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Ian Skelly with Debussy's Sirenes and Essential Rondos

Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Ian Skelly

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five pieces in rondo form.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Swedish Festive Music, Op 25

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Nobel Prize Ceremony Music: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/Davis.
    • FINLANDIA.
    • 001.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Ensemble: Signum Quartet.
    • Signum Quartett: Quartet Movements.
    • Capriccio.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Arminio, HWV 36: Quella fiamma

    Singer: Samuel Mari帽o. Orchestra: H盲ndelfestspielorchester Halle. Conductor: Martin Hofstetter.
    • Care pupille.
    • Orfeo.
    • 5.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Claude Debussy

    Sir猫nes (Nocturnes)

    Choir: Women's Voices of the Collegium Musicum Amstelodamense. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
  • Anon.

    Greensleeves

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Stephan Rath. Performer: Stephan Maass.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 21.
  • 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.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Tallis Canon

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
  • George Antheil

    Capital of the World Suite: III. Knife Dance & Farruca

    Conductor: Karl鈥怘einz Steffens. Orchestra: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz.
    • Antheil: A Jazz Symphony.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 303.
  • Enrique Granados

    Andaluza (Danzas espa帽olas Set 2)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Milos - The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.
  • Hannah Kendall

    A Winged Spirit

    Performer: Hyeyoon Park. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Many Voices: 10 New Pieces for Violin.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 5.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony etc..
    • EMI.
    • 5.
  • Gustav Holst

    Neptune, the Mystic (The Planets Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Gayane Suite No. 1: V. Lullaby

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.
    • Khachaturian: Orchestral Suites from Spartacus & Gayane - Ravel: Daphnis et Chlo.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 403.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in G major, K 124

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Baroque Masterpieces for Harpsichord.
    • Regis.
    • 1.
  • Fobbes

    Fantasy on Mozart's Magic Flute

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • EMI.
  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (Act 2, Sc 3: The City)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa.
    • Philip Glass: Violin Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rondo in G minor, Op 94

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV.1047

    Performer: Gabriele Cassone. Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Performer: Paolo Grazzi. Performer: Enrico Onofri. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta Diva

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Music Arranger: Yvar Mikhashoff.
    • DECCA.
  • William Byrd

    Vigilate for 5 voices

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 1.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no.10 in E minor, Op.93 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 4 - Symphony No. 10: Royal Liverpool Philh.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Festmarsch in E flat major, Op 1

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Strauss: Josephslegend etc: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 27.

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