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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 great performances by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

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

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Thu 4 Feb 2021 09:00
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Music Played

  • Jules Massenet

    Sevillana (Don C茅sar de Bazan)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Massenet: Fantaisie etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Francesca Caccini

    Lasciatemi qui solo (Il primo libro delle musiche)

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Performer: Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann.
    • Heroines of Love & Loss.
    • BIS.
    • 1001.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Papillon for cello and piano, Op 77

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Jeu de cartes (Deal 3)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Stravinsky: Orpheus; Jeu de Cartes; Agon.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    Performer: Alexander Peskanov.
    • NAXOS.

  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Lamentations of Jeremiah: Aleph. Ego vir videns a 5

    Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra. Director: Michael Noone.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op 70 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade.
    • Sony.
    • 4.

  • Ernest Seitz

    The World is Waiting for the Sunrise

    Ensemble: The Julian Bliss Septet.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Oskar Fried

    Verkl盲rte Nacht, Op. 9

    Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: Stuart Skelton. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Gayane: Sabre Dance

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Sandra Rivers. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • EMI.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia from Acis & Galatea

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • ERATO.

  • Franz Liszt

    Impromptu ("Nocturne") in F sharp major

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • Vladimir Horowitz: Studio Recordings.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 11.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Songs of Travel: The Vagabond; Whither must I wander; Bright is the ring of words

    Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in D major TWV.51:D7 for trumpet and strings [4 mvts] [complete]

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Iona Brown.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Joby Talbot

    The Queen Of Hearts' Tango (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Alice's Adventures In Wonderland.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 6.

  • Billy Mayerl

    Joker (Four Aces)

    Performer: Phillip Dyson.
    • Billy Mayerl: The Nimble Fingered Gentleman: Philip Dyson.
    • ASV.
    • 8.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen - Act 3; Melons! Coupons!

    Singer: Julia Migenes. Singer: Susan Daniel. Singer: Lillian Watson. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • ERATO.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Dance of the 4 Knights (from Checkmate)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Chandos.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Tzigane

    Performer: Chantal Juillet. Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • DEcca.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Fugal Overture, Op.40`1

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Holst: Orchestral works: London Symphony Orchestra/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia No 7 in C minor

    Performer: Sit Fast.
    • ELOQUENTIA: EL1549.
    • ELOQUENTIA.
    • 8.

  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Ballades Op.10 (no.4 in B major)

    Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov

    Symphony No 1 in B minor, Op 12 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: 袦邪泻褋懈屑 肖械写芯褌芯胁. Orchestra: Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.
    • Lyapunov: Violin Concerto: Symphony No.1.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Ad Wammes

    Miroir for organ

    Performer: Kevin Bowyer.
    • Organ Party Volume 1.
    • Priory.
    • 2.

  • Erik Satie

    Chanson du chat (Ludions)

    Performer: Aldo Ciccolini. Singer: Mady Mespl茅.
    • Erato 0825646047963.
    • Erato.
    • 6.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Turangalila-Symphonie (Final)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Performer: Harada Takashi. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

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