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.
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Sergey Prokofiev
March Op.99
Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.- Mercury Living Presence.
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Claude Debussy
No. 2; Fetes (Nocturnes for Orchestra)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Philips.
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Fran莽ois Couperin
Les Ombres Errantes (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no.25)
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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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.
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Gang Chen
Miao Mountain Morning
Music Arranger: Yi-Wen Jiang. Ensemble: The Shanghai Quartet.- China Song.
- Delos.
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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.
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Michael East
Fantasias for 5 Viols: No 2 Peccavi
Ensemble: Chelys Consort of Viols.- Amavi: Music for Viols & Voices by Michael East.
- BIS.
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Michael East
When I Lament
Ensemble: Fieri Consort. Ensemble: Chelys Consort of Viols.- Amavi: Music for Viols & Voices by Michael East.
- BIS.
- 18.
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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.
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Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor (4th mvt)
Performer: Augustin Dumay. Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.- DG.
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George Frideric Handel
Dove sei, amato bene (Rodelinda)
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.- DECCA.
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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.
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Kurt Atterberg
A V盲rmland Rhapsody
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Atterberg: Orchestral Works vol.1.
- Chandos.
- 004.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in B flat major, D 960 (4th mvt)
Performer: Leon Fleisher.- Sony.
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Imogen Holst
A Hymne to Christ
Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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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.
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Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen (Act 4 Symphony)
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692.
- Signum Classics.
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Benjamin Britten
Choral Dances from Gloriana: Concord
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Britten: Sacred and Profane, and other choral music.
- Hyperion.
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Johann Strauss II
Voices of Spring, Op.410
Singer: Sumi Jo. Orchestra: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolph Bibl.- Warner.
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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.
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Alan Hovhaness
Symphony no.2 'Mysterious Mountain' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Delos.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Organ Sonata in C minor, Op 65 No 2 (2nd & 3rd mvts)
Performer: Peter Hurford.- ARGO.
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Federico Mompou
Damunt de tu nomes les flors
Performer: Arcadi Volodos.- Sony Classical.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Symphony in F sharp Op.40 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Calme des nuits (2 Choruses Op.68)
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- PHILIPS.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major Op.76 no.5
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- BIS.
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L茅o Delibes
Syliva (Prelude)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.- Delibes: The 3 Ballets: Richard Bonynge.
- Decca.
Broadcast
- Tue 23 Feb 2021 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3