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Ian Skelly with Essential Rondos and Montero's Improvisation on La Cucaracha

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.

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Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Maid of Pskov (Overture)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol: Seattle Symphony/Schwarz.
    • NAXOS.
    • 009.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Martin Baker.
    • James Macmillan: Tenebrae Responsories: Westminster Cathedral Choir/Baker.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Saxophone Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 109 (Arr. Zhislin for Viola & String Orch)

    Performer: Yuri Zhislin. Ensemble: Camerata Tchaikovsky.
    • Russian Colours.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 104.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Carnival Waltz, Op.73

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • CHANNEL.

  • Gabriela Montero

    La Cucaracha

    Composer: Trad.. Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Journey Around the World.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op.33`3 'The Bird' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    The Heavens' Flock

    Lyricist: Paulann Petersen. Conductor: Ethan Sperry. Choir: Portland State University Chamber Choir.
    • Translations.
    • Naxos.
    • 201.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅 Suite no.2

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Piano Sonata No.2, Op.39 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Weber & Schubert: Sonatas.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Gordian Knot Unty'd

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 11.

  • Josquin des Prez

    El Grillo

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • Erato.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Mikrokosmos - volume 6 Sz.107 for piano - no.142; From the diary of a fly

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Soundmark Records.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Song of the Flea

    Singer: John Tomlinson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • Great Operatic Arias.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Le Moucheron (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no.6 )

    Performer: Christophe Rousset.
    • Francois Couperin: Deuxieme livre de Pieces de clavecin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 017.

  • Albert Roussel

    Le Festin de l'araignee (The Spider's Banquet); mvts 7-11

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane/Le Festin de L'Araign茅e - 成人快手 Philharmonic/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 29-33.

  • Philip Wilby

    A Breathless Alleluia

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Performer: Philip Wilby. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • A Breathless Alleluia.
    • NAXOS.
    • 1.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Sextet in D major Op.10 (Intermezzo)

    Performer: Jennifer Stumm. Performer: Bartholomew LaFollette. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Korngold: Piano Sextet/String Quintet: Doric String Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Magic Flute Dances; I. Light (Tentative, getting faster and bolder)

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Orchestra: 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-10718.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op.129, 'Rage Over a Lost Penny'

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • VOXBOX.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O viridissima Virga, Ave

    Ensemble: Sequentia. Director: Barbara Thornton.
    • Canticles of Ecstasy.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.
    • 011.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Capriccio sinfonico

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale Prelude 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ', BWV 639

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.
    • Sony.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto no.2 in G minor Op.63 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Visions of Prokofiev.
    • DG.
    • 7.

  • William Byrd

    Mass for 3 voices (Agnus Dei)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 15.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.41 in C major K.551 'Jupiter' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

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    成人快手 Radio 3

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