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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 Some recommendations for contemporary classical works .

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we bring you five great pieces of music for the harp.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 8 Jan 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Judith Weir

    Ave Regina Caelorum

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • The Marian Collection.
    • Delphian.
    • 1.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt.
    • DaCapo.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite in D major)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel - Au Temps de Louis XV: Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Saval.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    At the Holy Mountain (Poetic Tone Pictures)

    Performer: Elena Bashkirova.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Poetic Tone Pictures.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 113.
  • Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier

    Te Deum H.146 for soloists, choir & orchestra

    Singer: Annick Massis. Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Singer: Patrick Henckens. Singer: 脡ric Huchet. Singer: Russell Smythe. Singer: Jean-Louis Bindi. Choir: Chorus of Les Musiciens du Louvre. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ARCHIV.
  • William Grant Still

    Elegy

    Performer: Philip Brunelle.
    • CLARION.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 26 in E flat major, K 184

    Orchestra: Danish Radio Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Vol.6: Danish National Chamber Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Dacapo.
  • Traditional Danish

    Jasspodspolska (Banquet Polska)

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Wood Works.
    • Da Capo.
    • 11.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    At the Holy Mountain (Poetic Tone Pictures)

    Performer: Elena Bashkirova.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Poetic Tone Pictures.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 113.
  • Francesca Caccini

    Chi desia di saper

    Singer: Gabriella Di Laccio. Ensemble: Audacium Baroque Ensemble.
    • Donne Barocche.
    • Drama Musica.
    • 5.
  • Edward Elgar

    Froissart Overture, Op 19

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • ARGO.
  • John Sheppard

    Libera nos

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Renaissance: Music for inner peace.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 16.
  • David Lang

    Mystery Sonatas - Joy

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich.
    • Cantaloupe.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo in C major, Op 51 No 1

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Beethoven: Bagatelles: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.
    • 8.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sin nel placido soggiorno (La Fede tradita e vendicata)

    Singer: Simone Kermes. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    At the Holy Mountain (Poetic Tone Pictures)

    Performer: Elena Bashkirova.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Poetic Tone Pictures.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 113.
  • Edvard Grieg

    In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt - suite no.1 Op.46)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Alpine Suite for Recorder Trio: 5. Down the Piste & 6. Farewell to Zermatt

    Performer: Fiona Russell. Performer: Ian Wilson. Performer: Catherine Fleming.
    • Rubbra / Britten - The complete recorder works.
    • DUTTON.
    • 21-22.
  • Alan Hovhaness

    Symphony No.2 'Mysterious Mountain' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • RCA LIVING STEREO.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Symphony No 2, 'Antar' (third movement)

    Orchestra: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kees Bakels.
    • BIS.
  • Francis George Scott

    Intuitions: Nos 9 to 15

    Performer: Christopher Guild.
    • Francis George Scott: Complete Music for Solo Piano.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 19-25.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 6 in D major, 'Le matin'; III. Minuet and Trio

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Gabriel Piern茅

    Impromptu-Caprice, Op 9

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • 笔茅谤辞迟颈苍

    Viderunt omnes

    Performer: Early Music Consort of London. Conductor: David Munrow.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in A minor, Op 17 No 4

    Performer: Fou Ts'ong.
    • Sony.
  • Isabella Leonarda

    Sonata duodecima (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Bizzarrie Armoniche.
    • Naive.
  • Charles Koechlin

    La M茅ditation de Purun Baghat (Purun Baghat's Meditation)

    Orchestra: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • MARCO POLO.
  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik D.547

    Singer: Elly Ameling. Performer: Dalton Baldwin.
    • The Artistry of Elly Ameling.
    • Philips.
    • 14.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Song of Praise (Swanwhite, Op 54)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • Sibelius: Incidental Music.
    • FINLANDIA.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Cantata No 11)

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

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