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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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  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio sonata no.4 in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Zefiro.
    • Zelenka: Sonatas 1,3 & 4.
    • ASTREE.
    • 10.

  • Stefano Landi

    Augellin

    Music Arranger: Nora Fischer. Music Arranger: Marnix Dorrestein. Singer: Nora Fischer. Performer: Marnix Dorrestein.
    • Hush.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 3.

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op 35a)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite; Dohnanyi: Konzertstuck for Cello.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Amy Beach

    Hermit Thrush at Morn Op.92`2

    Performer: Joanna Polk.
    • Amy Beach - Under the Stars. Solo Piano Music (Vol. 2).
    • Arabesque.
    • 5.

  • Domenico Cimarosa

    Il matrimonio segreto (Overture)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto in A minor, RV 418

    Performer: Christophe Coin. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • 6 Cello Concertos (The Academy of Ancient Music, feat. cello: Christophe Coin, c.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 7-9.

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    2 Sentimental Romances, Op. 28: No. 2 in F Minor, Allegro patetico

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Nordic Rhapsody.
    • BIS.
    • 202.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata (Kk.67) in F sharp minor

    Music Arranger: Jacques Loussier. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • Telarc.

  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: II Molto adagio

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jamie Phillips.
    • Music for Viola and Chamber Orchestra.
    • Claves.
    • 10.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Moorside Suite (March)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • The History of Brass Band Music: The Golden Era.
    • Doyen.
    • 004.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat - 3rd mvt: Rondo

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Guy Woolfenden

    Illyrian Dances

    Ensemble: Ithaca College Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Rodney Winther.
    • MARK RECORDS.

  • Robert Schumann

    Vogel als Prophet (Waldszenen Op.82)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Schumann - Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janacek - On the overgrown path I..
    • HYPERION.
    • 17.

  • Trad.

    The Song of the Birds

    Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Cello Ensemble Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • SONY.

  • John Lennon

    Blackbird

    Composer: Paul McCartney. Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.

  • Louis鈥怌laude Daquin

    Le coucou (Harpsichord Suite no.3)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Vogelf盲nger bin ich ja (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Tutto Mozart!: Bryn Terfel/Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Lyrical Waltz (Dances of the Dolls)

    Orchestrator: Tam谩s Batiashvili. Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Echoes of Time: Lisa Batiashvili/Symphonieorchester des Beyerischen Rundfunks.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in D major, H.15.8

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka (The Shrovetide Fair)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Onyx.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    February (The Year)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • SONY.

  • Franz Liszt

    Orpheus - symphonic poem S.98

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Eduardo Martin

    Hasta Alicia baila

    Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • Dances Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Frederick Keel

    Trade Winds

    Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Songs by Brahms, Faure, Finzi and Schubert.
    • EMI.
    • 17.

  • Rachel Grimes

    Loretto

    Performer: Rachel Grimes.
    • Rachel Grimes.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Moonlight (4 Sea interludes [from 'Peter Grimes'] Op.33a)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.

  • Enrique Granados

    7 Valses Po茅ticos

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.

  • Johann Wilhelm Hertel

    Trumpet Concerto in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Hardenberger/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

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