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.
Last on
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.
Broadcast
- Wed 17 Feb 2021 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3