Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Debussy's Poissons d'or, Adrian Scarborough, Weelkes's Weakness
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Ian Skelly.
Ian Skelly with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Musical Time Travellers 鈥 stories behind the music-making of the British Isles.
1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the actor Adrian Scarborough.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Francis Poulenc
Capriccio for two pianos
Performer: Pascal Rog茅. Performer: Jean鈥怭hilippe Collard.- Poulenc: Piano music and chamber works: Pascal Roge.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Flute Sonata in E Minor, BWV 1034 (Arr. for Alto Recorder & Basso continuo): IV
Performer: Michala Petri. Performer: Hille Perl. Performer: Mahan Esfahani.- J.S. Bach: Flute Sonatas BWVV 1030-1035 (Arr. for Recorder & Basso continuo).
- OUR Recordings.
- 18.
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Cecilia McDowall
Alma redemptoris Mater
Ensemble: Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.- Music For The Queen Of Heaven.
- DELPHIAN.
- 5.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.- Schubert: Symphonies No. 5 & 6: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Zinman.
- RCA Red Seal.
- 4.
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Claude Debussy
Poissons d'or (Images, Set 2)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Debussy: Complete Works for Piano: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
- Chandos.
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Alexander Glazunov
Concert waltz for orchestra no. 2 (Op.51) in F major
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Orfeo.
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Harold Arlen
Stormy Weather
Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: David Finck.- PHILIPS.
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Malcolm Arnold
Brass Quintet no.1, Op.73 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.- Malcolm Arnold.
- Decca.
- 16.
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Giacomo Puccini
Capriccio sinfonico
Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Clara Schumann
Romance, Op.22 no.3
Performer: Jennifer Pike. Performer: Tom Poster.- Brahms/Schumann: Jennifer Pike/Tom Poster.
- Chandos.
- 9.
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Carl Maria von Weber
The Ruler of the Spirits Op.27
Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.- Weber: Overtures.
- Bis.
- 1.
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Erik Satie
d'Holothurie (Embryons d茅ss茅ch茅s)
Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.- Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
- Virgin Classics.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
La Poule (Concert en sextuor no.6 in G minor)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
- Archiv.
- 11.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)
Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.- EMI.
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Nick Kenny
Gone Fishin'
Composer: Charles Kenny. Singer: Bing Crosby. Singer: Louis Armstrong.- 20 Golden Greats.
- MCA.
- 9.
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Astor Piazzolla
Loving (Five Tango Sensations)
Performer: Astor Piazzolla. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.- Piazzolla: Five tango sensations: Kronos Quartet/Piazzolla.
- Elektra Nonesuch.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Fantaisie-tableaux, Op.5 (Barcarolle)
Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Rachmaninov: Suites 1&2: Ashkenazy/Previn.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 26 in E flat major, K 184
Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer. Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra.- Mozart: Symphonies Vol.6: Danish National Chamber Orchestra/Fischer.
- Dacapo.
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Ola Gjeilo
Serenity [O magnum mysterium]
Choir: Swedish Chamber Choir. Performer: Jennifer Pike. Conductor: Simon Phipps.- Chandos.
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Edvard Grieg
Symphony in C minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Grieg: Symphonie / Altnorwegische Romanze U.A..
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Aram Khachaturian
Violin concerto: 2nd mvt Andante sostenuto
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.- Onyx.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Che far貌 senza Euride (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Performer: Janet Baker. Performer: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.- Phillips.
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Maurice Ravel
Alborado del gracioso (Miroirs)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Ravel: Sheherazade; Ma Mere l'Oye; La Valse: BSO/Rattle.
- EMI Classics.
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Broadcast
- Wed 23 Oct 2019 09:00成人快手 Radio 3