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Ian Skelly with Essential Khachaturian, Strauss's Treasure Waltz and Wallis Giunta

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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Tue 29 Dec 2020 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto No 3 in A major, Wq 172 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy. Director: Bernard Labadie.
    • CPE Bach: Cello Concertos - Truls Mork.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.

  • William Bolcom

    The Graceful Ghost (3 Ghost Rags)

    Ensemble: Aeolus Quartet.
    • Longhorn Music.

  • Franz Schubert

    Sechs Moments Musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: I. Moderato

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
    • A Schubert Journey.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Schatz-Walzer, Op.418 (The Gypsy Baron)

    Music Arranger: Anton Webern. Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • CAPRICCIO.

  • Traditional

    Rolig Pers Polska

    Music Arranger: Hans Ek. Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K216 (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • George Frideric Handel

    For unto us a child is born (Messiah)

    Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: Messiah: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

  • Hans Kunstovny

    Swinnerton's Dream [after Elgar's Sonata no. 1]: 4th mvt

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • British Music for Strings I.
    • CPO.
    • 204.

  • Gordon Jacob

    Concerto for trombone and orchestra: 2nd mvt; Adagio molto

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • British Trombone Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Jessie Montgomery

    Strum

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Samuel Barber

    The monk and his cat (Hermit Songs)

    Singer: Leontyne Price. Performer: Samuel Barber.
    • Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915: Various.
    • Masterworks Portrait.
    • 10.

  • Michael Praetorius

    Terpsichore (selected dances)

    Composer: Pierre Francisque Caroubel. Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.
    • EMI.

  • Charles Gounod

    O Dieu! que de bijoux... Ah! je ris (Faust)

    Singer: Sumi Jo. Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Giuliano Carella.
    • Les bijoux, French arias: Sumi Jo/English Chamber Orchestra/Carella.
    • Erato.

  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    The Jewels of the Madonna (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI CLassics.

  • Traditional Irish

    The Gold Ring Jig

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
    • The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 8.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Souvenirs de Bayreuth

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • ALPHA.

  • Jeannette Sorrell

    Cold Frosty Morning / Old Christmas / Breakin' Up Christmas

    Performer: Jeannette Sorrell. Performer: Amanda Powell. Music Arranger: Ren茅 Schiffer. Music Arranger: Tina Bergmann. Music Arranger: Jeannette Sorrell. Ensemble: Apollo鈥檚 Fire.
    • AVIE.

  • Robert Schumann

    Abegg variations Op.1

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Champs Hill Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Arr. M. Knight for Brass Septet): Part VI: Nun seid

    Ensemble: Septura.
    • Christmas with Septura.
    • Naxos.
    • 402.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Sextet in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 2 (Suite no.2 for jazz band)

    Orchestra: Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.
    • NAXOS.

  • Thomas Canning

    Fantasy on a hymn tune by Justin Morgan

    Orchestra: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • American Dreams.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite) in A major TWV 55:a2 (Minuets I & II; Rejouissance)

    Performer: Erik Bosgraaf. Ensemble: Cordevento.
    • Brilliant Classics 95248.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 11.

  • 脫lafur Arnalds

    For Now I Am Winter

    Composer: Arnor Dan Arnarson. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Performer: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes Op.27 (no.2 in D flat major)

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Nelson Freire: Chopin, The Nocturnes.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • William Walton

    Five Bagatelles: no.4 Sempre espressivo & no.5 Con slancio

    Performer: Julian Bream.
    • The Essential Julian Bream.
    • RCA.
    • 11-12.

  • Karl Goldmark

    In Italien, Op. 49

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabrice Bollon.
    • Goldmark: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 2.
    • CPO.
    • 301.

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