carus.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Romance in E minor Hess13
Performer: Patrick Gallois. Performer: Pascal Gallois. Performer: Myung-Whun Chung. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.- Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Violin Romances: Chung Trio/Philharmonia Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Orfeo.
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Richard M. Sherman
Feed the Birds (Mary Poppins) in the style of Brahms
Composer: Donald Fraser. Ensemble: The Shanghai Quartet. Ensemble: The Shanghai Quartet.- Heigh-Ho! Mozart - Favorite Disney Tunes in the Style of Great Classical Compose.
- Delos.
- 1201.
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Astor Piazzolla
Zita (Suite troileana)
Performer: S茅rgio Assad. Performer: Odair Assad.- Saga dos Migrantes: Sergio and Odair Assad.
- Nonesuch.
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Josquin des Prez
Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi [for 24 voices]
Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Director: Paul Van Nevel.- Utopia Triumphans.
- Sony.
- 3.
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Henri Duparc
Aux Etoiles
Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Conductor: Julien Chauvin.- Si j'ai aime.
- ALPHA.
- 11.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major Op.64`5 'Lark' (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo Fantastique, Op.3
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Boulez conducts Stravinsky.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
Broadcast
- Mon 31 Aug 2020 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3