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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Essential Piano Studies, Mozart's Prague Symphony, Ben Parry

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

0915 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 great studies for the piano.

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

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Wed 16 Sep 2020 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Scott Joplin

    Peacherine rag

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 4.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 10 S.137 [1615 no.15]

    Performer: Andreas Sieling. Ensemble: Berlin Brass. Conductor: Lucas Vis.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in E flat major, Op.70`2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trios Op.70, No.2 and Op.97.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.38 in D major K.504 'Prague' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Havanaise Op.83

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • EMI.

  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia no.2 in F major Z.733

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Henry Purcell The Complete Fantazias Fretwork.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Now the Great Bear and Pleiades (Peter Grimes)

    Singer: Stuart Skelton. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Paul Hindemith

    Symphonic Metamorphosis (Turandot)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • HYPERION.

  • Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer

    Harpsichord Suite no.2 (L'Amiable; gracieux) [Pieces de Clavecin, 1746]

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • ERATO.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Silver Swan

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • COLLEGIUM.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Music Arranger: Leopold Godowsky. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.

  • Albert Roussel

    Divertissement Op.6

    Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • WARNER.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Partita (Allemande)

    Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.
    • New Amsterdam Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Suite in E minor BWV.996 (Allemande)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Gabriel Jackson

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Choral Music - Byrd / Victoria / Weelkes / Part / Holst / Jackson, G. / Bruckner.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Voi che sapete (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • 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.
    • 7.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations Op.36 (Variation 14, 'E.D.U.')

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar: Cockaigne: 大象传媒 SO, Andrew Davis.
    • Teldec.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Trio (Pantoum)

    Performer: Nash Ensemble.
    • crd.

  • Joachim Raff

    Romeo and Juliet - overture

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Studies - Bk.1 (Fanfares)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Studies - Bk.2 (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.

  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Oboe Concerto in C major RV.450

    Performer: Xenia L枚ffler. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Franz Schubert

    Am Tage aller Seelen [Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen] D.343

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Helmut Deutsch.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • CHANNEL.

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  • Wed 16 Sep 2020 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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