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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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.
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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.
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Thomas Campion
Never weather-beaten sail
Choir: Stile Antico.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Alexander Mosolov
Iron Foundry (Zavod)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep may safely graze (Cantata BWV.208)
Performer: Leon Fleisher. Music Arranger: Egon Petri.- Leon Fleisher: Two Hands.
- SONY.
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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.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Sonata for flute and harp in E flat major
Performer: Am茅lie Michel. Performer: Sandrine Chatron.- AMBROISIE.
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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.
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Alexander Mosolov
Iron Foundry (Zavod)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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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.
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Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Etruscan Concerto
Performer: Keith Jarrett. Orchestra: Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.- MusicMasters Classics.
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Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
Chaconne (Pha毛ton, Act 1)
Ensemble: Caf茅 Zimmermann.- Les Grandes Eaux Musicalles de Versailles.
- Alpha.
- 1.
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John Tavener
Song for Athene
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- DG.
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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.
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Elfrida Andr茅e
Fritiof's Sea Journey (Fritiof Suite)
Orchestra: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustaf Sj枚kvist.- Sterling.
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Alexander Mosolov
Iron Foundry (Zavod)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore)
Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.- EMI.
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Arthur Bliss
Things to come (March)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Chandos Movies.
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Ron Grainer
Doctor Who (Original Theme)
Performer: Delia Derbyshire. Music Arranger: Delia Derbyshire.- SILVER SCREEN.
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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.
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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.
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L奴cija Gar奴ta
Meditation
Performer: Reinis Zarins.- LMIC/Skani.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jean Mouton
Nesciens mater virgo virum for 8 voices
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Pilgrimage To Santiago.
- SOLI DEO GLORIA.
- 17.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Broadcast
- Mon 15 Feb 2021 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3