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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 pieces of music inspired by the myth of Orpheus.

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

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Last on

Mon 15 Feb 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Joyeuse marche

    Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • Chabrier: Oeuvres pour orchestre: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Plasson.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.297b (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Di C脿sola. Orchestra: Musikkollegium Winterthur Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • W A Mozart, Clarinet Concerto: Fabio di Casola/Musikkollegium Winterthur/Boyd.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Thomas Campion

    Never weather-beaten sail

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Alexander Mosolov

    Iron Foundry (Zavod)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze (Cantata BWV.208)

    Performer: Leon Fleisher. Music Arranger: Egon Petri.
    • Leon Fleisher: Two Hands.
    • SONY.
    • 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic dances, Op 64: No 3 (Allegro giocoso)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 etc..
    • ERATO.
    • 12.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Sonata for flute and harp in E flat major

    Performer: Am茅lie Michel. Performer: Sandrine Chatron.
    • AMBROISIE.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    I quattro rusteghi (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Wolf-Ferrari: Overtures & Intermezzi: Academy of St. Martin in the Field/Marrine.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • Alexander Mosolov

    Iron Foundry (Zavod)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu (from Serse)

    Singer: Ann Murray. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Great Handel Arias.
    • Forlane.
    • 005.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Etruscan Concerto

    Performer: Keith Jarrett. Orchestra: Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • MusicMasters Classics.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Chaconne (Pha毛ton, Act 1)

    Ensemble: Caf茅 Zimmermann.
    • Les Grandes Eaux Musicalles de Versailles.
    • Alpha.
    • 1.
  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • DG.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 64 No 3

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 etc: Ingrid Fliter.
    • EMI.
    • 12.
  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Fritiof's Sea Journey (Fritiof Suite)

    Orchestra: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustaf Sj枚kvist.
    • Sterling.
  • Alexander Mosolov

    Iron Foundry (Zavod)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to come (March)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos Movies.
  • Ron Grainer

    Doctor Who (Original Theme)

    Performer: Delia Derbyshire. Music Arranger: Delia Derbyshire.
    • SILVER SCREEN.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Air with variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Suite no. 5 in E major HWV.430)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Handel/Scarlatti: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Moscow-Cheryomushki (Suite from the operetta, op 105): III. Dances (Polka - Galop)

    Performer: Erez Ofer. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: Cheryomushki; The Bolt; etc.
    • Decca.
  • L奴cija Gar奴ta

    Meditation

    Performer: Reinis Zarins.
    • LMIC/Skani.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    L'Esp茅rance de Mississippi (from Suite in B flat major, TWV 55:B11, 'The Stock Exchange')

    Ensemble: Barokkanerne.
    • Lawo Classics.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Galop infernal (Orpheus in the Underworld)

    Conductor: Johannes Wildner. Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Offenbach: Can-Can & Other Dances from the Opera: Wildner.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Gerald Finzi

    It was a lover and his lass (Let us garlands bring)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • Bryn Terfel - 'The Vagabond': English Songs by Vaughan Williams; Butterworth.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • Jean Sibelius

    En Saga, Op 9

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.
    • Sibelius.
    • Linn records.
    • 1.
  • Jean Mouton

    Nesciens mater virgo virum for 8 voices

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Pilgrimage To Santiago.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.
    • 17.
  • Helena Munktell

    Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op 21 鈥 third movment (Andante quasi adagio)

    Performer: Tobias Ringborg. Performer: Peter Friis Johansson.
    • BIS.
    • BIS-2204.
    • 3.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Violin Sonata in G minor, Op 5 No 5 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Paul Nicholson. Ensemble: Locatelli Trio.
    • Corelli: Violin Sonatas: The Locatelli Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 24.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Three Wonders (The Tale of Tsar Saltan - suite Op.57)

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Suites by Russian Composers.
    • Melodiya.
    • 10.

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