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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 mountains.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 23 Feb 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    March Op.99

    Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Mercury Living Presence.
  • Claude Debussy

    No. 2; Fetes (Nocturnes for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les Ombres Errantes (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no.25)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Michael Tippett

    Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage (conclusion)

    Choir: 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • WARNER APEX.
  • Gang Chen

    Miao Mountain Morning

    Music Arranger: Yi-Wen Jiang. Ensemble: The Shanghai Quartet.
    • China Song.
    • Delos.
    • 1.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Tsar's Bride (Overture)

    Performer: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov - The Tsar's Bride.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Michael East

    Fantasias for 5 Viols: No 2 Peccavi

    Ensemble: Chelys Consort of Viols.
    • Amavi: Music for Viols & Voices by Michael East.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Michael East

    When I Lament

    Ensemble: Fieri Consort. Ensemble: Chelys Consort of Viols.
    • Amavi: Music for Viols & Voices by Michael East.
    • BIS.
    • 18.
  • Michael Tippett

    Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage (conclusion)

    Choir: 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • WARNER APEX.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor (4th mvt)

    Performer: Augustin Dumay. Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • DG.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dove sei, amato bene (Rodelinda)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • DECCA.
  • Le贸 Weiner

    Cs疟rd枚ng枚l艖 [Barn dance] (K茅t T茅tel)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Performer: 脰d枚n R谩cz. Performer: Oszk谩r 脰kr枚s. Performer: Predrag Tomic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Kurt Atterberg

    A V盲rmland Rhapsody

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Atterberg: Orchestral Works vol.1.
    • Chandos.
    • 004.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in B flat major, D 960 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Leon Fleisher.
    • Sony.
  • Imogen Holst

    A Hymne to Christ

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Jean鈥怞oseph de Mondonville

    Sonate en symphonie in F major Op.3 no.2

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen (Act 4 Symphony)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Choral Dances from Gloriana: Concord

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Britten: Sacred and Profane, and other choral music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Voices of Spring, Op.410

    Singer: Sumi Jo. Orchestra: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolph Bibl.
    • Warner.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B flat major RV.529 for 2 violins and orchestra

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Amandine Beyer. Orchestra: Gli Incogniti.
    • Vivaldi - Concerti per due violini.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 4.
  • Alan Hovhaness

    Symphony no.2 'Mysterious Mountain' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Delos.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Organ Sonata in C minor, Op 65 No 2 (2nd & 3rd mvts)

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • ARGO.
  • Federico Mompou

    Damunt de tu nomes les flors

    Performer: Arcadi Volodos.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Symphony in F sharp Op.40 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Calme des nuits (2 Choruses Op.68)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.76 no.5

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Syliva (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Delibes: The 3 Ballets: Richard Bonynge.
    • Decca.

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