The very best of classical music
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
1000 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1115 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No 3 in F major, Op 90 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.- Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Complete): COE, Berglund.
- Ondine.
- 1-4.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in G flat major, Op 25 No 9 (Butterfly)
Performer: Beatrice Rana.- Chopin: 12 脡tudes, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
- Warner Classics.
- 9.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto in D major, RV 431a, 'Il gran mogol'
Performer: Katy Bircher. Orchestra: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.- AVIE.
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Arnold Bax
Mediterranean
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.- Seascapes.
- Chandos.
- 2.
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Anton Stepanovich Arensky
Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.31 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.- Arensky: The Piano Trios.
- Philips Classics.
- 2.
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Anthony Hedges
Saturday Market
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- Dutton.
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George Frideric Handel
Behold, I tell you a mystery / The Trumpet shall sound (Messiah)
Singer: Christopher Purves. Performer: Robert Farley. Orchestra: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Hilary Kleinig
Great White Bird
Ensemble: Zephyr Quartet.- Navona Records.
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Franz Liszt
Liszt: Soir茅es de Vienne, S. 427: Valse-caprice No. 6 in A Minor.
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough's New Piano Album: Encores by Schubert, Chaminade, Tchaikovsky, Ri.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Henry Purcell
King Arthur Z.628 (Act 5 Chaconne)
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- WINGED LION.
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Joseph Canteloube
La delaissado (Chants d'Auvergne)
Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing.- Guilty Pleasures.
- DECCA.
- 10.
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Django Reinhardt
Minor Swing
Composer: St茅phane Grappelli. Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.- WARNER BROS RECORDS.
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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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Edvard Grieg
Gangar (Norwegian march) from Lyric pieces, Book 5, Op 54
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Grieg: Piano Concerto & Lyric Pieces.
- Warner Classics.
- 111.
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Johann Joseph Fux
Intrada in C major E.62
Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- Carus.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Limoges (Pictures at an Exhibition orch Ravel)
Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Conductor: Fritz Reiner. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.- RCA.
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Percy Grainger
Brigg Fair
Singer: Mark Padmore. Choir: Joyful Company of Singers. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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Trad.
Scarborough Fair
Music Arranger: Simon Parkin. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes.- DECCA.
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Eric Coates
London Suite - Covent Garden
Orchestra: 91热爆 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- The Best Of British Light Music.
- Sony Classical.
- 5.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in C major K.330 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
- Philips.
- 6.
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Maurice Ravel
Alborado del gracioso
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Ravel: Ma mere l'Oye, Rapsodie espagnole: Berliner Philharmoniker, Boulez.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Aaron Jay Kernis
Psalm 131 (Simple Songs)
Singer: Talise Trevigne. Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.- Albany.
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Louise Farrenc
Clarinet Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 44: IV. Finale (Allegro)
Ensemble: Trio El茅onore.- Glinka, Farrenc, Stutschewsky, Rota & Piazzolla.
- VDE-GALLO.
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Wedding March)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.- Berlin Classics.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo theme, Op 33
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Virgin.
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Trad.
The Canadian set
Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.- The Alehouse Sessions.
- RUBICON.
- 2.
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Gustav Holst
Hymn to the Dawn
Performer: Louise Thomson. Choir: Corvus Consort. Conductor: Freddie Crowley.- Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women鈥檚 Voices.
- Chandos.
- 801.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Prague Waltzes, B. 99
Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.- Supraphon.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata no. 20 in G major Op.49`2 for piano
Performer: Friedrich Gulda.- BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
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Aaron Copland
Danzon cubano
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Latin American Fiesta: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
- Sony Classical.
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