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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.

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3 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.
  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque No.1 in E major

    Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Golden Oldies 鈥 More Favourite Encores.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Forets paisibles - from Les Indes Galantes

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Singer: Aimery Lefevre. Choir: Le Jeune Ch艙ur de Paris. Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs. Director: Alexis Kossenko.
    • Le Grand Theatre de l'Amour.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 001.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 17, 'Little Russian' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Tchaikovsky; Mussorgsky.
    • Onyx.
    • 3.
  • Frank Bridge

    The Hour Glass (The Dew Fairy)

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Bridge: Piano Sonata etc: Kathryn Stott.
    • Conifer.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.1 in C major H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.
  • George Enescu

    Wind Decet, Op.14 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Georges Enesco, Symphonie de chambre op.33, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne...
    • CLAVES.
    • 8.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G major

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar: Cello concerto etc: Paul Watkins/91热爆 Philhamonic/Davis.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    L'usignuolo

    Ensemble: Orlando di Lasso Ensemble.
    • Thorofon.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado about Nothing - Suite Op.11 (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Korngold: Orchestral Works: London Symphony Orchestra/Previn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5-8.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Maurice Ravel: Ma M猫re L鈥檕ye; Bol茅ro; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales; Pavane Pou.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op 129, 'Rage Over a Lost Penny'

    Performer: Alexis Weissenberg.
    • EMI.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flautino Concerto in A minor RV.445

    Director: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Alpha.
  • Claude Debussy

    Les f茅es sont d'exquises danseuses (Preludes, Book 2)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.
  • Charles Koechlin

    Aux temps des f茅es (Quatre po猫mes d'Edmond Haraucourt)

    Singer: Juliane Banse. Orchestra: SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Heinz Holliger.
    • HANSSLER.
  • Jean Fran莽aix

    Horloge de Flore (3 heures - Galant de jour)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Mathias M枚nius.
    • Bonjour Paris.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.
  • Henry Purcell

    If Love's a Sweet Passion (The Fairy Queen)

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Deux-Elles Limited.
  • Robert Schumann

    Phantasiestucke for clarinet & piano (Op.73), no.1; Zart und mit Ausdruck

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Christopher Glynn.
    • The Shepherd On The Rock.
    • Signum.
  • Jean Sibelius

    The Oceanides Op.73

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.
    • RCA.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Out of Time (2nd mvt, Slow)

    Performer: Sacconi Quartet. Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.
    • Signum.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.25 in C major K.503 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 24 & 25, Uchida, English Chamber Orchestra, Tate.
    • Philips.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Carnival of the Animals

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Performer: H茅l猫ne Mercier. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA 5162.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.
  • William Byrd

    Da mihi auxilium

    Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.
    • Tallis & Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1575: Alamire, David Skinner.
    • Obsidian.
    • 4.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sonata no.1 in A Major, TWV 43:A1: 1st movt - Soave

    Ensemble: Ensemble Hesperi.
    • A Gift for your Garden.
    • BIS.
    • 11.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Romance in F minor Op.11

    Performer: Kyung-wha Chung. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Doux Liens De Mon Coeur

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Singer: Cyrille Dubois.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the steppes of central Asia

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Symphonies Nos.1 & 2.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

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