Ian Skelly with Essential Davina Shum , Strauss's The Blue Danube Waltz and Foulds' Holiday Stekches
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 waltzes.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin (Polonaise)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- EMI.
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Francisco T谩rrega
Capricho Arabe
Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.- Milos: The Guitar.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 14.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV.848
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- DECCA.
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John Foulds
Bells at Koblenz (Holiday Sketches Op.16)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- John Foulds: Keltic Suite & Suite Fantastique.
- Dutton.
- 9.
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Johann Christian Bach
Sextet in C major (1st mvt)
Ensemble: The English Concert.- J.C. Bach: 3 Quintette; Sextett.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 4.
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Giovanni Sollima
Violoncelles, vibrez! for 2 cellos and string orchestra
Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Beno卯t Grenet. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.- Intuition.
- Erato.
- 104.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate (Exsultate, jubilate, K.165)
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Mozart: A Fesival: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
- 2.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Masques et bergamasques
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Chandos.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Bassoon Concerto in F major arr for trumpet (3rd mvt)
Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Saulius Sondeckis.- Echoes from the Past: Nakariakov/Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra/Sondeckis.
- Warner Classics.
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Jennifer Higdon
Harp Concerto (Lullaby)
Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare.- American Rapture.
- Azica.
- 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite no.6 in D major, BWV.1012 (Allemande)
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.- J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
- Sony Classical.
- 10.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Concertino, Op.107
Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Great works for flute and orchestra.
- BIS.
- 007.
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Albert Ket猫lbey
'Appy 'Ampstead (Cockney Suite)
Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Stanford Robinson.- Decca.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G major for 2 mandolins RV.532 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Ugo Orlandi. Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.- Vivaldi: 4 Mandolin Concertos: Orlandi/I Solisti Veneti/Scimone.
- Apex.
- 3.
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Edward Elgar
The Marksman (Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands Op.27)
Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Elgar: The Black Night; Scenes From The Bavarian Highlands.
- CHANDOS.
- 15.
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Leroy Anderson
Bugler's Holiday
Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.- DG.
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Carl Czerny
Sonatina for Piano Trio in G Major (1st mvt)
Performer: Sun-Young Shin. Performer: Benjamin Hayek. Performer: Samuel Gingher.- Czerny: Piano Trios.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden suite)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Efrem Kurtz.- Efrem Kurtz - Profile.
- EMI.
- 002.
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Ari Pulkkinen
Angry Birds (Main Theme)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Skeet.- The Greatest Video Game Music.
- X5 Music Group.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Die Schone Melusine - overture Op.32
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio M茅ndez.- LINN.
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Adolf Schulz-Evler
Arabesques on a theme from 'The Beautiful Blue Danube'
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- DECCA.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Serenade Op.37
Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Aziz Shokhakimov.- Trip to Russia.
- Orfeo.
- 601.
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Anonymous
Ninna nanna
Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
- Virgin Classics.
- 2.
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Louis Couperin
Suite in D minor (Chaconne)
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.- Couperin: Dances From The Bauyn Manuscript.
- Hyperion.
- 7.
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脡douard Lalo
Guitare (Op.28)
Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.- Rare French works for violin & orchestra: Philippe Graffin, Ulster Orchestra, Th.
- Hyperion.
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Luigi Boccherini
String Quintet in E major, Op.11`5 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz no.1
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.- Neujahrskonzert/New Year's Concert 2011; Weiner Philharmoniker/Wesler-Most.
- Decca.
- 2.
Broadcast
- Mon 28 Dec 2020 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3