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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.

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Tue 26 Jan 2021 09:00
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in C K.373

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Mozart Anniversary Orchestra.
    • CACBC.

  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Libro primo d'intavolatura di chitarone: Toccata arpeggiata

    Performer: Jonas Nordberg.
    • Intavolatura di chitarone.
    • BIS.
    • 601.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sound the trumpet (Come ye sons of art)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Christophe Dumaux. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • G枚ran Fr枚st

    Klezmer Dance no.2

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony 88875065292.
    • Sony.
    • 3.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Turtle Dove (extract)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Songs of Farewell.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: B鈥橰ock Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Pentatone.

  • Edgar Meyer

    Concert Duo for Violin & Bass - IV. Finale

    Performer: Tessa Lark. Performer: Edgar Meyer.
    • The Stradgrass Sessions.
    • First Hand.
    • 5.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 (no.10 in G flat major)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia concertante in B flat major H.1.105 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Alma redemptoris Mater

    Ensemble: Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Music For The Queen Of Heaven.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 5.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 7 in C sharp minor, Op 131 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Prokofiev - Symphonies 3 & 7.
    • Onyx.
    • 8.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    L' Egyptienne (Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin, 1728)

    Performer: Bartosz Glowacki.
    • DUX.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Goodnight Moon

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Hila Plitmann. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • decca.

  • Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas

    Violin Concerto no.4 in D major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege.
    • CEDILLE.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite no 5 in G major BWV 816; Gigue

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • J.S Bach: The French Suites.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8-14.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    O Terra, Addio (Aida)

    Singer: Anja Harteros. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Ekaterina Semenchuk. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verdi: Aida.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 151.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Taubenpost, D 965A

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • An die Musik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Hubert Parry

    My soul, there is a country (Songs of Farewell)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A New Heaven, The Sixteen.
    • UCJ.
    • 10.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pezzo Capriccioso, Op.62

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • RCA.

  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers (Haven)

    Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.
    • Sibelius Prokofiev: Violin Concerto.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Emilio de' Cavalieri

    O che nuovo miracolo

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Franz Schubert

    Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D. 343

    Performer: Helmut Deutsch. Singer: Matthias Goerne.
    • Harmonia mundi.

  • Fran莽ois-Joseph Gossec

    Symphony in 17 parts (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Gossec: Symphonie 脿 dix-sept parties.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in D Major, G.488 (Fandango)

    Music Arranger: Jeremy Sparks. Ensemble: Amadeus Guitar Duo. Ensemble: Duo Gruber & Maklar.
    • Guitar Gala Night.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Filiae maestae Jerusalem, RV 638: II. Sileant Zephyri

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse.
    • Piet脿 - Sacred works.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 115.

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