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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.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 17 Feb 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Toccatina Op.36

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Kaleidoscope: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    L'卯le enchant茅e: Dance of the Nymphs and Satyrs; Pas de Chales; Galop

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • NAXOS.
  • James Hook

    Piano Concerto in D major, Op 1 No 5 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Nicholson. Orchestra: Parley of Instruments.
    • English 18th Century Keyboard Concertos: Parley of Instruments/Nicholson.
    • Helios.
    • 18.
  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (Act 2: Dance)

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • CBS.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major, Op.57

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • DG.
  • Francis Poulenc

    4 motets pur un temps de penitence (No.1 & No.2)

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • Poulenc: Choral Works.
    • Coro.
    • 2-3.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Les Francs-juges (Overture)

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden.
    • Berlioz: Overtures: Staatskapelle Dresden/Sir Colin Davis.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 1.
  • William Denis Browne

    To Gratiana dancing and singing

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • EMI.
  • Stewart Goodyear

    Callaloo (Panorama)

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Wayne Marshall.
    • Gershwin & Goodyear.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Huntsmen鈥檚 Chorus (Der Freisch眉tz)

    Choir: Berlin Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the German Opera, Berlin. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Gilbert Vinter

    Hunter's Moon

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • British Horn Concertos: Pyatt/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Braithwaite.
    • Lyrita.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: James McVinnie. Performer: Daniel Pioro. Performer: Clare O'Connell. Performer: Liam Byrne. Music Arranger: Clare O'Connell.
    • Bedroom Community.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Va pensiero (Nabucco)

    Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli. Choir: Chorus of German Opera, Berlin. Orchestra: German Opera Orchestra.
    • Verdi: Nabucco - Querschnitt: Guiseppe Sinopoli.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Michael Nyman

    MGV (Musique a Grand Vitesse) for ensemble and orchestra: 1st Region

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Orchestra: Michael Nyman Orchestra.
    • MN.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Taxi Driver (Main Title)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • ARISTA.
  • Alexandre Luigini

    Ballet Egyptien, Op. 12: Sand Dance

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier (Act 3 Waltz sequence)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • R.Strauss: Rosenkavalier Waltzes, Burleske: Thibaudet/Blomstedt.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Homesickness (Lyric pieces - book 6 Op.57)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Toccata)

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Rosa del ciel; Io non diro qual sia; Lasciate i monti (L'Orfeo)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Singer: Julianne Baird. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Orfeo Act II: "Vi ricorda, o bosch'ombrosi"

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Parysatis - incidental music: Airs de ballet

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Africa.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 202.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird (8 Partsongs Op.119)

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • McCreesh: Silence & Music.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.
  • Giles Farnaby

    Dreame; A Toye (Six Dances by Giles Farnaby)

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • DECCA.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 2 in C major, Op 61 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Christian Thielemann. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Cello Sonata No 2 in D major, Op 58 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Richard Lester. Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Mendelssohn: Complete music for cello and piano: Lester/Tomes.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 3 in D major, BWV 1054 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Christophe Rousset.
    • J.S. Bach The Complete Harpsichord Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

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