Thursday with Ian Skelly - Musical comedy footnotes, Jessie Burton
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly. Ian's guest is novelist Jessie Burton.
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 Ian鈥檚 guest this week is the novelist Jessie Burton (鈥淭he Miniaturist鈥�, 鈥淭he Muse鈥�) who reveals the people, places and ideas that have inspired her throughout her life and career.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
November: Troika (The Seasons)
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Claude Debussy
Images, L. 122: No. 2a, Ib茅ria. Par les rues et par les chemins
Orchestra: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno.- Debussy: La mer, Ib茅ria, Images & 6 脡pigraphes antiques.
- PENTATONE.
- 201.
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Josquin des Prez
Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi [for 24 voices]
Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Director: Paul Van Nevel.- Utopia Triumphans.
- Sony.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- Mozart: Late Symphonies: The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock.
- Archiv Produktion.
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George Frideric Handel
Eternal source of light divine (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne)
Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Performer: David Blackadder. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Eternal Light: Elin Manahan-Thomas.
- Heliodor.
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Grace Williams
Penillion (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Ray Allan. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.- Grace Williams: Sea Sketches; Fantasia; Carillons; Penillion.
- Lyrita.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for violin & orchestra in E flat "La Tempesta di Mare"
Performer: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Jean-Baptiste Arban
The Carnival of Venice
Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.- Philip Jones Brass Ensemble: The Lighter Side.
- Decca.
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Gioachino Rossini
Petite Messe Solennelle (Kyrie)
Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Performer: Daniele Rossi. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle.
- EMI.
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Orlando Gibbons
Fantasia a 3 No 5
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments.- Hyperion.
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Harry Warren
42nd Street Overture
Orchestra: The London Theatre Orchestra.- 42nd Street Highlights.
- Marathon Media International.
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Harry Warren
Shuffle off to Buffalo
Performer: The London Theatre Cast & Orchestra. Lyricist: Al Dublin. Lyricist: Johnny Mercer.- 42nd Street Highlights.
- Marathon Media International.
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Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story (selection)
Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- Bernstein: John Williams/Boston Pops.
- Philips.
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Maurice Ravel
Jeux d'eau
Performer: Louis Lortie.- Ravel - Complete Works for Solo Piano.
- Chandos.
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Joseph Haydn
The Representation of Chaos (The Creation)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Henry Purcell
Come Ye Sons of Art, away (Chorus & Sound the Trumpet)
Singer: James Bowman. Singer: Michael Chance. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Orchestra: King's Consort. Conductor: Robert King.- HYPERION.
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Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44 (4th mvt)
Performer: Leonard Bernstein. Ensemble: Juilliard String Quartet.- Leonard Bernstein plays and conducts Beethoven/Mozart/Schumann etc.
- Sony Music.
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Edward Elgar
The Serious Doll (Nursery suite)
Music Arranger: William Bennett. Performer: William Bennett. Performer: Clifford Benson.- Encores: William Bennett and Clifford Benson.
- Bravura.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 13, 'Path茅tique'
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat in E Flat major, BWV 243a
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- Linn Records CKD469.
- Linn Records.
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Robert Schumann
Langsam (2nd movement) from Violin Concerto in D minor
Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Joshua Bell.- For the Love of Brahms.
- SONY.
- 004.
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Francis Poulenc
Trio for trumpet, horn and trombone
Performer: John Wallace. Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: David Purser.- Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music: The Nash Ensemble.
- Hyperion.
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George Frideric Handel
Let the bright seraphim (Samson)
Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Eternal Light: Elin Manahan-Thomas.
- Heliodor.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite (1945 Version): IX. Berceuse [Live]
Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps & The Firebird Suite.
- BR-Klassik.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite (1945 Version): X. Finale [Live]
Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps & The Firebird Suite.
- BR-Klassik.
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