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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 Musicians recommend their favourite recordings.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we bring you five notable takes on the stately minuet.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 27 Jan 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Cossack Dance (Mazeppa)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Masur.
    • Teldec.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 5 in G major, BWV 816 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G major Op.64`4 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Jubilee Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets.
    • Rubicon Classics.
    • 4.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Knight in Armour, Op.8

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite No. 2 in D

    Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: London Classical Players.
    • Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks/ Water Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 115.
  • William Grant Still

    Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Estrellita.
    • BIS.
    • 1301.
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Psalm 23, Op. 14

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • Symphonic Psalms & Prayers.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B flat major K269

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin)

    Singer: Anna Netrebko. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Russian Album.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 012.
  • Trad.

    Polska from Dorotea

    Music Arranger: Duo Aliada. Ensemble: Duo Aliada.
    • East West.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 6.
  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm

    Ensemble: Duo Aliada.
    • East West.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No 3 in C minor (Finale)

    Performer: Olivier Latry. Orchestra: Liege Philharmonic. Conductor: Pascal Roph茅.
    • CYPRES.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Prelude to Act III)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Drinking Song (Music for a Knight's Ballet)

    Performer: Carl Petersson.
    • Military Beethoven.
    • Naxos.
    • 109.
  • William Walton

    Touch her soft lips, and part (Henry V Suite)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • DECCA.
  • Frederick Loewe

    Camelot - C'est moi

    Librettist: Alan Jay Lerner. Singer: Franco Nero. Orchestra: Alfred Newman.
    • Warner Bros..
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Clara-Wieck-Trio.
    • Bayer Records.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.2 in A major, Op.16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • LSO Live.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite: Minuetto & Finale

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.
    • MDG.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat Mater

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Tim Mead. Ensemble: La Nuova Musica. Conductor: David Bates.
    • Pergolesi: Stabat Mater - Bach: Cantatas BWV 54 & 170.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No 6 in D major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.
  • Jacobus Clemens non Papa

    Ego Flos Campi

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Desires.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.
  • Florence Price

    The Moon Bridge

    Choir: VocalEssence. Performer: Paul Shaw. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Got the Saint Louis Blues.
    • Clarion.
    • 004.
  • Roland Szentp谩li

    Blow on Fire (3 Dances)

    Performer: Roland Szentp谩li. Performer: Bence Szepesi. Ensemble: Gyor Symphonic Band. Conductor: Laszlo Marosi.
    • Roland Szentp谩li: 3 Concertos.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 301.
  • Erwin Schulhoff

    5 Pieces for string quartet: no.4; Alla Tango Milonga

    Ensemble: Quatuor Voce.
    • Lettres Intimes.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture 'Leonore' no.3 Op.72b

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 "Eroica".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 105.

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  • Wed 27 Jan 2021 09:00

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