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Ian Skelly

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 musical sunrises.

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

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Thu 17 Dec 2020 09:00
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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    December: Christmas (The Seasons orch Gauk)

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Suite No.4/The Seasons: Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 26.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Prelude in B major, Op 16 No 1

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen. Music Arranger: Martin Frost. Music Arranger: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • Frost and Friends.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.6 in D major 'Le matin' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Haydn: Symphonies no. 6-8@ Freiburger Barockorchester.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Karol Szymanowski

    Narcissus (Myths Op.30)

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

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Le tre Gratie a Venere

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.
    • Amon Ra records.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Prelude and fugue in E minor Op.35`1

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2: Perahia.
    • CBS.
    • 7.

  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (Act 2: Dance)

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • CBS.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in G minor Op.6`8 'Christmas night'

    Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Corelli: The Complete Concerti Grossi.
    • ZIG ZAG.
    • 30-34.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Piano Quintet no.1 in C minor, Op.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin. Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Dohnanyi: Piano Quintets etc..
    • Hyperion.
    • 03.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    The Dance at the Gym

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Singer: Jos茅 Carreras. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG.

  • Franz Schubert

    St盲ndchen (Schwanengesang D.957)

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

  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony no. 4 for wind instruments in B flat major T.285/3`4

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • J.C. Bach: Wind Symphonies: Consortium Classicum.
    • MDG.
    • 11-13.

  • George Butterworth

    Look not in my eyes [6 Songs from "A Shropshire Lad"]

    Performer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Claude Debussy

    Reflets dans l'eau (Images, Set 1)

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • Nonesuch.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Myself I shall adore (Semele)

    Singer: Louise Alder. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Semele.
    • SDG.
    • 10.

  • Erwin Schulhoff

    5 脡tudes de Jazz: No. 3, Chanson

    Performer: Jeanne Golan.
    • It Takes One to Tango.
    • Steinway and Sons.
    • 703.

  • Jonathan Ticher

    Christmas Carol

    Music Arranger: Clare Wheeler. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Tim Tricker

    Christmas Carol

    Performer: Richard Pearce. Music Arranger: Clare Wheeler. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les F锚tes d'H茅b茅 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Rameau/Charpentier: Musique de Ballet: Les Arts Florissants/Christie.
    • Erato.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅 Suite no.2 (Lever du jour)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Daniel Kidane

    Aria Antica

    Performer: Hyeyoon Park. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Many Voices: 10 New Pieces for Violin.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 4.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Romeo og Juliet Op.18

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Svendsen: Orchestral Works Vol. 1: Thorsen / BPO / Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Syrinx

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D Minor K.213

    Performer: David Greilsammer.
    • Sony.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Quartet no.2 in E flat major, Op.26 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • The Yiddish Cabaret.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Hosanna to the Son of David

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

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