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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.

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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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Music Played

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in D major, RV 431a, 'Il gran mogol'

    Performer: Katy Bircher. Orchestra: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • AVIE.
  • Arnold Bax

    Mediterranean

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Seascapes.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • 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.
  • Anthony Hedges

    Saturday Market

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Dutton.
  • 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.
  • Hilary Kleinig

    Great White Bird

    Ensemble: Zephyr Quartet.
    • Navona Records.
  • 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.
  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur Z.628 (Act 5 Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • WINGED LION.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    La delaissado (Chants d'Auvergne)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
    • Guilty Pleasures.
    • DECCA.
    • 10.
  • Django Reinhardt

    Minor Swing

    Composer: St茅phane Grappelli. Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.
    • WARNER BROS RECORDS.
  • 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.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Gangar (Norwegian march) from Lyric pieces, Book 5, Op 54

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Piano Concerto & Lyric Pieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 111.
  • Johann Joseph Fux

    Intrada in C major E.62

    Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Carus.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Limoges (Pictures at an Exhibition orch Ravel)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Conductor: Fritz Reiner. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • RCA.
  • Percy Grainger

    Brigg Fair

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Choir: Joyful Company of Singers. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Trad.

    Scarborough Fair

    Music Arranger: Simon Parkin. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes.
    • DECCA.
  • Eric Coates

    London Suite - Covent Garden

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Best Of British Light Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major K.330 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborado del gracioso

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Ravel: Ma mere l'Oye, Rapsodie espagnole: Berliner Philharmoniker, Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Aaron Jay Kernis

    Psalm 131 (Simple Songs)

    Singer: Talise Trevigne. Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.
    • Albany.
  • 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.
    • 8.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Wedding March)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo theme, Op 33

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Virgin.
  • Trad.

    The Canadian set

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 2.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata no. 20 in G major Op.49`2 for piano

    Performer: Friedrich Gulda.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Aaron Copland

    Danzon cubano

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Latin American Fiesta: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

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