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Celebrating classical greats

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia, 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • Handel and the Oratorio for Concerts.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 29.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
    • 4.
  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Ballades, Op 10: No 4

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
    • Brahms: Piano Works.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet, Op 20 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.
    • HELIOS.
  • Johann David Heinichen

    Dresden Concerto in F major S.235 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerti Musica Antiqua Koln Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 5.
  • Jonathan Dove

    In beauty may I walk

    Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Matthew Owens.
    • HYPERION.
  • Charles Gounod

    Mors et Vita (Judex)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Adagio.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor Op.35 'Funeral March' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • WARNER.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Serenade Op.22 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.
    • Supraphon.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1 & 2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Richard Wagner

    Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)

    Singer: Margaret Price. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • DG.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.1 in E minor Op.39 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus M盲kel盲.
    • DECCA.
  • Carl Fr眉hling

    Trio in A minor, Op.40 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Brahms, Fruhling: Clarinet Trios; Schumann: Marchenerzahlungen.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 10.
  • Paul Hindemith

    Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • DECCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV.816: Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gavotte

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Bach, J.S.: French Suites Nos. 1-6/Italian Concerto etc..
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI MUSIC.
  • Joby Talbot

    Path of Miracles (Leon)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • George Gershwin

    Walking the Dog (Shall we Dance)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Gershwin: The 1920s & 1930s: Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS Masterworks.
    • 8.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    On an Overgrown Path (They Chattered Like Swallows)

    • Jan谩膷ek: Solo Piano.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 5.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera. Performer: Ian Page.
    • Where'er You Walk.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1402.
  • George Walker

    Concerto for trombone and orchestra: 3rd mvt; Allegro

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • BIS.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    I gioielli della Madonna Suite: I. Festa popolare

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano sonata No 11 in A major, K 331 (3rd mvt, 'Alla Turca')

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331, "Alla Turca": III. Alla Turca.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Edgar Meyer

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt - excerpt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • SONY.
  • Jacques Ibert

    3 Pieces breves for wind quintet: No 1

    Performer: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Poulenc: Concertos for Piano.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.
  • Jean鈥怓茅ry Rebel

    Fantaisie

    Ensemble: La Petite Bande. Director: Sigiswald Kuijken.
    • ACCENT.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    An English Day-Book: IX Evening Song (The Priest's Chant); X Sweet Suffolk Owl

    Performer: Louise Thomson. Choir: Corvus Consort. Conductor: Freddie Crowley.
    • Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women鈥檚 Voices.
    • Chandos.
    • 509.
  • Karl Goldmark

    Symphony No 1 in E flat "Rustic Wedding Symphony": V. Dance

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony - Hindemith: Symphony in E-Flat Major.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Foggy Foggy Dew

    Performer: James Newby. Performer: Simon Lepper.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.

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