The very best of classical music
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.
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.
1100 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique (A Ball)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave verum corpus K.618
Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Mozart: Vespers and Faure: Requiem.
- Coro.
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Edward Elgar
Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 63: III. Rondo (Presto)
Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- Elgar: Symphonies No. 1 & No. 2.
- Halle Concerts Society.
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James M. Stephenson
Colors (Green)
Performer: John Bruce Yeh. Performer: Alex Klein. Ensemble: Chicago Pro Musica.- Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Music of James M Stephenson.
- Cedille.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Cantata No 42, 'Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats')
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists.- Bach Cantatas: Gardiner.
- SDG.
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脡douard Lalo
Guitare, Op.28
Orchestrator: Gabriel Piern茅. Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.- Rare French works for violin & orchestra.
- Hyperion.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Waltz in C sharp minor (3 Waltzes Op.64)
Performer: Ingrid Fliter.- Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 etc: Ingrid Fliter.
- EMI.
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Percy Grainger
The Lads of Wamphray
Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.- Grainger: Works for Wind Orchestra vol. 4: Reynish/Rundell.
- Chandos.
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John Ireland
In a May Morning (Sarnia)
Orchestrator: Graham Parlett. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: David Curtis.- Ireland: Music for String Orchestra.
- Naxos.
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Johann Friedrich Fasch
Trumpet Concerto in D major
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.- Jubilo.
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George Frideric Handel
As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)
Singer: Mary Bevan. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera. Conductor: Ian Page.- 'Where're You Walk' - Aria's for Handel's Favourite Tenor.
- Signum.
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Alexander Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Robert Schumann
Introduction and Allegro, Op.134
Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: Santa Cecilia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Philip Glass
Truman Sleeps (The Truman Show)
Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.- Decca.
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Gioachino Rossini
La Cenerentola (Overture)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Rossini: Overtures: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Elmer Bernstein
To kill a mockingbird - music for the film: Main Title
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elmer Bernstein.- Varese Sarabande.
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Joseph Canteloube
Chants d'Auvergne: Set 4 No. 6; Lou Coucut [Le coucou]
Singer: Mari Eriksmoen. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Le banjo
Performer: C茅cile Licad.- Gottschalk: Piano Music.
- Naxos.
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Malcolm Arnold
The Padstow Lifeboat
Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.- Arnold on Brass.
- Conifer.
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Eric Coates
London Suite: III. Knightsbridge (March)
Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- British Light Music Classics 2: New London Orchestra/Corp.
- Hyperion.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Piano Trio no.1 in B flat major Op.21 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Tempest Trio.- Dvo艡谩k: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 鈥� Nos. 1 & 2.
- Naxos.
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Max Richter
Journey [CP1919]
Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Music of the Spheres.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Gerald Finzi
God is gone up (3 Anthems Op.27)
Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Trinity Brass Ensemble. Performer: Asher Oliver. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Franz Schubert
St盲ndchen (Schwanengesang)
Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Murray Perahia.- Sony.
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Benjamin Britten
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 (Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI.
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Evelyn Glennie
Light in darkness for marimba
Performer: Evelyn Glennie.- RCA Victor.
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Gustav Holst
Jupiter from The Planets, Op 32
Music Arranger: Thomas Trotter.- A Celebration.
- Regent Records.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Pastorale
Performer: Emily Beynon. Performer: Andrew West.- HYPERION.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in B flat major, Op.71`1 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.- LINN.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony no.3 in A minor 'Scottish' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
- BIS.
- 204.
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