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Ian Skelly

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Well-known musicians reveal their favourite performers.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we bring you five musical sunrises.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 16 Dec 2020 09:00

Music Played

  • Johann Hermann Schein

    Quem pastores laudavere

    Singer: Dorothee Mields. Singer: Paul Agnew. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Director: Wolfgang Katschner.
    • Wie Schon Leuchtet Der Morgenstern.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 15.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major, D.935 no.2

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • ECM: 4811572.
    • ECM.
    • 3.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Music Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: N茅stor Marconi. Performer: Antonio Agri. Performer: Horacio Malvicino. Performer: Leonardo Marconi. Singer: H茅ctor Console.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Panorama)

    Orchestra: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus-Peter Hahn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Russian Ballet.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 202.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus-Peter Hahn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Russian Ballet.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 203.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.204

    Performer: Federico Guglielmo. Performer: Esther Crazzolara. Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco. Director: Federico Guglielmo.
    • BRILLIANT.
  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Sibelius: Lemmink盲inen Suite - Pell茅as & M茅lisande.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 104.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Russian Rag

    Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Signum.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Ensemble: Sejong Soloists.
    • Haydn: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 - Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings.
    • Canary Classics.
    • 7.
  • Trad.

    Good King Wenceslas

    Music Arranger: Stewart Goodyear. Performer: Stewart Goodyear.
    • Imagine Christmas.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 1001.
  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor 'Gaelic', Op.32 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn.
    • NAXOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento (Cos矛 fan tutte K.588)

    Singer: Hillevi Martinpelto. Singer: Alison Hagley. Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • 脡mile Waldteufel

    The Skaters

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • SONY.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Aladdin Suite (Oriental Festival March)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Nielsen: Flute Concerto - Clarinet Concerto - Aladdin Suite.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 301.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Pa... pa... pa...)

    Singer: Inger Dam-Jensen. Singer: Fran莽ois Le Roux. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • CONIFER.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel and Gretel (Dream-Pantomime)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto no.10 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in F minor Op.55 no.1

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation - And God said, let there be lights ... The heavens are telling

    Singer: Arleen Aug茅r. Singer: Philip Langridge. Singer: David Thomas. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Haydn: The Creation.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 112.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String quartet in F major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Ravel, Debussy & Faur茅 String Quartets.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.
  • Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition Carol no.1

    • Gareth Price

      Christmas Carol

      Music Arranger: Clare Wheeler. Performer: Olivia Robinson. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Radio 3 Breakfast Carol Competition Carol no.2

    • Jonathan Ticher

      Christmas Carol

      Music Arranger: Clare Wheeler. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Gustav Holst

    Hymn to the Dawn (Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op.26'3)

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: Jiaxin Lloyd Webber. Performer: Guy Johnston. Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • NAXOS.
  • Haven Gillespie

    Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

    Composer: J. Fred Coots. Music Arranger: Kathryn Bates. Performer: Kathryn Bates.
    • Imagine Christmas.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 701.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite in D minor HWV.428 (Prelude, Presto)

    Performer: Danny Driver.
    • Handel: The Eight Great Suites.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9; 14.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Tragic Overture Op.81

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Brahms: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 14.

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