
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Anna Lapwood, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2, Essential Haydn
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Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Ian Skelly.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in D major Op.28 'Pastorale' (4th mvt)
Performer: Jonathan Biss.- Jonathan Biss: Beethoven.
- Onyx.
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Johann Gottlieb Graun
Trio Sonata in A major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot.- AUDAX.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Justorum animae (3 Motets, Op.38)
Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18 (1st mvt)
Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no.39 in E flat major K.543 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Philips.
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Gustav Mahler
Das himmlische Leben (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Performer: Gustav Mahler. Performer: Christiane Karg.- Mahler: Lieder.
- harmonia mundi.
- 119.
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Maurice Ravel
Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie
Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.- Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, Le tombeau de Couperin & Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie.
- harmonia mundi.
- 13.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita no.5 in G major BWV.829 (Allemande)
Performer: Igor Levit.- Sony Classical.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet no.14 in A flat major Op.105 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
- Decca.
- 11.
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Errollyn Wallen
Of Crumpling Rocks (Songbook)
Performer: Errollyn Wallen.- Avie.
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Anna Lapwood
O Nata Lux
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- Signum.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in B flat major Op.3`1
Orchestra: Berliner Barock Solisten. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3.
- haenssler CLASSIC.
- 1-3.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.- Warsaw Concerto: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
- Decca.
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Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Te Deum (Te Deum Laudamus)
Performer: Chœur de Chambre de Namur. Performer: Millenium Orchestra. Performer: Leonardo García Alarcón.- Lully: Dies Irae, De Profondis & Te Deum.
- Alpha.
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Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
Village Scene by the Inn
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Chandos.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.104 in D major H.1.104 'London' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- WARNER.
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Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso no.12 in D minor 'La Follia' (mvts 4-7)
Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi. -
Philip Glass
Dance II (In the Upper Room)
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.- SONY.
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Bedrich Smetana
Vltava (Ma Vlast)
Orchestra: Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK. Orchestra: Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK. Conductor: Libor Pešek. Conductor: Libor Pešek.- Dvorak: New World Symphony: Prague Symphony Orchestra/Pesek.
- Sony.
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Edward Elgar
Hell and Tommy (6 Promenades)
Ensemble: Athena Ensemble.- Elgar: Complete works for wind quintet: Athena Ensemble.
- Chandos.
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Rory Boyle
Baloue
Performer: Robert Irvine.- DELPHIAN.
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Benjamin Britten
Serenade Op.31 (Nocturne)
Singer: Neil Mackie. Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford. -
Claudio Monteverdi
Beatus vir a 6
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet in E flat major, D.87 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- Schubert: String Quartets D87 & D887: Cuarteto Casals.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Madeleine Dring
Festival Scherzo
Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Salter.- HYPERION.
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- Thu 8 Oct 2020 09:00ѿý Radio 3