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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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Fri 26 Mar 2021 09:00
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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Glorious Majesty.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Florence Price

    5 Folksongs in Counterpoint (Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes)

    Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.

  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Il segreto di Susanna (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Lance Friedel.
    • Naxos.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    L'Ondine Op.101

    Performer: Judith Pfeiffer.
    • Dreyer Gaido.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op.22)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • ONDINE.

  • William Grant Still

    Blues (from Lenox Avenue)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle. Music Arranger: Louis Kaufman.
    • Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 1301.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 鈥� Barry: The Eternal Recurrence.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.14

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deustche Grammophon.

  • Johannes Brahms

    狈盲苍颈别

    Choir: Eric Ericsons Kammark枚r. Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jaime Mart铆n.
    • Brahms: Works for Choir & Orchestra.
    • Ondine.
    • 301.

  • Peter Phillips

    Phillips Pavin arr Morley

    Music Arranger: Thomas Morley. Ensemble: The Dowland Consort. Director: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Heavenly Noyse: Download Consort/Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Intrada (Concerto for Orchestra)

    Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.26 in D, K537 "Coronation" - 3rd mvt: Allegretto

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Linn.

  • Claude Debussy

    Ondine (Preludes, Book 2)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 20.

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Mermaid's Song (6 Original canzonettas - set 1)

    Singer: Sarah Walker. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Hyperion.

  • Amy Beach

    Caprice "The Water Sprites"

    Ensemble: Marsyas Trio.
    • In the Theatre of Air.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 701.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rusalka, Act I: I p臎kn臎 v铆t谩m

    Singer: Alan Held. Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 (Live).
    • Orfeo.
    • 104.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Carnival of the Animals (Aquarium)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Philips.

  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Cello Sonata no.1 in C minor Op.32 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • Cello Music from Proust's Salons.
    • BIS.
    • 402.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody On a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Denis Matsuev. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Rhapsody On a Theme of Paganini.
    • Mariinsky.
    • 104.

  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

    Quintet for alto saxophone and strings - 3rd mvt

    Performer: Otis Murphy. Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet.
    • Contemporary Voices.
    • Cedille.
    • 10.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Ba茂l猫ro (Chants d'Auvergne, Set 1)

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Kiri Te Kanawa.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Benedetto Marcello

    Recorder Sonata in F major, Op.2`12 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Inventions.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto no.2 in D major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Fri 26 Mar 2021 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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