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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Essential Piano Studies, The Toy Symphony, Leon Bosch

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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Fri 18 Sep 2020 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Over the hills and far away - children's march

    Ensemble: Kongelige norske marines musikkorps. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Naxos.

  • Linda Buckley

    From Ocean's Floor: III. Sun and Moon

    Performer: Linda Buckley. Singer: Iarla 脫 Lion谩ird. Ensemble: Crash Ensemble.
    • From Ocean's Floor.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 103.

  • Leopold Mozart

    Cassation in G major (Toy Symphony) (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • From Kindersinfonie to Bauernhochzeit.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 013.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 55 No 2

    Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
    • RCA.

  • Juan Garc铆a de Z茅spedes

    Convidando est谩 la noche

    Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • New World Symphonies - Baroque Music from L:atin America: Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey S.
    • Hyperion.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Pohjola's daughter - symphonic fantasia, Op 49

    Orchestra: Tampere Filharmonia. Conductor: Tuomas Hannikainen.
    • Sibelius Symphony No. 2 / The Oceanides / Pohjola's Daughter.
    • ONDINE.
    • 02.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op.101 no.7

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: J茅r么me Ducros.
    • Capriccio 鈥� violin pieces.
    • Virgin.
    • 5.

  • Leopold Mozart

    Cassation in G major (Toy Symphony) (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • From Kindersinfonie to Bauernhochzeit.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 013.

  • George Frideric Handel

    "Mi lusinga", from Alcina

    Singer: Della Jones. Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Handel: Alcina.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Fela Sowande

    Joyful Day (African Suite)

    Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.

  • Franz Schubert

    Quintet in A Major for piano and strings 'Trout' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jan Panenka. Performer: Franti拧ek Po拧ta. Ensemble: Smetana Quartet.
    • Supraphon.

  • Galina Grigorjeva

    Salve Regina

    Choir: Theatre of Voices. Ensemble: Yxus Quartet. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • ONDINE.

  • Leopold Mozart

    Cassation in G major (Toy Symphony) (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • From Kindersinfonie to Bauernhochzeit.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 013.

  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Musical toys for piano: no.13; The Drummer

    Performer: Mei Yi Foo.
    • Musical Toys.
    • ODRADEK.
    • 13.

  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Musical toys for piano: no.14; Forest musicians

    Performer: Mei Yi Foo.
    • ODRADEK.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Toy Symphony Op.62 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Tom Hammond.
    • Orchid.

  • John Cage

    Suite for Toy Piano

    Performer: Margaret Leng Tan.
    • ECM.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Louis' Loops

    Performer: Errollyn Wallen.
    • Errollyn.
    • AVIE.
    • 10.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Classical Hits: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Louis James Alfred Lef茅bure鈥怶茅ly

    Sortie in E flat major

    Performer: Roger Judd.
    • HERALD.

  • Leonel Power

    Missa Alma redemptoris mater: Gloria

    Ensemble: Trio Medi忙val.
    • ECM.

  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.9

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deustche Grammophon.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sovente il sole, from Andromeda liberata

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Troubled Water (Spiritual Suite)

    Performer: Maria Corley.
    • SOULSCAPES: PIANO MUSIC BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN.
    • Albany.
    • 20.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition orch Ravel)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Conductor: Fritz Reiner. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • RCA.

  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    September Rhapsody (Piano Trio in A major)

    Performer: Leila Rasonyi. Performer: L谩szl贸 Feny艖. Performer: Alpaslan Ertungealp.
    • Marco Polo.

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