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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 Musicians recommend their favourite recordings.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we bring you five great performances by cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 2 Feb 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3

    Performer: Charlie Siem. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Between The Clouds.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Homage March (Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • William Walton

    Praise ye (Belshazzar's Feast)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: 成人快手 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Warner Apex.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E minor Op.72`1

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.
    • ALPHA.
  • Andrzej Panufnik

    Concerto Festivo

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrzej Panufnik.
    • UNICORN-KANCHANA.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Phaeton (Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • APARTE.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die G枚tter Griechenlands D.677

    Music Arranger: Rapha毛l Merlin. Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Laur猫ne Durantel. Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Schubert: Quintet and Lieder.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Samuel Scheidt

    Canzon Cornetto a 4

    Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet.
    • CHANNEL.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op.10 (Variation 10)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • DG.
    • 10.
  • Sarah Rimkus

    My heart is like a singing bird

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Fading.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring (extract)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia and fugue in G minor BWV.542 'Great' (Fugue)

    Performer: David Goode.
    • Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 3.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1201.
  • George Frideric Handel

    O sacred oracles of truth (Belshazzar)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.
    • Les Arts Florissants.
  • Franz Leh谩r

    Gold and silver - waltz Op.79

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Martin Sieghart.
    • Wien, Weib Und Gesang.
    • ARTE NOVA.
    • 7.
  • Constant Lambert

    The Rio Grande

    Singer: Sally Burgess. Performer: Jack Gibbons. Choir: Chorus of Opera North. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Lambert: Summer's Last Will and Testament; The Rio Grande.
    • HYPERION.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Abegg Variations Op.1

    Performer: Lise de la Salle.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.1 in C major H.7b.1

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅鈥怢uis Garc铆a.
    • SONY.
  • Toshio Hosokawa

    Lullaby of Itsuki (Japanese Folk Songs)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christian Rivet.
    • WARNER.
  • Harold Arlen

    Over the Rainbow

    Music Arranger: Keith Jarrett. Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • ECM.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Alma redemptoris mater / Ave regina caelorum

    Ensemble: Brabant Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Rice.
    • HYPERION.
  • Anthony Holborne

    The Honie-suckle - almain

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Gi脿 nella notte densa (Otello)

    Singer: Carlo Cossutta. Singer: Margaret Price. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.

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