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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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Thu 25 Mar 2021 09:00
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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Schauspieldirektor K.486 (Overture)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Libert脿! Mozart & the opera.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 201.

  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Variations on a theme of Paganini

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Rachmaninov:Suite No.2 /Ravel a Valse/Lutoslawski:/Paganini Variations - Argeric.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • Traditional

    Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

    Music Arranger: Bugge Wesseltoft. Performer: Bugge Wesseltoft.
    • It's snowing on my piano.
    • ACT Music & Vision.
    • 10.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Kikimora

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Lyadov - Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 006.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.4 in D major BWV.1069 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
    • RCA.
    • 8.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Second Essay: Echo

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • Babel: Schumann, Shaw, Shostakovich.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.

  • Eduard Tubin

    Suite on Estonian Dances

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Double Bass Concerto, Valse Triste, Ballade for Violin & Orchestra, Eduard Tubin.
    • BIS.
    • 7.

  • Louis Spohr

    Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op 52 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Warner.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Cara pianta (Apollo e Dafne)

    Singer: Christopher Purves. Orchestra: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Francesca da Rimini - Epilogue

    Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Performer: Svetla Vassileva. Performer: Misha Didyk. Performer: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Chandos.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Notturno e danza

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Nordic Rhapsody.
    • BIS.
    • 10.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Zita (Suite troileana)

    Performer: S茅rgio Assad. Performer: Odair Assad.
    • Saga dos Migrantes: Sergio and Odair Assad.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (The Wasps)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    One Summer's Day (From 'Spirited Away')

    Orchestra: New Japan Philharmonic. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • Decca.

  • Jaakko M盲ntyj盲rvi

    Double, double, toil and trouble (4 Shakespeare Songs)

    Choir: Phoenix Bach Choir. Conductor: Charles Bruffy.
    • Shakespeare in Song.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Claude Debussy

    La danse de Puck (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    When the night wind howls (Ruddigore)

    Librettist: W. S. Gilbert. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: Radiok枚ren. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Trad.

    Cumbes/El cielito lindo

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • El Nuevo Mundo: Fol铆as Criollas.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 5.

  • Richard Dubugnon

    Klavieriana, Op. 70: II. Sicilienne

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa. Performer: Rafael R眉tti. Orchestra: Musikkollegium Winterthur. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Richard Dubugnon: Klavieriana, Op. 70 & Chamber Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op 56a

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Brahms: 4 Symphonies: Berlin Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    White Landscapes, Op. 47a; (2nd mvt)

    Performer: John Barrow. Performer: Jonathan Price. Performer: Kate Wilson. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.

  • Michael Tippett

    Concerto for Double String Orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Barshai.
    • EMI.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Largo al factotum (The Barber of Seville)

    Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Ion Marin.
    • Philips.

  • William Cornysh

    Ave Maria mater Dei 脿 4

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • An Eternal Harmony.
    • Coro.
    • 9.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando (Live)

    Performer: Igor Levit. Orchestra: K枚lner Kammerorchester. Conductor: Helmut M眉ller鈥怋r眉hl.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Live).
    • Naxos.
    • 301.

Broadcast

  • Thu 25 Mar 2021 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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