Ian Skelly with Essential Rhapsodies
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 bring you five musical rhapsodies.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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William Byrd
Laudibus in sanctis
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in G major, Op 31 No 1 (3rd mvmt, Rondo)
Performer: Igor Levit.- Sony Classical.
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William Grant Still
Symphony no.5 'Western Hemisphere' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.- Still: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
- NAXOS.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet in D Minor D. 810 'Death and the Maiden' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Navarra String Quartet.- Love and Death.
- Orchid Classics.
- 12.
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Anton Webern
Im Sommerwind
Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.- H盲nssler Classic.
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William Lawes
Consort Sett a 6 in F major "Sunrise" (Fantazy)
Ensemble: Fretwork. Performer: Paul Nicholson.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Pablo de Sarasate
Zigeunerweisen
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- Erato.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Sarabande et rigaudon, Op.93 (Rigaudon)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- SAINT-SAENS: Volume 1.
- CALA.
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J贸runn Vi冒ar
Slatta - Piano Concerto (3rd mvt)
Performer: Steinunn Birna Ragnarsd贸ttir. Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petter Sundkvist.- Smekkleysa.
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Gregorio Allegri
Miserere mei Deus
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- SIGNUM.
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Nikolai Sokoloff
Polka (Les Vendredis)
Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.- Les Vendredis.
- Simax.
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Claude Debussy
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Josef Suk
Evening Mood (Summer Moods, Op 22b)
Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.- Suk: Piano Works: Margaret Fingerhut.
- Chandos.
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Heitor Villa鈥怢obos
Aria (Bachiana brasileira No 5)
Singer: Juliane Banse. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.- South American Getaway: 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker/Banse.
- EMI Classics.
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Hannah Peel
Sunrise through the Dusty Nebula
Ensemble: Tubular Brass. Conductor: Sandy Smith.- My Own Pleasure.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G major, RV443
Performer: Lucie Horsch. Ensemble: Amsterdam Vivaldi Players.- Decca.
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Maurice Ravel
Rhapsodie Espagnole
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- ERATO.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Les roses d'Ispahan (4 Songs Op.39)
Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Joseph Middleton.- BIS.
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Johann Baptist Vanhal
Symphony in G minor, Bryan g1: II. Andante cantabile
Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Helmrath.- B枚hmische Klassik.
- Orfeo.
- 102.
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Trad.
Waltz after Lasse in Lyby
Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- Wood Works.
- Dacapo.
- 004.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue in A major, BWV864 (Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- ECM.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
The Ballad of Blanik
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS.
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