
Ian Skelly with Essential Bruch, Ailish Tynan, Glazunov's Troubadour Serenade
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 Well known musicians reveal their favourite performers.
1100 Essential Five – this week we bring you five of Max Bruch’s greatest pieces.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Leonard Bernstein
Slava!
Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Bernstein: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite, Slava!, CBS Music & A Bernstein Birth.
- Naxos.
- 201.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Cinnamon Grove (Allegretto)
Performer: Clipper Erickson.- My Cup Runneth Over.
- NAVONA.
- 19.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata no. 79 BWV.79 - Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn' und Schild - opening chorus
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.- Soli Deo Gloria.
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Alexander Glazunov
From the Middle Ages, Op. 79: The Troubador's Serenade
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Chandos.
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Franz Schubert
Andantino varie in B minor, D 823 No 2
Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.- Franz Schubert Piano Duets.
- HYPERION.
- 2.
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Henry Purcell
The Gordian Knot Unty'd
Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.- Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
- Decca.
- 11.
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Cecilia McDowall
Alma redemptoris Mater
Ensemble: Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.- DELPHIAN.
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Billy Mayerl
The Harp in the Winds
Performer: Philip Dyson.- Billy Mayerl: The Nimble Fingered Gentleman: Philip Dyson.
- ASV.
- 3.
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Maurice Ravel
La valse
Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.- Deutsche Grammophon 479 5524.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 13.
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Franz Schubert
Wandrers Nachtlied ('Über allen Gipfeln ist ruh'), D768
Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Performer: Gerald Moore.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Ornamental Air (3rd mvt)
Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.- CHANDOS.
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Uuno Klami
Kalevala Suite, Op.23 (Terhenniemi)
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.- Klami: Kalevala Suite etc..
- ONDINE.
- 6.
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Ottorino Respighi
Italiana (Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no.3)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 12.
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Richard Wagner
Pilgrim's Chorus (Tannhäuser)
Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Heger.- Virgin.
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Claude Debussy
La sérénade interrompue (Preludes, Book 1 No 9)
Performer: Noriko Ogawa.- Debussy: Preludes/Children's Corner: Ogawa.
- BIS.
- 9.
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Modest Mussorgsky
The Gnome (Pictures from an Exhibition)
Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
- EMI.
- 4.
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Clara Schumann
Scherzo no.2 in C minor Op.14
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.- Romance.
- Decca.
- 7.
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Gavin Bryars
Ave Regina Gloriosa [Lauda VII]
Choir: Trio Mediæval.- ECM.
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Richard Strauss
Serenade in E flat major, Op.7
Ensemble: Ensemble à vent Paris Bastille. Director: François Leleux.- Francois Leleux - Richard Strauss.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
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Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, Op 46 (Finale)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory MacDonald.- Nicola Benedetti - ѿýcoming.
- Decca.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387: I. Allegro vivace assai
Ensemble: Armida Quartett.- Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. III.
- CAvi-music.
- 101.
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Tor Aulin
Four Watercolours: No. 3. Vaggvisa (Lullaby)
Performer: Nils‐Erik Sparf. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.- Musica Sveciae.
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Arvo Pärt
Nunc dimittis for chorus
Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.- Da pacem Domine.
- Ondine.
- 013.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 3 in C major, BWV 1009 (Courante)
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.- J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
- Sony Classical.
- 15.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
10 Preludes Op.23 (no.5 in G minor)
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.- The Rachmaninov Experience.
- Warner Classics and Jazz.
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John Williams
Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- Arista.
Broadcast
- Thu 26 Nov 2020 09:00ѿý Radio 3