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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.

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Wed 6 Jan 2021 09:00
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Music Played

  • Marco Uccellini

    Aria sopra La Bergamasca Op.3`5

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • TELDEC.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.1 in C major H.7b.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅鈥怢uis Garc铆a.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Music Arranger: John Philip Sousa. Ensemble: Michigan State University Symphonic Band. Conductor: Kenneth G. Bloomquist.
    • Michigan State University Symphonic Band: To the Fore! - Percy Grainger's Great.
    • Delos.
    • 1001.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Rain, Steam and Speed

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: George Vass.
    • Dutton.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major Op.18

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Chopin: Complete Waltzes.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Lieto cos矛 talvolta (Adriano in Siria)

    Singer: Franco Fagioli. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Naive.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Horn Trio in E flat major Op.40 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Performer: Benjamin Marquise Gilmore. Performer: Daniel Grimwood.
    • Brahms: Chamber Music.
    • BIS.
    • 304.

  • John Adams

    Harmonielehre (Meister Eckhardt and Quackie)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • John Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives & Harmonielehre.
    • Naxos.
    • 203.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini Overtures.
    • WARNER.
    • 3.

  • Bent S酶rensen

    Phantasmagoria

    Performer: Trio con Brio Copenhagen.
    • Da Capo.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Clarinet Sonata in E flat major Op.167

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Oleg Maisenberg.
    • EMI.

  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Chemin de fer Op.27

    Performer: Laurent Martin.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Cattle (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 7.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Murder on the Orient Express (Waltz)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • 100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 2.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 11.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in F minor R.297 'Winter'

    Performer: Duilio Galfetti. Ensemble: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Galfetti/I Barocchisti/Fasolis.
    • Claves.
    • 10.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Schubert

    Im Fr眉hling D.882

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Performer: Gerold Huber.
    • Schubert: Schwanengesang & 4 Lieder: Gerhaher/Huber.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 18.

  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    Twelfth Night - overture Op.73

    Orchestra: West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Naxos.

  • Nino Rota

    Otto e mezzo [Eight and a half]

    Music Arranger: Italian Saxophone Quartet. Ensemble: Italian Saxophone Quartet.
    • Reade, P.: Saxophone Quartet / Francaix, J.: Petit Quatuor / Nagle, P.: Three Sh.
    • Delos.
    • 1501.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.27 in B flat major K.595 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 25 & 27.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • William Grant Still

    Prelude (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexa Still. Performer: Michael Steer. Performer: Susan DeWitt Smith. Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet.
    • KOCH.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Scherzo capriccioso Op.66

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, Scherzo Capriccioso etc..
    • EMI.
    • 6.

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