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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Jessie Grimes, Saint-Sa毛ns' Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, Essential Haydn

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 favourite performers.

1100 Essential Five 鈥� this week we bring you five great pieces of music composed by Joseph Haydn.

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

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Tue 6 Oct 2020 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major Op.34 no.1

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin - The Complete Waltzes.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Locus iste

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Karl Jenkins: Motets.
    • DG.
    • 10.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.55 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs Op.79

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for Strings, Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Conrad van Alphen.
    • Grieg/Dvorak/Elgar: Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra/van Alphen.
    • Telarc.
    • 8.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Mondnacht

    Singer: Robin Tritschler. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Hyperion.

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Swedish rhapsody no.2 Op.24

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    I know that my Redeemer liveth

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Director: Owen Rees.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • WARNER.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto no.2 in G minor, Op.63 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • James Ehnes Plays Prokofiev.
    • Chandos.
    • 012.

  • Franz Schubert

    The Shepherd on the Rock, D.965

    Singer: Ailish Tynan. Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Christopher Glynn.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Brass Quintet no.1 Op.73 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass.
    • BIS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Festival Coronation March

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture: Valery Gergiev.
    • Mariinsky.
    • 9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite no.5 in G major BWV.816 (Gigue)

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Bach: The French Suites: Glenn Gould.
    • CBS.
    • 32.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Wind Quintet, Op.43 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Carl Nielsen / Paul Taffanel - Wind Quintets.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata no.24 in F Major, K.376 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vineta Sareika. Performer: Amandine Savary.
    • Mozart: Piano and Violin Sonatas, K. 376, K. 379 & K. 526.
    • MUSO.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Ebony concerto

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • HMV.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in D major H.7b.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Haydn: Cello concertos in C & D, Sinfonia Concertante.
    • RCA.
    • 7.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Autumn Gardens (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rautavaara: Gift of Dreams, Autumn Gardens.
    • Ondine.
    • 6.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka in A major

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Smetana: Polkas: Andras Schiff.
    • Teldec.
    • 8.

  • Fela Sowande

    Nostalgia (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 7.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Piano Quartet in A major Op.30 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • Chandos.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Preludio (Guitar suite no.2 in D)

    Performer: Gerald Garcia.
    • The Latin American Guitar.
    • NAXOS.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G major, BWV.1048

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

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