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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.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Ferdinando Carulli

    Duo in G major, Op.34 no.2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bream. Performer: John Williams.
    • Together - Bream; Williams.
    • BMG Classics.
    • 5.
  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian dances Op.35 (no.2)

    Music Arranger: Paul Archibald. Ensemble: English Brass Ensemble.
    • ASV.
  • 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.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Borodin: Requiem, Polovtsian Dances and Suite from Prince Igor.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Italian' Concerto in F major BWV.971 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto no.2 'The American Four Seasons' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica.
    • DG.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rondo in G minor Op.94

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Anna Polonsky.
    • Alisa Weilerstein - Dvorak.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • 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.
  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Canario

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Performer: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata.
    • H盲ndel goes Wild.
    • Erato.
    • 10.
  • 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.
  • Henry Purcell

    O solitude, my sweetest choice Z.406

    Music Arranger: Olivia Chaney. Singer: Olivia Chaney.
    • Nonesuch.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks, Op.4

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • BMG.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Pink Minor; Blue Air; Brown Study (Colour Suite)

    Performer: Paul Guinery.
    • EM Records.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Richard Heuberger

    Midnight Bells (Der Opernball, Op.40)

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Estrellita.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • 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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  • Wed 4 Nov 2020 09:00

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