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Ian Skelly with Essential Harp and MacMillan's As Others See Us

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.

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Mon 4 Jan 2021 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (Cantata No 41)

    Choir: Bach Collegium Japan. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas 33: Bach Collegium Japan/Suzuki.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 38

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    ...As Others See Us... (Thomas Stearns Eliot)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir James MacMillan.
    • RCA.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.29 in A major, K.201 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Mozart: The Symphonies: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

  • Andr茅 Messager

    Le jour sous le soleil b茅ni (Madame Chrysanth猫me)

    Singer: Sumi Jo. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in E minor Op.59`2 'Razumovsky' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Ave Maria a 8

    Choir: The London Oratory School Schola. Conductor: Charles Cole.
    • HYPERION.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major (Blumine)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • ONDINE.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in E minor for recorder, transverse flute, strings & continuo TWV.52:e1 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Concerto K枚ln. Director: Reinhard Goebel.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Toccata in D minor Op.11 transc. for organ [orig. for piano]

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • DG.

  • Djuro Zivkovic

    On the guarding of the heart

    Ensemble: Ensemble Ernst. Conductor: Thomas Rimul.
    • LAWO.

  • Robert Schumann

    Violin Concerto in D minor (2nd movement)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • For the Love of Brahms.
    • Sony.
    • 4.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    L'芒me-en-peine (3 Studies from Couperin)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • Ades: Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies.
    • EMI.
    • 7.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Louis' Loops

    Performer: Errollyn Wallen.
    • Errollyn.
    • AVIE.
    • 10.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Canticle 4 - The Journey of the Magi (excerpt)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Singer: Michael Chance. Singer: Alan Opie. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • HYPERION.

  • Turner Layton

    After you've gone

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Singer: Jeremy Taylor. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta.
    • The Jazz Album: London Sinfonietta/Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Jolly Rutterkin (5 Tudor Portraits)

    Singer: John Shirley鈥怮uirk. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Vaughan Williams: 5 Tudor Portraits: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Richard Wagner

    Parsifal (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacr茅e et danse profane

    Performer: Lisa Wellbaum. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Ravel: Sheherazade / Tombeau / Pavane; Debussy: Danses / Ballades de Villon.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Franz Liszt

    Sposalizio (Annees de pelerinage, Deuxiemme annee, Italie: No. 1)

    Performer: Arcadi Volodos.
    • SONY.

  • Hermann Zilcher

    Fruhlingsstrophe

    Singer: Christoph Pr茅gardien. Singer: Julian Pr茅gardien. Performer: Fabienne Waga. Performer: Patricia Messner.
    • CHALLENGE.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.1 in E minor Op.39 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Sibelius: Symphonies 1 -7.
    • RCA.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Ich schwing mein Horn ins Jammertal

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Air de ballet (Suite de piano)

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 3.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concerto in A minor Op.82 for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • PENTATONE.

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