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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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Last on

Mon 14 Dec 2020 09:00

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Hypothetically Murdered, Op 31a (Galop)

    Orchestrator: Gerard McBurney. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Cala.
  • Clara Schumann

    Abendfeier in Venedig (3 Part-songs)

    Ensemble: Studio Vocale Karlsruhe. Conductor: Werner Pfaff.
    • Schumann - Die Chorwerke Vol. 2.
    • EBS.
    • 1.
  • Martin Christian Schultze

    Sinfonia no.3 in D Major (Aria Paysana)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Klingekunst. Director: Sieglinde Gr枚脽inger.
    • Trattamento dell'harmonia: 6 Sinfonias.
    • CPO.
    • 303.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Taubenpost D.965a (Schwanengesang D.957)

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • DG.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Phaeton (Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • APARTE.
  • Hans Pfitzner

    Violin Concerto in B minor, Op 34 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert.
    • CPO.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Notturno no.8 in C major H.2.32

    Ensemble: Mozzafiato. Ensemble: L鈥橝rchibudelli.
    • Haydn: 8 Notturni for the King of Naples.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Johannes Brahms

    In Stiller Nacht (German Folk-Songs Bk.6)

    Singer: Monica Groop. Performer: Alexei Lubimov.
    • ONDINE.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B minor Kk.377

    Performer: Scott Ross.
    • ERATO.
  • Gerald Finzi

    In terra pax Op.39

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Singer: Julia Doyle. Choir: City of London Choir. Performer: Mark Willliams. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • In Terra Pax: A Christmas Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in D major, Op.33 no.2

    Performer: Janina Fialkowska.
    • Chopin Recital: Janina Fialkowska.
    • Atma Classique.
    • 11.
  • Tom谩s M茅ndez

    Cucurrucucu paloma

    Singer: Caetano Veloso. Ensemble: Unknown ensemble.
    • Alma de America.
    • DISCOGRAPH.
    • 11.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto a 5 in C major Op.7`11

    Performer: Anthony Robson. Performer: Catherine Latham. Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • Albinoni: Double Oboe/String Concertos Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 16-18.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic (Nocturne)

    Performer: Jennifer Koh. Performer: Reiko Uchida.
    • Cedille.
  • Tom Lehrer

    Poisoning Pigeons in the Park

    Performer: Tom Lehrer.
    • Songs And More Songs By Tom Lehrer.
    • Rhino Entertainment Company.
    • 13.
  • Cl茅ment Janequin

    Le chant des oiseaux

    Performer: Ensemble Cl茅ment Janequin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    'Posthorn' Serenade, K.320 (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: Die K枚lner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • BIS.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Silver Swan

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • English and Italian Renaissance Madrigals.
    • Virgin.
    • 12.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in B flat minor Op.72 no.13

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances etc.: RPO/Detroit SO/Dorati.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Of the Three Wise Men (The Ballad of the Brown King)

    Singer: Noah Stewart. Choir: The Dessoff Choirs. Orchestra: The Dessoff Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Merriweather.
    • The Ballad Of The Brown King & Selected Songs.
    • Avie.
    • 1.
  • Robert Johnson

    Hit and Take It

    Performer: Anthony Rooley.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Hannah Peel

    Sunrise through the Dusty Nebula

    Ensemble: Tubular Brass. Conductor: Sandy Smith.
    • My Own Pleasure.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Per le porte del tormento (Sosarme)

    Singer: Bejun Mehta. Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • G.F. Handel: Ombra Cara.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 13.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Benvenuto Cellini (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bastille Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • DG.
  • Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition Carol no.6

    • Lance Whitehead

      Christmas Carol

      Music Arranger: Clare Wheeler. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition Carol no.5

    • Chris Westbrook

      Christmas Carol

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

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series volume II.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in E flat major K.375 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Consortium Classicum.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in D major Op.102 no.2

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 20.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony no.6 'Sinfonia Semplice' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • DECCA.

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  • Mon 14 Dec 2020 09:00

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