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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.

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Last on

Thu 25 Feb 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphony in G major Op.11`1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • Tafelmusik.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    L'Enchanteresse (Pieces de clavecin, 1er ordre)

    Performer: Bertrand Cuiller.
    • Couperin L'Alchimiste: Les Ann茅es de jeunesse.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 17.
  • Arno Babajanian

    Piano Trio in F sharp minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Z.E.N. Trio.
    • Burning Through the Cold.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chant du menestrel Op.71

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Serenity [O magnum mysterium]

    Performer: Matthew Sharp. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Decca.
  • Franz Schubert

    Overture in C major, D 591, 'In the Italian style'

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Heinrich Schiff.
    • Schubert: Symphonies no.3 & no.5: Northern Sinfonia/Schiff.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Claude Debussy

    De fleurs (Proses lyriques)

    Performer: Sam Armstrong. Lyricist: Anonymous. Singer: Katharine Dain.
    • Regards sur l'Infini.
    • 7 Mountain Records.
    • 16.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune orch Caplet

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Debussy: Orchestral works: Ulster Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op 40

    Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • BIS.
  • Franz Liszt

    Gnomenreigen (2 Concert Etudes, S 145 No 2)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Transcendental.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 002.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Decca.
  • Kurt Weill

    Alabama Song (from The Little Mahagonny)

    Performer: Bram van Sambeek. Performer: Rick Stotijn. Performer: Sven Figee. Performer: Marijn Korff de Gidts. Music Arranger: Marijn van Prooijen. Ensemble: ORBI.
    • ORBI: The Oscillating Revenge of the Background Instruments.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Folk Festival (The Gadfly Suite, Op.97a)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    A wandering minstrel I (The Mikado)

    Librettist: W. S. Gilbert. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Choir: Welsh National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado: Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Telarc.
    • 2.
  • Blondel de Nesle

    A I'entrant d'este

    Ensemble: Estampie.
    • Under The Greenwood Tree.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Claude Debussy

    Minstrels (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nocturne, Op 19 No 4

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • DG.
  • Margaret Brouwer

    SIZZLE

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • NAXOS.
  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Elegie in F Minor, Op. 30

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Bel Canto: The Voice of the Viola.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.
  • Patrick Hadley

    Kinder Scout

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Gaspard Le Roux

    Suite No 2 in D major

    Ensemble: London Baroque.
    • The Trio Sonata through 2 Centuries.
    • Bis.
    • 14-17.
  • Anna-Lena Laurin

    Autumn Fields

    Performer: Amalie Stalheim. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Paul M盲gi.
    • Anna-Lena Laurin - Orchestral Works.
    • Vanguard Music Boulevard.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 47 in G major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Gordon Jacob

    Mini-concerto for clarinet and strings (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dame Thea King. Orchestra: Northwest Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alun Francis.
    • Hyperion.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Oboe sonata, Op 166 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alex Klein. Performer: Phillip Bush.
    • Twentieth Century Oboe Sonatas.
    • Cedille.
    • 17.
  • Fran莽ois鈥怉drien Bo茂eldieu

    Harp Concerto in C major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anais Gaudemard. Orchestra: Rouen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leo Hussain.
    • claves.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Espana Op.165 (Serenata)

    Music Arranger: Xuefei Yang. Performer: Xuefei Yang.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Grande valse brillante

    Orchestrator: Igor Stravinsky. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Bis.

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