Ian Skelly with Essential Piano Duets and Copland's Appalachian Spring
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Ian Skelly
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Essential Symphony – a movement from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ archive, plus the whole performance available online.
1100 Essential Five – this week we suggest five great pieces for piano duet.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Music Played
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Quintet in D major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: London Soloists Ensemble.- Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet.
- Naxos.
- 6.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Romance in F major for violin and orchestra, Op 50
Performer: Kyung-wha Chung. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.- Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Violin Romances: Chung Trio/Philharmonia Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 5.
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Cyrillus Kreek
The sun shall not smite you (Psalms of David)
Choir: Vox Clamantis. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.- ECM.
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Jean Françaix
Wind Quartet
Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet.- Francaix: Chamber Music for Winds: Bergen Wind Quintet.
- Bis.
- 10-13.
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Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- BMG.
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Judith Bingham
Gleams of a Remoter World
Choir: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers. Conductor: David Hill.- SIGNUM.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major, Op.33`3 'The Bird' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Franz Schubert
An die Musik, D 547
Singer: Felicity Lott. Performer: Graham Johnson.- Felicity Lott sings Schubert.
- I.M.P. Classics.
- 6.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Symphony No.8 in G major (Op.88)
Ensemble: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- GB³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.
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Josef Suk
Elegie Op.23
Performer: Josef Suk. Performer: František Host. Orchestra: Sukův komornà orchestr.- Suk: Chamber Works.
- Supraphon.
- 13.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate, jubilate, K 165
Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
- EMI Classics.
- 14.
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Franz Liszt
Au bord d'une source (Années de pèlerinage I)
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Murray Perahia Plays Franck & Liszt.
- Sony.
- 8.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Introduction; Sarabande of the Sons of God (Job - A Masque for Dancing)
Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North.- Naxos.
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Herbert Howells
The House Of The Mind
Ensemble: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Performer: David Bednall. Director: Owen Rees.- The House Of The Mind.
- SIGNUM.
- 6.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in C major for piano duet, K 521 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Imogen Cooper. Performer: Anne Queffélec.- Mozart: Piano works for four hands: Imogen Cooper & Anne Queffelec.
- Ottavo.
- 4.
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Alessandro Marcello
Oboe concerto in D minor
Performer: Ewan Miller. Performer: Adrienne Black. -
Felix Mendelssohn
Infelice, Op 94
Singer: Janet Baker. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Brahms/Mendelssohn: Dame Janet Baker/Richard Hickox.
- Virgin Classics.
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Clarence Cameron White
Basque folk song
Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.- Sono Luminus.
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Errollyn Wallen
Photography (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.- NMC.
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Richard Wagner
Die Feen (Overture)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Wagner: Tristan und Isolde/Overtures; Neeme Jarvi.
- Chandos.
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Francis Poulenc
Sonata for clarinet and bassoon
Performer: Richard Hosford. Performer: Ursula Leveaux.- Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music: Nash Ensemble.
- HYPERION.
- 13.
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Alessandro Scarlatti
Salve Regina 1
Singer: Véronique Gens. Singer: Gérard Lesne. Ensemble: Il Seminario Musicale.- Ombra Mai Fu: Gerard Lesne.
- Virgin Classics.
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Broadcast
- Mon 11 May 2020 09:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3