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Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Treacle Mines, Stewart Lee, Whitacre's Lux Aurumque

Ian Skelly with the best in classical music. Plus comedian Stewart Lee talks about his cultural inspirations.

Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Each day this week the comedian, writer, director and jazz fan Stewart Lee talks about the cultural influences that have inspired and shaped his life and career.

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Music and featured items

  • Luciano Berio

    Ritirata notturna di Madrid [after Boccherini]

    Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Berio: Orchestral transcriptions: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Violin Sonata in A Major - 4th mvt (arr.Jules Delsart)

    Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: David Kadouch.
    • Franck, Poulenc & Strohl: Cello Sonatas.
    • Erato.
    • 12.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Trio Sonata in D minor, RV.63 'La Follia'

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI.
    • Altre Follie 1500-1750: Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 15.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    The Little Train of the Caipira (Bachiana Brasiliera No.2)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.
    • TELARC.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Mendelssohn Symphonies Nos 1 & 4 - Sir John Elliott Gardiner.
    • LSO.
    • 6.
  • Claude Debussy

    La plus que lente

    Performer: James Rhodes.
    • Bullets & Lullabies; James Rhodes.
    • Warner.
    • 2.
  • Marianna Martines

    Perch茅, se tanti siete (Berenice, ah che fai?)

    Singer: N煤ria Rial. Orchestra: La Floridiana. Conductor: Nicoleta Paraschivescu.
    • Martines: Il Primo amore.
    • DHM.
    • 17.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Nocturne, Op 40

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • NAXOS.
  • Time Traveller: Treacle Mines

    Duration: 02:42

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker Suite transc Pletnev (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Music Arranger: Mikhail Pletnev.
    • Piano Works: Trpceski.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • William Cornysh

    Ah Robin

    Music Arranger: Roderick Williams. Choir: The SDASA Chorale. Ensemble: I Fagiolini.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Moscow-Cheryomushki (Suite from the operetta, op 105): III. Dances (Polka - Galop)

    Performer: Erez Ofer. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: Cheryomushki; The Bolt; etc.
    • Decca.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Tango (The Bolt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: Cheryomushki; The Bolt; etc.
    • Decca.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Ubi Caritas

    Choir: VOCES8. Performer: Ola Gjeilo.
    • DECCA.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Nunc dimittis (Vespers)

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.
    • Ondine.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Men of Sherwood Forest (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: 成人快手 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Dutton.
  • Cultural Inspirations: Stewart Lee on caves

    Duration: 04:08

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bream. Performer: Peter Walden. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Mason Bates

    Attack Decay Sustain Release

    Orchestra: Boston Modern Orchestra. Conductor: Gil Rose.
    • BMOP.
  • Louis Couperin

    Suite in A - Prelude and Courante

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 5 in A major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Archiv.
  • William Walton

    Then sing aloud to God (Belshazzar's Feast)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Choir: 成人快手 Symphony Chorus.
    • Warner Apex.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130, 'Cavatina'

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Zig Zag.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les Baricades Misterieuses

    Performer: Christophe Rousset.
    • Harmonia Mundi: HMX2908717.26.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.
  • Richard Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op.28

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • REFERENCE RECORDINGS.

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