Ian Skelly with Essential Piano Duets
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 鈥� a movement from the 成人快手 archive, plus the whole performance available online.
1100 Essential Five 鈥� 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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Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 (1st mvt)
Performer: Sophie Yates.- La Sophie: Sophie Yates.
- Chandos.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no.2 in C minor, Op.17 'Little Russian' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky.
- Onyx.
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Claude Debussy
Reflets dans l'eau (Images, Book 1, No.1)
- Debussy, Ginastera & Others: Piano Works.
- Naxos.
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Joaqu铆n Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez (3rd mvt)
Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Eije Oue.- Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
- EMI Classics.
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Iiro Rantala
My Finnish Calendar - May
Performer: Iiro Rantala.- Act.
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Otto Nicolai
Moon chorus (The Merry Wives of Windsor)
Choir: Wiener Singverein. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- SONY.
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George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in B flat Op 7 No 1 (1st mvt)
Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- DG.
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Jean Sibelius
2 Serenades Op.69 (no.1 in D major)
Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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Philip Glass
'Heroes' Symphony: VI. V2 Schneider
Composer: David Bowie. Orchestra: American Composers Orchestra. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.- POINT.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Trio in B flat major D.898 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.- Schubert Piano Trios 1&2.
- Virgin Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 36 in C major, K 425, 'Linz'
Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Solyom. -
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Franz Waxman
Carmen Fantasy
Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- Warner.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.- Conifer.
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Claude Debussy
Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. -
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Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chlo茅 Suite no.2 (Lever du jour)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
- EMI Classics.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Trio sonata in A major, Op 4 No 3
Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.- LINN.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in E minor Op.72 No. 2
Performer: Lily Maisky. Performer: Karin Lechner.- Live from the Lugano Festival 2008.
- Warner Classics.
- 213.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8
Performer: Zdenka Hrsel. Performer: Martin Hr拧el. Ensemble: Prague Piano Duo.- Dvorak: The Slavonic Dances opp. 46 & 72: Prague Piano Duo.
- Praga Digitals.
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Jos茅 Maur铆cio Nunes Garcia
Requiem Mass: VI: Sanctus - Benedictus
Singer: Matti Tuloisela. Singer: Betty Allen. Singer: Willie Brown. Singer: Doralene Davis. Choir: Morgan State University Choir. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.- SONY.
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Jos茅 Maur铆cio Nunes Garcia
Requiem Mass: VII: Agnus Dei
Singer: Matti Tuloisela. Singer: Betty Allen. Singer: Willie Brown. Singer: Doralene Davis. Choir: Morgan State University Choir. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.- SONY.
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Jos茅 Maur铆cio Nunes Garcia
Requiem Mass: VIII: Lux Aeternam
Singer: Betty Allen. Singer: Matti Tuloisela. Singer: Willie Brown. Singer: Doralene Davis. Choir: Morgan State University Choir. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.- SONY.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro - Overture
Music Arranger: Johann Went. Ensemble: Bl盲ser der Berliner Philharmoniker.- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K 492 & La clemenza di Tito, K. 492.
- Orfeo.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Porgi amor (Le nozze di Figaro)
Music Arranger: Johann Went. Ensemble: Bl盲ser der Berliner Philharmoniker.- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K 492 & La clemenza di Tito, K. 492.
- Orfeo.
- 103.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Non pi霉 andrai (Le Nozze di Figaro)
Music Arranger: Johann Went. Ensemble: Bl盲ser der Berliner Philharmoniker.- Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K 492 & La clemenza di Tito, K. 492.
- Orfeo.
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Rebecca Clarke
Passacaglia on an Old English Tune
Performer: Philip Dukes. Performer: Sophia Rahman.- Rebecca Clarke: Violin Sonata, Dumka.
- Naxos.
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Richard Strauss
Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs)
Singer: Lise Davidsen. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Decca.
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Henry Purcell
The Gordian knot unty'd, Z.597
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- DECCA.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance (Overture)
Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.- Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
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