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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 Five Essentials 鈥 this week five great double concertos.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 17 Mar 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Reinhard Keiser

    Croesus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Keiser: Croesus: Rene Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Impromptu no.3 in A flat major Op.34

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Faure - The Complete Music for Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Anna Lapwood

    O Nata Lux

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Impressioni Brasiliane (Butantan)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li猫ge. Conductor: John Neschling.
    • BIS.
  • Clara Schumann

    Geheimes Fl眉stern hier und dort Op.23 no.3

    Singer: Olena Tokar. Performer: Igor Gryshyn.
    • Charmes.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 601.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Introduction and Rondo capriccioso Op.28

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Indes Galantes (Chaconne; Ballet of the Flowers - Thunderstorm)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • SONY.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Trio no.1 Op.8

    Ensemble: Trio Kar茅nine.
    • Chostakovitch, Dvo艡谩k & Weinberg.
    • Mirare.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in F major, K.213

    Ensemble: Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Mozart: Die Blaserdivertimenti.
    • TELDEC.
    • 1-4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Widerstehe doch der S眉nde (Cantata, BWV.54)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
  • Johanna M眉ller-Hermann

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Artis Quartet.
    • Nimbus.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Satan's Dance of Triumph (Job)

    Performer: David Adams. Performer: Darius Battiwalla. Orchestra: 贬补濒濒茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • 贬补濒濒茅.
  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a while (Oedipus)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Laurence Cummings.
    • BIS.
  • Silvestre Revueltas

    Sensemaya

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Richard M. Sherman

    Jungle Book (Trust in Me [The Python's Song])

    Singer: Sterling Holloway.
    • EMI.
  • Daniel Kidane

    Aria Antica

    Performer: Hyeyoon Park. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Many Voices: 10 New Pieces for Violin.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 4.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in D minor Op.3`5

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 3.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 501.
  • Max Bruch

    Concerto in E minor for clarinet, viola and orchestra Op.88 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: G茅rard Causs茅. Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Bruch/Werke fur Klarinette und Viola.
    • Erato.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645

    Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni. Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
    • Bach Nostalghia.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 301.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    The Noonday Witch Op.108

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.
  • Andrea Tarrodi

    Sorrow and Joy

    Performer: Jon Dahlkvist. Performer: Hannah Dahlkvist.
    • Andrea Tarrodi: String Quartets.
    • db Productions.
    • 1.
  • John Adams

    Tromba lontana

    Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • John Adams: The Chairman Dances, Two Fanfares, Other Works.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 3.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Omnes gentes plaudite manibus 脿 16

    Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Gabrieli Sacred Symphonies.
    • HYPERION.
    • 005.
  • Richard Strauss

    Waltz Sequence no.1 (Der Rosenkavalier)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Symphonic music from operas.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

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