Refresh your morning with 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 – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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François-Joseph Gossec
Tambourin (Le Triomphe de la Republique)
Music Arranger: Charles Gerhardt. Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.- James Galway - Celebrating 70 - A collection of Personal Favourites.
- RCA.
- 3.
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William Walton
Crown Imperial
Performer: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- Belshazzar's Feast/Crown Imperial.
- Naxos.
- 10.
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Francis Poulenc
Agnus Dei (Mass in G major)
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Figure Humaine: Choral Works by Francis Poulenc.
- Signum.
- 5.
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Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo no.3 in C sharp minor Op.39
Performer: Beatrice Rana.- WARNER.
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Antonín Dvořák
Sonatina in G major, Op 100 (4th mvt)
Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.- James Ehnes, Eduard Laurel - Dvorak, Janacek, Smetana.
- Analekta.
- 10.
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Arthur Bliss
Green (A Colour Symphony)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- Bliss - A Colour Symphony.
- Chandos.
- 4.
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Edvard Grieg
March of the Trolls, Op 54, No 3 (Lyric Pieces)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- HYPERION.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in C major Wq.182`3
Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.- C.P.E. Bach: "Beyond the Limits" Complete Symphonies for Strings and Continuo.
- harmonia mundi.
- 13-15.
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Cécile Chaminade
Capriccio Op.18
Performer: Nils‐Erik Sparf. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.- DG.
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Gioachino Rossini
"Una voce poco fa" (The Barber of Seville)
Singer: Aigul Akhmetshina. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.- DECCA.
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Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Performer: Dick Hyman.- Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
- RCA.
- 7.
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Trio in A minor (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Amatis Piano Trio.- Enescu, Ravel, Britten.
- CAvi-music.
- 6.
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Alexander Borodin
Symphony No 2 in B minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Warner Classics.
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Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier - Waltz Sequence No 1
Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- DECCA.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave verum corpus
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.- Mozart & Contemporaries.
- DG.
- 21.
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William Byrd
Though Amaryllis dance in green
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- GIMELL.
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Herbert Howells
In green ways - 5 songs Op.43; no.4; Wanderer's night song (Over the hilltops)
Singer: Yvonne Kenny. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.- Holst: The Collectors Edition.
- Warner Classics.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 56
Performer: Julius Asal.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
Donna Diana (Overture)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- German Opretta Overtures: Marriner.
- Philips.
- 8.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite (Sinfonia)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.- Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète & Pulcinella Suite.
- Linn Records.
- 11.
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Pedro de Cristo
Ave maris stella
Choir: Cupertinos. Conductor: Luís Toscano.- Hyperion.
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Robert Schumann
String Quartet in A major, Op 41 No 3 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Zehetmair Quartett.- Schumann - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3.
- ECM.
- 8.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Concerto in C minor for piano, trumpet and strings, Op.35
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov.- EMI.
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Peter Ludwig Hertel
Clog Dance (La fille mal gardée)
Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.- Herold/Lecocq: La Fille mal gardee: Royal Opera House Orchestra/Lanchbery.
- Decca.
- 17.
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Franz Schubert
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren, D 360
Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja. Singer: Matthias Goerne.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Manuel de Falla
Danse espagnole No 1 (La vida breve)
Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.- 12 Stradivari.
- DECCA.
- 1.
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Carl Nielsen
Wind Quintet, Op.43 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.- Carl Nielsen / Paul Taffanel - Wind Quintets.
- Sony Classical.
- 1-4.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Three-Part Invention in C major, BWV 787
Performer: Glenn Gould.- Bach: Two and Three part inventions: The Glenn Gould Collection.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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Franz Liszt
Les préludes
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay.- DG.
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- Mon 29 Jul 2024 09:30鶹Լ Radio 3