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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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Music Played

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    When Birds Do Sing (4 Shakespeare Songs Op.31)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • DG.

  • Franz Krommer

    Concerto for 2 clarinets in E flat Op.35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Wolfgang Meyer. Orchestra: W眉rttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: J枚rg Faerber.
    • Krommer: Concertos for 2 Clarinets and Orchestra Op.35 & Op.91 / Rossini: Variat.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo in C major Op.51`1

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam.
    • Beethoven: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 13.
    • BIS.
    • 401.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.55 in E flat "The Schoolmaster" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Decca.

  • 脕ngel Villoldo

    El Choclo

    Music Arranger: Daniel Binelli. Performer: Daniel Binelli. Orchestra: City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong. Conductor: Germ谩n Augusto Guti茅rrez.
    • Tango in the Night.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 101.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.2 in F major BWV.1047

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • George Butterworth

    Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Karl Goldmark

    Im Fr眉hling Op.36

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabrice Bollon.
    • Goldmark: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 2.
    • CPO.
    • 101.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    4 African dances Op.58 (no.1)

    Performer: John Fadial. Performer: Andrew Harley.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; Chamber Music.
    • CENTAUR.
    • 5.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Sinfonia for strings in G minor

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Venice by Night.
    • Avie.
    • 5-7.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 (FS76) 'The Inextinguishable' - Allegro

    Ensemble: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.
    • Chandos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in C minor Op.30`2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Performer: Martin Helmchen.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5-7.
    • BIS.
    • 302.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Signor Bruschino (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini: Overtures: London Symphony Orchestra/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    Soir d'hiver (7 Lieder)

    Singer: Melinda Paulsen. Performer: Angela Gassenhuber.
    • Trouba Disk.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Goodbye Mr Chips (Main theme)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.
    • British Light Music.
    • NAXOS.
    • 1.

  • Frederick Loewe

    The Rain in Spain (My Fair Lady)

    Singer: Julie Andrews. Singer: Rex Harrison.
    • Masterworks Broadway.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Ensemble: Signum Quartet.
    • Signum Quartett: Quartet Movements.
    • Capriccio.
    • 1.

  • Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grainger: The Grainger Edition: Various Artists.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major D.667 'Trout' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Christian Zacharias. Performer: Christian Ockhert. Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett.
    • Schubert: Piano Quintet etc: Zacharias/Leipziger Streichquartett.
    • MDG.
    • 4.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Chaconni (Violin Concerto)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Hilary Hahn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Alla sua gabbia d'oro (Alessandro)

    Singer: Mary Bevan. Ensemble: London Early Opera. Conductor: Bridget Cunningham.
    • Handel's Queens.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 601.

  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming

    Performer: Judith Herbert. Performer: Diana Ambache.
    • Beach: Violin Sonata Etc. - Ambache.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in D major K.320 'Posthorn' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Mozart.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in D major, Op.33 no.2

    Performer: Janina Fialkowska.
    • Chopin Recital: Janina Fialkowska.
    • Atma Classique.
    • 11.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Waverley Overture, Op.1

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • LSO LIVE.

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