
Ian Skelly with Essential Rhapsodies and Chopin's Raindrop Prelude
Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Ian Skelly.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1100 Essential Five – this week we bring you five musical rhapsodies.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Music Played
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George Lloyd
John Socman (Overture)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: George Lloyd.- George Lloyd: Overture: John Socman.
- Troy.
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Kate Whitley
Ripples
Performer: Hyeyoon Park. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. -
Joanna Lee
Midnight Feast
Performer: Hyeyoon Park. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- Many Voices: 10 New Pieces for Violin.
- NMC Recordings.
- 801.
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Jean Cras
Suite en duo (Danse à onze temps. Très animé)
Performer: Frédéric Chatoux. Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson.- NoMadMusic.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Spartacus
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Chandos.
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Frédéric Chopin
Prelude in D flat major 'Raindrop' (24 Preludes Op.28)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. -
Georg Philipp Telemann
Oboe d'amore concerto in E minor
Performer: Carin van Heerden. Orchestra: Orfeo Baroque Orchestra. Director: Michi Gaigg.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.92 in G major 'Oxford' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.- Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 91 & 92: Rene Jacobs.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 5.
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Max Reger
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 146: II. Vivace
Performer: Thorsten Johanns. Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett. Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett.- Reger: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 146 & String Sextet in F Major, Op. 118.
- CPO.
- 102.
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Frédéric Chopin
Prelude in D flat major 'Raindrop' (24 Preludes Op.28)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Fur Elise, Piano Music by Beethoven, Chopin, etc.: Ashkenezy etc..
- Decca.
- 3.
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Worthy is the Lamb - Amen
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Henri Vieuxtemps
Viola Sonata in B flat major Op.36 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.- Bel Canto: The Voice of the Viola.
- harmonia mundi.
- 102.
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Sir George Dyson
Overture - At the Tabard Inn (The Canterbury Pilgrims)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi: Tieteberga, RV 737: "Sento in seno ch'in pioggia di lagrime" (Lotario)
Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus. Conductor: Jean‐Christophe Spinosi.- Vivaldi: Heroes.
- Warner Classics.
- 112.
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Claude Debussy
Gardens in the Rain
Performer: Isao Tomita.- RCA Red Seal.
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Isaac Albéniz
Asturias (Suite española)
Music Arranger: John Williams. Performer: John Williams.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Michel Farinel
Faronell's Division on a Ground (1684)
Music Arranger: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- Altre Follie 1500-1750: Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall.
- Alia Vox.
- 9.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Beethoven: Symphonies 7-9: John Eliot Gardiner.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 2.
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Gilbert Vinter
Hunter's Moon
Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.- British Horn Concertos: Pyatt/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Braithwaite.
- Lyrita.
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Claude Debussy
Première rhapsodie for clarinet and piano
Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.- BIS.
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Georges Bizet
Petite Suite 'Jeux d'enfants'
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Bizet: Symphony in C etc.: Concertgebouw Orchestra/Haitink.
- Philips.
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Peteris Vasks
The Lonely Angel
Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Orchestra: Covent Garden Sinfonia. Conductor: Ben Palmer.- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Recomposed by Max Richter.
- Rubicon.
- 113.
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Anonymous Brazilian
Tarambote
Ensemble: Ensemble Turicum. Director: Luiz Alves da Silva. Director: Mathias Weibel.- K617.
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Carter Pann
SLALOM
Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- CSO Media.
Broadcast
- Wed 15 Jul 2020 09:00ѿý Radio 3