
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Essential Tone Poems, Kathryn Rudge, Ibert's Ports of Call
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly.
Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Ian Skelly.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Well known musicians reveal their personal favourite performers.
1100 Essential Five – this week we bring you five great symphonic tone poems.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Edmond Dédé
Mephisto Masque
Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.- Naxos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in D major for 2 pianos K.448 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky.- Mozart: Sonatas for piano duet: Argerich/Rabinovitch.
- Apex.
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Antonín Dvořák
Silent Woods (From the Bohemian Forest Op.68)
Music Arranger: Lothar Niefind. Music Arranger: Gunter Ribke. Performer: Kian Soltani. Ensemble: Cellists of the Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- DG.
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Traditional
Barbara Allen
Performer: Shirley Collins.- Domino.
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Francis Poulenc
Rag-Mazurka (Les biches)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- Paris 1920: Orchestre de PAris/Semyon Bychkov.
- Philips.
- 6.
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Jacques Ibert
Escales (Valencia)
Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Vergnügte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust (Cantata no.170)
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Collegium Vocale Orchestra. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.- J.S. Bach: Cantates pour alto: Scholl/Orchestre du Collegium Vocale/Herreweghe.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Peter Howells
Fancy Fish
Composer: Dick Mills. Performer: Peter Howells. Performer: Dick Mills.- Silva Screen.
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Delia Derbyshire
Mattachin
Ensemble: The ѿý Radiophonic Workshop.- ѿý.
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Gerald Finzi
Romance Op.11
Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
- Decca.
- 12.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Paysage (10 Pièces Pittoresques)
Performer: Alain Planès.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Mendelssohn/Bruch - Violin Concertos; Romance: Janine Jansen.
- Decca.
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George Frideric Handel
Art Thou Troubled (Rodelinda)
Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- Decca.
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Jennifer Higdon
Blue Cathedral
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Spano.- Rainbow Body.
- TELARC.
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John Foulds
Impressions of Time and Place (Isles of Greece Op.48)
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- J Foulds, Keltic Suite: ѿý Concert Orchestra/Corp.
- Epoch.
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Isaac Albéniz
Sevilla (Suite Española no.1 Op.47)
Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.- Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espanola - Larrocha.
- Decca.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G major, Op 77 No 1 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.- EMI.
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Benjamin Britten
Young Apollo Op.16
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI.
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Nicola Porpora
Carlo il Calvo (Overture)
Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- El Maestro - Farinelli.
- Archiv.
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Arnold Bax
Tintagel - symphonic poem
Orchestra: Halle. Conductor: Mark Elder.- Halle.
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John Field
Kamarinskaya
Performer: Míċeál O'Rourke.- O'ROURKE:Miceal: Piano Works/Field.
- CHANDOS.
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Juan García de Zéspedes
Convidando está la noche
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- New World Symhonies.
- HYPERION.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg variations BWV.988 (Aria)
Performer: Peter Serkin.- Private recording.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony no.5 in E flat major Op.82 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.- BIS.
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Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen
Shine you no more
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- ECM.
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Francisco Guerrero
Maria Magdalene
Choir: Stile Antico.- Harmonia Mundi.
Broadcast
- Thu 6 Aug 2020 09:00ѿý Radio 3