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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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon Op.24 (Overture)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: Vasily Petrenko.- Khachaturian, Mussorgsky, Shchedrin etc..
- Onyx.
- 01.
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Gabriel Piern茅
Scherzo-Caprice in D major, Op.25
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.- CHANDOS.
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Frank Bridge
Cherry Ripe
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Hyperion.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in G minor, RV 416
Performer: Christophe Coin. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Enrique Granados
Danza espa帽ola, Op. 37 No. 5 'Andaluza'
Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Performer: Lucero Tena.- Serenata Espanola.
- SONY.
- 01.
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Duke Ellington
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: David Finck.- DG.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade Op.35)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- LAWO.
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Amy Beach
Romance Op.23
Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.- Chandos.
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Henry Purcell
Strike the viol (from Come, ye sons of art away)
Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Orchestra: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.- Music for a While - Improvisations on Purcell.
- Erato/Warner Classics.
- 103.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet no.4 in E minor Op.44`2 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- Erato.
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Ernest Chausson
Le Colibri, Op.2 no.7
Performer: Susan Manoff. Singer: Sandrine Piau.- Naive.
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Bedrich Smetana
Vltava (M谩 vlast)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.- B. Smetana; Ma Vlast: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Belohlavek.
- Supraphon.
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Traditional Irish
Molly Malone; In Dublin's Fair City
Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Eric Coates
Covent Garden (London (London every day) suite)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Performer: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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George Frideric Handel
O Ruddier Than The Cherry (Acis and Galatea)
Singer: John Tomlinson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.- Chandos.
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George Butterworth
Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)
Singer: Christopher Maltman. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad: Maltman, Vigno.
- Hyperion.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90: II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar
- Beethoven 32, Vol. 8: Piano Sonatas Nos. 27-29.
- Naxos.
- 102.
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Trad.
Whilst great is our poverty
Composer: Cyrillus Kreek. Performer: Anna-Liisa Eller. Performer: Marco Ambrosini. Choir: Vox Clamantis. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.- ECM.
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John Dowland
Mr Nicholas Gryffith his Galliard; Sir John Souch his Galliard
Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm.- Dowland: Lachrimae or Seven Tears.
- LINN.
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Hector Berlioz
Harold in Italy i) Harold aux montagne
Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- LSO LIVE.
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Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco
Rosina (from Rossini's The Barber of Seville)
Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Performer: Francesca Dego. Performer: Francesca Leonardi.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV.230
Choir: VOCES8. Ensemble: Senesino Players. Director: Barnaby Smith.- Bach Motets.
- Signum.
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Bjarte Eike
Savn (A Tune for Signe)
Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.- BIS.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony no. 2 in C minor; 4th movement; Urlicht (Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht)
Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Zander.- Linn.
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Luiz Bonf谩
Manh茫 de Carnaval
Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Ernst Ottensamer. Performer: Franti拧ek J谩no拧ka.- DG.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Quintet in E flat major, K 407 (1st mvt)
Performer: Timothy Brown. Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Mozart: Clarinet Quintet/Horn Quintet/Oboe Quartet: Academy of St. Martin in the.
- Philips.
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Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No 1 in C major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.- Transfigured Night.
- Pentatone.
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Broadcast
- Wed 24 Feb 2021 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3