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 Five Essentials 鈥� this week five great double concertos.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Polonaise in A flat major, Op.53 'Eroica'
Performer: Evgeny Kissin.- RCA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St. Matthew Passion: Erbame dich
Singer: Marie Henriette Reinhold. Ensemble: G盲chinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann.- Accentus.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No 7, 'Sinfonia Antartica' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- EMI.
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Frederick Delius
Late Swallows
Music Arranger: Daniel Grimley. Ensemble: Villiers Quartet.- Delius & Elgar: String Quartets.
- Naxos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto no.17 in G Major, K.453 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.- Mozart: Piano Concertos.
- Chandos.
- 005.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Piano Trio in D minor, Op.120 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Akira Eguchi. Performer: Brinton Smith.- Canary Classics.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Trio Sonata in C major, RV 82
Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Performer: Ophira Zakai. Performer: Patrick Sepec.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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William Byrd
The Great Service (Magnificat)
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
- Gimell.
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David Bruce
Gumboots: Dance V
Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.- Signum.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No 9 in C major, D 944, 'Great' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
The Sea Hawk (Main title; Reunion; Finale)
Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.- Korngold: The Sea Hawk: National Philharmonic Orchestra/Gerhardt.
- RCA Victor.
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Henry Purcell
What power art thou (King Arthur Z.628)
Singer: Stephen Varcoe. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Purcell - King Arthur.
- ERATO.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Frozen River Flows
Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Raimondas Sviackevi膷ius. Performer: Donatas Bagurskas.- Dobrinka Tabakova - String Paths.
- ECM New Series.
- 005.
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Ruth Gipps
Leviathan Op.59
Performer: Peter Wesley. Performer: Liivi Arder.- PDW.
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Jacques Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld - Concert Overture
Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Kaleidoscope: An Orchestral Extravaganza: Mackerras, LSO.
- Mercury.
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Johannes Brahms
Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Sony.
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Gustav Mahler
Piano Quartet in A minor
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Tom Dunn. Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.- Decca.
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Florence Price
Piano Sonata in E minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Althea Waites.- Black Diamonds.
- Cambria.
- 002.
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Bedrich Smetana
Sarka (M谩 vlast)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.- Orfeo.
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John Jenkins
Fantasia No 15 for viol consort
Ensemble: Fretwork.- SIGNUM.
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John Adams
Road Movies
Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: John Novacek.- NONESUCH.
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