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Ian Skelly with essential fireworks music, Jack Liebeck, Saint-Sa毛ns's Phaeton

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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Mon 2 Nov 2020 09:00
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Music Played

  • Paul Hindemith

    Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (March)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • John Dowland

    Come again, sweet love

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Hyperion.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Trumpet Sonata (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rodney Mack. Performer: Karen Walwyn.
    • Albany.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Pha毛ton Op.39

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Saint-Seans: Orchestral Works: Neemi Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat major Op.44 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Farrenc: Piano Trios / Sextet.
    • CPO.
    • 9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV.1043

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Marieke Blankestijn. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Warner.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Netherlands Philhamonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • Dvorak - Symphony no.7 & Zlaty kolovrat.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 3.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Sempre libera (La traviata)

    Singer: Miah Persson. Singer: Andrew Staples. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • BIS.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Alma Redemptoris Mater

    Ensemble: Sequentia.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • Paul Simon

    The Sound of Silence

    Music Arranger: Philip Glass. Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Glass: Glassworlds, Vol. 5.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 401.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy Op.46 (Scots Wha Hae)

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No.6 in D major BWV1012 - Prelude

    Performer: Rachel Podger.
    • CHANNEL.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Erlk枚nig D.328

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Andreas Haeifliger.
    • Schubert Lieder Volume 7: Erlk枚nig.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Helios Op.17

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Nielsen: Aladdin Suite etc: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in A major, Op.7`1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Miroslav Vil铆mec. Orchestra: Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franti拧ek Preisler.
    • Saint-George: Complete violin concertos, Vol.3.
    • AVENIRA.
    • 9.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    Ensemble: Concert Spirituel. Director: Herv茅 Niquet.
    • Handel: Water Music & Fireworks: Concert Spirituel, Niquet.
    • Glossa.
    • 19.

  • Claude Debussy

    Reflets dans l'eau (Images, Set 1)

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Achieved is the glorious work (The Creation)

    Singer: Anna Lucia Richter. Singer: Maximilian Schmitt. Singer: Florian Boesch. Choir: Bavarian Radio Chorus. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Alpha.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Serenata in vano FS.68

    Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • Chamber Music for Horn.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 10.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    All Things Majestic (String Lake)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto (Live).
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.18 in B flat major K.456 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 18 & 19.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Song of the Fates Op.89

    Choir: Eric Ericsons Kammark枚r. Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jaime Mart铆n.
    • Brahms: Works for Choir & Orchestra.
    • Ondine.
    • 201.

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