Ian Skelly with Liam Byrne, Borodin's Prince Igor overture, essential fireworks music
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 fireworks music.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Ferdinando Carulli
Duo in G major, Op.34 no.2 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Julian Bream. Performer: John Williams.- Together - Bream; Williams.
- BMG Classics.
- 5.
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Edvard Grieg
4 Norwegian dances Op.35 (no.2)
Music Arranger: Paul Archibald. Ensemble: English Brass Ensemble.- ASV.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Et incarnatus est (Mass in C minor, K.427)
Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.- Mozart: The Weber Sisters.
- Erato.
- 15.
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Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor (Overture)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Borodin: Requiem, Polovtsian Dances and Suite from Prince Igor.
- Signum Classics.
- 201.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
'Italian' Concerto in F major BWV.971 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Murray Perahia plays Bach.
- Sony Classical.
- 8.
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Philip Glass
Violin Concerto no.2 'The American Four Seasons' (4th mvt)
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica.- DG.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Rondo in G minor Op.94
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Anna Polonsky.- Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak.
- Decca.
- 5.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
The Bells, Op.35 (1st mvt)
Singer: Dmytro Popov. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Rachmaninov: The Bells. Symphonic Dances.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger
Canario
Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Performer: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata.- H盲ndel goes Wild.
- Erato.
- 10.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major D.667 'Trout' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alfred Brendel. Performer: Thomas Zehetmair. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Richard Duven. Performer: Peter Riegelbauer.- Schubert: Trout Quintet: Alfred Brendel.
- Philips.
- 2.
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Henry Purcell
O solitude, my sweetest choice Z.406
Music Arranger: Olivia Chaney. Singer: Olivia Chaney.- Nonesuch.
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Edward Elgar
Symphony no.2 in E flat major Op.63 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Elgar: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2.
- Signum Classics.
- 203.
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Hector Berlioz
Villanelle (Les nuits d'茅t茅 Op.7)
Singer: Karen Cargill. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.- Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
- Linn.
- 1.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Alexander's Entry in Pskov (Alexander Nevsky Op.78)
Choir: Mariinsky Chorus. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev. -
Claudio Monteverdi
Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (Sc.1 Sinfonia and Sc.5 Sinfonia)
Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- Night. Stories of Lovers and Warriors.
- Naive.
- 9 + 14.
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Franz Waxman
Taras Bulba (The Ride of the Cossacks)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.- The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1960s鈥1980s.
- LPO.
- 5.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D minor RV.565, Op.3`11
Performer: Georg Kallweit. Performer: Elfa R煤n Kristinsd贸ttir. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Director: Georg Kallweit.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Johannes Brahms
Clarinet/Viola Sonata in F Minor Op.120`1 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Lorenzo Coppola. Performer: Andreas Staier.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC902187.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 002.
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Igor Stravinsky
Fireworks, Op.4
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- BMG.
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Madeleine Dring
Pink Minor; Blue Air; Brown Study (Colour Suite)
Performer: Paul Guinery.- EM Records.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Triple Concerto in C major Op.56 (1st mvt)
Performer: Gordan Nikolitch. Performer: Timothy Hugh. Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Triple Concerto.
- Lso Live.
- 104.
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William Grant Still
Symphony no.3 "The Sunday Symphony" (Prayer)
Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.- Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3.
- Naxos.
- 10.
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Richard Heuberger
Midnight Bells (Der Opernball, Op.40)
Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- Estrellita.
- BIS.
- 12.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St. Matthew Passion BWV.244 (Pt.. 2, Conclusion)
Singer: William Gaunt. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- Bach: St. Matthew Passion.
- Kings College Cambridge.
- 238.
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