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Ian Skelly with Haydn's Miracle Symphony, essential Halloween music, Matthew Barley

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 for Halloween

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

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Tue 27 Oct 2020 09:00
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Music Played

  • Carlo Francesco Pollarolo

    La vendetta d'amore (Overture)

    Performer: Simon Munday. Orchestra: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • AVIE.

  • Franz Schubert

    Abschied (Schwanengesang D.957)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Performer: Gerold Huber.
    • Schubert: Schwanengesang & 4 Lieder: Gerhaher/Huber.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 7.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Oto帽o Porte帽o (Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas)

    Music Arranger: Ulf-Guido Sch盲fer. Ensemble: Quintette Aquilon.
    • Saisons.
    • Klarthe.
    • 105.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.96 in D major H.1.96 'Miracle' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 1.

  • Henry Purcell

    An Evening Hymn Z.193

    Singer: Michael Chance. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet no.2 in A major Op.81 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Dvorak Quintets Op 81 & 97.
    • Supraphon.
    • 004.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Bleached Memories

    Ensemble: Guitar Trek.
    • Bluetongue.
    • Naxos.
    • 701.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont Overture

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repu拧i膰.
    • Famous Opera Choruses.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 6.

  • John Tavener

    Annunciation (The Protecting Veil)

    Ensemble: Sinfonietta R墨ga. Performer: Matthew Barley.
    • Tavener: The Protecting Veil.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 203.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Tristes appr锚ts (Castor et Pollux)

    Singer: Nadine Koutcher. Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Rameau - The Sound of Light.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 018.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto no.3 in E flat major Op.29 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Romain Descharmes. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.

  • Florence Price

    5 Folksongs in Counterpoint (Clementine)

    Performer: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.
    • Navona Records.

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana (O Fortuna)

    Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Orff: Carmina burana.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 125.

  • George Frideric Handel

    The people that walked in darkness (Messiah)

    Singer: Matthew Brook. Ensemble: Dunedin Players. Director: John Butt.
    • Messiah.
    • LINN.
    • 12.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in A minor Op.132 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Tetzlaff Quartett.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets, Opp. 132, 130 & 133.
    • Ondine.
    • 5.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Patience (Overture)

    Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Owen Edwards.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Bazzini

    The Dance of the Goblins Op.25

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Peter Nagy.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no. 4 "Autochthonous" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Still: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • NAXOS.
    • 9.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Ballade in G minor, Op.118 no.3

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.364 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 1, 5 & Sinfonia concertante.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 107.

  • George Frideric Handel

    S眉sse Stille, Sanfte Quelle, HWV.205 (9 German Arias)

    Singer: Dorothea R枚schmann. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • Handel: Deutsche Arien: Dorothea Roschmann.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Harold in Italy Op.16 (Serenade)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Les Nuits d'茅t茅.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.22 (no.1)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Concertino in E flat major Op.26

    Performer: Kari Kriikku. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • ONDINE.

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