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.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Cossack Dance (Mazeppa)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.- Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Masur.
- Teldec.
- 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No 5 in G major, BWV 816 (Sarabande)
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G major Op.64`4 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Jubilee Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets.
- Rubicon Classics.
- 4.
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Ruth Gipps
Knight in Armour, Op.8
Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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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.
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William Grant Still
Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- Estrellita.
- BIS.
- 1301.
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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.
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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.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin)
Singer: Anna Netrebko. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- Russian Album.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 012.
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Trad.
Polska from Dorotea
Music Arranger: Duo Aliada. Ensemble: Duo Aliada.- East West.
- haenssler CLASSIC.
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George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm
Ensemble: Duo Aliada.- East West.
- haenssler CLASSIC.
- 15.
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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.
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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.
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Richard Wagner
Lohengrin (Prelude to Act III)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Drinking Song (Music for a Knight's Ballet)
Performer: Carl Petersson.- Military Beethoven.
- Naxos.
- 109.
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William Walton
Touch her soft lips, and part (Henry V Suite)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- DECCA.
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Frederick Loewe
Camelot - C'est moi
Librettist: Alan Jay Lerner. Singer: Franco Nero. Orchestra: Alfred Newman.- Warner Bros..
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Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Clara-Wieck-Trio.- Bayer Records.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade no.2 in A major, Op.16 (5th mvt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- LSO Live.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite: Minuetto & Finale
Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.- MDG.
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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.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony No 6 in D major (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Naxos.
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Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Ego Flos Campi
Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.- Desires.
- harmonia mundi.
- 102.
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Florence Price
The Moon Bridge
Choir: VocalEssence. Performer: Paul Shaw. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.- Got the Saint Louis Blues.
- Clarion.
- 004.
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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.
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Erwin Schulhoff
5 Pieces for string quartet: no.4; Alla Tango Milonga
Ensemble: Quatuor Voce.- Lettres Intimes.
- Alpha Classics.
- 7.
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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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