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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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Overture in D major
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- CHANDOS.
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Witold Lutos艂awski
Variations on a theme of Paganini
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.- Rachmaninov:Suite No.2 /Ravel a Valse/Lutoslawski:/Paganini Variations - Argeric.
- Philips.
- 6.
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Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
O quam gloriosum
Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.- Hyperion.
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Erik Satie
Acrobates (Parade)
Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- Satie 鈥 Parade, Mercure, Relache, Gymnop茅dies, Gnossiennes.
- Helios.
- 5.
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major H.7e.1 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Simon H枚fele. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Duncan Ward.- Standards.
- Berlin Classics.
- 06.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Overture to Armida
Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.- SWR music.
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An-Lun Huang
Dream of Dunhuang, Op. 29 (Version for Piano) [Excerpts]: Feather Men
Performer: Xing Rong.- An-lun Huang: Piano Music.
- Toccata Classics.
- 201.
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Igor Stravinsky
Dumbarton Oaks
Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: Robert Craft.- NAXOS.
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Johann Christoph Bach
Ach das ich Wassers g'nug hatte
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Concerto di Viole. Ensemble: Basel Consort.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Malcolm Arnold
Little Suite for Brass Band no.1 Op.80
Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.- SONY.
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Rebecca Clarke
The Seal Man
Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Sarah Walker.- CRD.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer.
- Channel Classics.
- 2.
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Julius Fucik
Entry of the Gladiators
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Chandos.
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Louis James Alfred Lef茅bure鈥怶茅ly
Sortie in E flat major (L'Orgue moderne, Bk.11)
Performer: David Sanger.- Lefebure-Wely Organ Music played by David Sanger.
- MERIDIAN.
- 8.
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Stephen Sondheim
Send in the clowns (A Little Night Music)
Singer: Judi Dench. Orchestra: Royal National Theatre Band. Conductor: Paddy Cunneen.- TRING.
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Jacques Ibert
Valse (Divertissement)
Orchestra: Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris. Conductor: Jean Martinon.- Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux D'Enfants - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, M.
- Decca.
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Jacques Ibert
Divertissement
Conductor: Jean Martinon. Orchestra: Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris.- Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux D'Enfants - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, M.
- Decca.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Rondo capriccioso, Op.14
Performer: Javier Perianes.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Fast Blue Village 2
Ensemble: Del Sol String Quartet.- Zia.
- Dorian Sono Luminus.
- 14.
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Carlo Gesualdo
Luci serene, e chiare
Lyricist: Ridolfo Arlotti. Director: Paul Agnew. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants.- Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri terzo & quarto.
- harmonia mundi.
- 201.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
- Naive.
- 11.
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Jean Sibelius
Overture in E major
Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.- BIS.
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Alexander Scriabin
Po猫me Op.41
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.- HYPERION.
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Cecilia McDowall
3 Latin Motets: No. 3. Regina Caeli
Conductor: Maria Goundorina. Choir: Allm盲nna S氓ngen.- Femina moderna.
- BIS.
- 601.
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Josef Suk
Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 8: II. Adagio: Religioso
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Helios.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Jubilate Deo for 8 voices
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Schutz, Poulenc, Tavener and more.
- Philips.
- 1.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 6 in E-Flat Major
Performer: Steven Osborne.- Hyperion.
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Andreas Romberg
Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 33: IV. Finale. Vivace
Conductor: Kevin Griffiths. Orchestra: Phion, Orchestra of Gelderland & Overijssel.- Romberg: Orchestral Works.
- CPO.
- 304.
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