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Ian Skelly with Essential Bruch, Ailish Tynan, Glazunov's Troubadour Serenade

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 of Max Bruch鈥檚 greatest pieces.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Slava!

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bernstein: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite, Slava!, CBS Music & A Bernstein Birth.
    • Naxos.
    • 201.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove (Allegretto)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 19.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 79 BWV.79 - Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn' und Schild - opening chorus

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    From the Middle Ages, Op. 79: The Troubador's Serenade

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Franz Schubert

    Andantino varie in B minor, D 823 No 2

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Franz Schubert Piano Duets.
    • HYPERION.
    • 2.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Gordian Knot Unty'd

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Alma redemptoris Mater

    Ensemble: Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Music For The Queen Of Heaven.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 5.
  • Billy Mayerl

    The Harp in the Winds

    Performer: Philip Dyson.
    • Billy Mayerl: The Nimble Fingered Gentleman: Philip Dyson.
    • ASV.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La valse

    Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
    • Deutsche Grammophon 479 5524.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Franz Schubert

    Wandrers Nachtlied ('脺ber allen Gipfeln ist ruh'), D768

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Ornamental Air (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Uuno Klami

    Kalevala Suite, Op.23 (Terhenniemi)

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.
    • Klami: Kalevala Suite etc..
    • ONDINE.
    • 6.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Italiana (Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no.3)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Richard Wagner

    Pilgrim's Chorus (Tannh盲user)

    Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Heger.
    • Virgin.
  • Claude Debussy

    La s茅r茅nade interrompue (Preludes, Book 1 No 9)

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • Debussy: Preludes/Children's Corner: Ogawa.
    • BIS.
    • 9.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    The Gnome (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Clara Schumann

    Scherzo no.2 in C minor Op.14

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Romance.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Gavin Bryars

    Ave Regina Gloriosa [Lauda VII]

    Choir: Trio Medi忙val.
    • ECM.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E flat major, Op.7

    Ensemble: Ensemble Paris-Bastille. Director: Fran莽ois Leleux.
    • Francois Leleux - Richard Strauss.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, Op 46 (Finale)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory MacDonald.
    • Nicola Benedetti - Homecoming.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387: I. Allegro vivace assai

    Ensemble: Armida Quartett.
    • Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. III.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 101.
  • Tor Aulin

    Four Watercolours: No. 3. Vaggvisa (Lullaby)

    Performer: Nils鈥怑rik Sparf. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Musica Sveciae.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Nunc dimittis for chorus

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.
    • Da pacem Domine.
    • Ondine.
    • 013.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (Courante)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 (no.5 in G minor)

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
  • John Williams

    Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Arista.

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