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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

Thu 28 Jan 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Overture in D major

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • CHANDOS.
  • 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.
  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    O quam gloriosum

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • Hyperion.
  • Erik Satie

    Acrobates (Parade)

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Satie 鈥 Parade, Mercure, Relache, Gymnop茅dies, Gnossiennes.
    • Helios.
    • 5.
  • 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.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Overture to Armida

    Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.
    • SWR music.
  • 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.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Dumbarton Oaks

    Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: Robert Craft.
    • NAXOS.
  • Johann Christoph Bach

    Ach das ich Wassers g'nug hatte

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Concerto di Viole. Ensemble: Basel Consort.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Little Suite for Brass Band no.1 Op.80

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • SONY.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    The Seal Man

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Sarah Walker.
    • CRD.
  • 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.
  • Julius Fucik

    Entry of the Gladiators

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • 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.
  • Stephen Sondheim

    Send in the clowns (A Little Night Music)

    Singer: Judi Dench. Orchestra: Royal National Theatre Band. Conductor: Paddy Cunneen.
    • TRING.
  • Jacques Ibert

    Valse (Divertissement)

    Orchestra: Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux D'Enfants - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, M.
    • Decca.
  • Jacques Ibert

    Divertissement

    Conductor: Jean Martinon. Orchestra: Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris.
    • Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux D'Enfants - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, M.
    • Decca.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Rondo capriccioso, Op.14

    Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Fast Blue Village 2

    Ensemble: Del Sol String Quartet.
    • Zia.
    • Dorian Sono Luminus.
    • 14.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Luci serene, e chiare

    Lyricist: Ridolfo Arlotti. Director: Paul Agnew. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants.
    • Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri terzo & quarto.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 201.
  • 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.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Overture in E major

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • BIS.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Po猫me Op.41

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • HYPERION.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    3 Latin Motets: No. 3. Regina Caeli

    Conductor: Maria Goundorina. Choir: Allm盲nna S氓ngen.
    • Femina moderna.
    • BIS.
    • 601.
  • Josef Suk

    Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 8: II. Adagio: Religioso

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Helios.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Jubilate Deo for 8 voices

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Schutz, Poulenc, Tavener and more.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 6 in E-Flat Major

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
  • 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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