Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Essential Piano Studies, Rimsky-Korsakov's Procession of the Nobles, Davina Shum
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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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Jan Koetsier
Brass Symphony Op.80 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: tenThing.- 10.
- Warner Classics.
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Josef Suk
Serenade in E flat major, Op.6 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.- Sony.
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Gabriel Faur茅
La Fileuse (Pelleas et Melisande - suite Op.80)
Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Akira Eguchi.- Vanguard Classics.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Procession of the Nobles (Mlada)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture and Suites from the Operas: SNO/Jarvi.
- Chandos.
- 10.
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Arnold Bax
Morning song (Maytime in Sussex)
Performer: Ashley Wass. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- NAXOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in E major, BWV.1042 (1st mvt)
Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos.
- Channel Classics.
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Calum Martin
The Edge of the Sea (Ballantyne)
Composer: Craig Armstrong. Ensemble: The Lewis and Harris Psalm Singers. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.- The Edge of the Sea.
- BMG.
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C茅sar Franck
String Quartet in D (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Fitzwilliam String Quartet. -
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Alexander Glazunov
Concert waltz no. 1 in D major Op.47
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Carlos Gardel
Por una cabeza
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Alexander Sitkovetsky. Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.- Nicola Benedetti: The Silver Violin.
- Decca.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in E flat major Op.20 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Members of Australian Chamber Orchestra.- Bis.
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Enrique Granados
Los requiebros (Goyescas)
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.- Granados: Goyescas: Ohlsson.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
L'aria
Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
- Virgin Classics.
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Paul Dukas
La P茅ri (Fanfare)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Chandos.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet: Valery Gergiev.
- LSO Live.
- 13.
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Arthur Sullivan
Loudly Let The Trumpet Bray (Iolanthe)
Librettist: William Gilbert. Choir: Glyndebourne Chorus. Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- Gilbert & Sullivan highlights.
- Warner Classics.
- 108.
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William Alwyn
Suite for oboe and harp
Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Ieuan Jones.- William Alwyn: Chamber Works Vol.1: Haffner Wind Ensemble of London.
- Chandos.
- 5-7.
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Joaqu铆n Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Los Romeros. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Philips.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Fair Melusina Op.32
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Mendelssohn: Overtures: LSO/Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in A flat major, Op.25 no.1
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
- Sony Classical.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in C minor, Op.10 no.12 'Revolutionary'
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne in E flat major, Op.9 no.2
Music Arranger: David Popper. Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.- Encores as performed by Pablo Casals: Gerhardt/Licad.
- Hyperion.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet in F minor, Op.2 (1st mvt)
Performer: John Fadial. Performer: Janet Orenstein. Performer: Scott Rawls. Performer: Brooks Whitehouse. Performer: Andrew Harley. Performer: Mary Ashley Barret. Performer: Michael Burns. Performer: Kelly Burke. Performer: Lynn Huntzinger Beck.- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; Chamber Music.
- CENTAUR.
- 9.
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Max Richter
Journey [CP1919]
Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- DG.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)
Performer: Sarah Schuster Ericsson.- DORIAN SONO LUMINUS.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
La Mattinata
Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Performer: Vera Makariakova.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony no.7 in E major (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Deutsche Grammophon : 479 7208.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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