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Ian Skelly with Rachmaninov's Barcarolle and essential viola music

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 written for the viola.

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

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Fri 3 Jul 2020 09:00
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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Paul Bunyan (Overture)

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • Naxos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in E flat major, Op.33'1 - Andante grazioso quasi allegretto

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Beethoven: Fur Elise, Bagatelles Opp. 33, 119 & 126.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • DG.

  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Vidi speciosam

    Choir: Nordic Voices.
    • CHANDOS CHACONNE.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Fantaisie-tableaux, Op.5 (Barcarolle)

    Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rachmaninov: Suites 1&2: Ashkenazy/Previn.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Serenata (Six Pieces for violin and piano)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Strauss/Respighi: Violin Sonatas.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Sanctus (London)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Oja Gjeilo.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat major, K 447

    Performer: Alessio Allegrini. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos: Allegrini/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6-8.

  • Florence Price

    5 Folksongs in counterpoint: no 4, Shortnin' Bread. Allegro

    Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.
    • Navona Records.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op.70 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Director: Iona Brown.
    • Chandos.

  • Franz Liszt

    La lugubre gondola

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos. Singer: Hong Hei-Kyung. Singer: Jennifer Larmore. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.
    • Bellezza Vocale: Hong/Larmore.
    • Teldec.
    • 1.

  • John Adams

    The Chairman Dances

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • John Adams: The Chairman Dances: San Francisco SO, Edo de Waart.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 1.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Gavotta con due variazioni (Pulcinella Suite)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Stravinsky Apollon Musagete and Pulcinella Suite.
    • Linn Records.
    • 18.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Viola Sonata in E minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Garfield Jackson. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Amy Beach - Piano Quintet: Rebecca Clarke - Piano Trio, Viola Sonata.
    • ASV.
    • 007.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (Cantata No 82)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Ensemble: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in D major, Op 46 No 6

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • Duet 2.

  • John Dowland

    Lachrimae antiquae novae

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Music For Viols.
    • VIRGIN VIRGO.
    • 5.

  • Richard Strauss

    Oboe Concerto in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Fran莽ois Leleux. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Sony.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in F minor, Op 63 No 2

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Argerich Plays Chopin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's suite Op.29`2

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Kenneth Sillito.
    • English Music For Strings: ASMF/Kenneth Sillito.
    • Collins.
    • 1.

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  • Fri 3 Jul 2020 09:00
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