Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Essential Shakespeare, Anna Lapwood
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 – this week we bring you five pieces inspired by Shakespeare.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
Last on
Music Played
-
Johann Pachelbel
Canon in D
Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.- Atma Classique.
-
Hubert Parry
Long since in Egypt's plenteous land (Judith)
Choir: Worcester Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.- Decca.
-
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Quartet in D major, K.285 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Guy Eshed. Ensemble: Ensemble 360.- Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major, K285, etc.: Ensemble 360.
- ASV.
- 3.
-
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Wasps (Overture)
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.- Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works including Symphony no.3, The Wasps Overture,.
- HALLE.
- 7.
-
Lalo Schifrin
Mission Impossible
Music Arranger: Ensemble Triptikh. Ensemble: Ensemble Triptikh.- Grand Écran.
- Ad Vitam Records.
- 101.
-
Lili Boulanger
Vieille prière bouddhique
Singer: Raymond Amade. Choir: Chœurs Élisabeth Brasseur. Performer: Jean-Jacques Grunenwald. Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux. Conductor: Igor Markevitch.- Everest.
-
Francesca Caccini
Ciaccona
Performer: Luigi Cozzolino. Ensemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini. Director: Gian Luca Lastraioli.- Maria, dolce Maria.
- Brilliant Classics.
- 3.
-
Georges Bizet
Au Fond du Temple Saint (The Pearl Fishers)
Singer: John Aler. Singer: Gino Quilico. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.- Bizet: Les Pecheurs du Perles.
- Warner Classics.
- 106.
-
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso in G minor Op.6`8 'Christmas night'
Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.- Corelli: The Complete Concerti Grossi.
- ZIG ZAG.
- 30-34.
-
Louise Farrenc
Overture in E flat major Op.24
Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph König.- Farrenc: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 6.
-
George Gershwin
Girl Crazy Suite
Orchestrator: Bill Elliott. Music Arranger: Barbara Hannigan. Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: Ludwig Orchestra. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.- Crazy Girl Crazy.
- Alpha.
- 7.
-
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Valse Suite, Op.71 (Andante)
Performer: Monica Gaylord.- Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
- MUSIC & ARTS.
- 24.
-
John Barry
Chinon / Eleanor's Arrival (The Lion in Winter)
Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.- Silva Screen Records.
-
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Passover Psalm Op.30
Singer: Eva Urbanová. Choir: Slovak Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
-
Ludwig van Beethoven
7 Variations on 'Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen' from Mozart's Die Zauberflote
Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley.- Beethoven: Complete Sonatas and Variations for Cello and Piano.
- Erato.
- 6.
-
Giuseppe Verdi
Witches' Chorus (Macbeth)
Choir: Chorus of Welsh National Opera. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Richard Armstrong.- Verdi Choruses.
- EMI.
- 006.
-
Giuseppe Verdi
Patria Oppressa! (Macbeth)
Choir: Chorus of the Welsh National Opera. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Richard Armstrong.- Verdi Choruses.
- EMI.
- 005.
-
Trad.
My heart's in the highlands
Music Arranger: Joseph Haydn. Performer: Melvyn Tan. Performer: Alison Bury. Performer: Anthony Pleeth.- Meridian.
-
Arvo Pärt
My heart's in the Highlands
Singer: Stephen Wallace. Performer: Matthew Owens.- Black Box.
-
AntonÃn Dvořák
Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Dvorak:Symphony no. 7 Suite in A major,Budapest Festival Orchestra,Ivan Fischer.
- Channel Classics.
- 1.
-
Judith Weir
Piano Concerto (The Sweet Primeroses)
Performer: Xak Bjerken. Ensemble: Ensemble X.- ALBANY.
-
Anoushka Shankar
Lasya
Performer: Manu Delago. Performer: Bernhard Schimpelsberger. Performer: Pirashanna Thevarajah. Performer: Kenji Ota.- DG.
-
Arthur Sullivan
When the Buds are Blossoming (Ruddigore)
Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: Marilyn Hill Smith. Singer: Joan Davies. Orchestra: New Sadler’s Wells Opera. Conductor: Simon Phipps.- TER.
-
Francisco Tárrega
Etude in A major
Performer: Julian Bream.- SONY.
-
Sergey Rachmaninov
The Bells Op.35 (2nd mvt)
Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Warner Classics.
Broadcast
- Fri 4 Sep 2020 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3