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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 - this week we bring you five great recordings celebrating the musical form of themes and variations.

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

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Wed 24 Mar 2021 09:00
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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Times Square 1944 (No.3 of Three Dance episodes from 'On the town')

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Barber/Bernstein/Gershwin/Copland: Great American Showpieces.
    • Angel.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Salve Regina

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice (Dance of the Furies)

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    To A Nightingale

    Ensemble: Wihan Quartet.
    • Kol Nidrei: Elegy For Pamela.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 4.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade no.3 in A flat major Op.47

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • DG.

  • An-Lun Huang

    Saibei Dance (Saibei Suite no. 2)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Delights & Dances.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major RV.558

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Teldec.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Performer: Phillip McCann. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • The World's Most Beautiful Melodies.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • James Whitbourn

    Alleluia jubilare

    Performer: Henry Parkes. Choir: Commotio. Conductor: Matthew Berry.
    • Whitbourn: Luminosity and other choral works.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rondo in A major, D.951

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Franz Schubert Piano Duets; Steven Osborne / Paul Lewis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Harold Arlen

    Stormy Weather

    Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: David Finck.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major (Blumine)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Blumine.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Thomas Vautor

    Sweet Suffolk Owl

    Ensemble: Gesualdo Consort.
    • Meridian.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    String Quartet no.1 'The Kreutzer Sonata' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • SUPRAPHON.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Le rossignol et la rose

    Singer: Rita Streich. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Kurt Gaebel.
    • DG.

  • Jan Garbarek

    We are the stars

    Performer: Jan Garbarek. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • Officium Novum: Hilliard Ensemble/Jan Garbarek.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 11.

  • Henry Purcell

    Hail, bright Cecilia Z.328 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    7 Variations on 'Bei M盲nnern, welche Liebe f眉hlen' from Mozart's Magic Flute

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony in D minor, 'Youth'

    Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: I. Allegretto

    Performer: Bettina Aust. Performer: Robert Aust.
    • Fin de si猫cle.
    • Genuin.
    • 501.

  • William Brade

    Ein Schottisch Tanz

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Festina lente

    Performer: Uta Jungwirth. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Arman.
    • Arvo P盲rt: Miserere (Live).
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 201.

  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Deus est Caritas

    Choir: Ex Cathedra. Performer: Rupert Jeffcoat. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Etudes Book 2)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Mozart: Essential Symphonies Vol. I: Norrington.
    • Hanssler Classics.

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  • Wed 24 Mar 2021 09:00
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