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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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Fri 26 Feb 2021 09:00
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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Mazurek in E minor Op.49

    Performer: Jan Mr谩膷ek. Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Dvorak Violin Concerto etc..
    • ONYX.
    • 5.

  • Johann Joseph Fux

    Sonata a 4 in G minor, K. 347

    Ensemble: Freiburger BarockConsort. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.
    • ALPHA.

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    3 Preludes in Jazz Style, Op 53 (Nos. 13, 9 and 19)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Overture

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: J枚rg Widmann.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish" & The Hebrides - J枚rg Widmann:.
    • Orfeo.
    • 1.

  • James Whitbourn

    Lux in tenebris (Luminosity)

    Choir: Commotio. Performer: Levine Andrade. Performer: Henry Parkes. Performer: Andrew Ker. Performer: Steffan Jones. Conductor: Matthew Berry.
    • Whitbourn: Luminosity and other choral works.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Cantata no.147)

    Music Arranger: Myra Hess. Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • ERATO.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`1

    Performer: Alice Pi茅rot. Performer: Christian Moreaux. Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: Les Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
    • Erato.
    • 13-15.

  • Ambroise Thomas

    Raymond, ou Le Secret de la Reine (Overture)

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Invocatio

    Ensemble: Wihan Quartet.
    • Kol Nidrei: Elegy For Pamela.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 2.

  • Christopher Tin

    Baba Yetu

    Choir: Soweto Gospel Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lucas Richman.
    • Calling All Dawns.
    • Tin Works Publishing.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.6 in C major D.589 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: B鈥橰ock Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 203.

  • Gottfried Finger

    Violin Sonata No 2 in F Major

    Performer: Veronika Skuplik. Performer: Andreas Arend.
    • Fra Bernardo.

  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes (no.1)

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • A Gershwin Songbook & Improvisations.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 1.

  • Oscar Hammerstein

    Softly, as in a morning sunrise

    Ensemble: The Modern Jazz Quartet.
    • Atlantic.

  • Valerie Capers

    Portraits in Jazz - Billie's Song

    Performer: Maria Corley.
    • SOULSCAPES: PIANO MUSIC BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN.
    • Albany.
    • 8.

  • Will Todd

    Mass in Blue, Op. 28: Gloria

    Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse. Choir: Vasari Singers.
    • Todd: Mass in Blue / Christus Est Stella / The Christ-Child / Ave Verum Corpus /.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 102.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonatine for piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary 'The Prince of Denmark's March'

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • George Walker

    Sonata for cello and piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Feldman. Performer: Joy Cline-Phinney.
    • Our American Roots.
    • Delos.
    • 10.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood Op.3

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 5 in G major, K 283

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 13.

  • Richard Strauss

    Als mir dein Lied erklang! (6 'Brentano' Lieder, Op 68 No 4)

    Singer: Louise Alder. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • LINN.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    String Quartet No 2 (Epilogue: Greetings from Joan to Jean)

    Ensemble: Maggini Quartet.
    • NAXOS.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in F Major, Wq.175

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies, Wq 175 & 183/17.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.

  • Valerie Capers

    Portraits in Jazz - Blue-Bird

    Performer: Maria Corley.
    • SOULSCAPES: PIANO MUSIC BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN.
    • Albany.
    • 12.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 58 (Finale)

    Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Warner.

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