Your perfect classical playlist
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 β listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day β harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1115 Playlist reveal β a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment β time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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George Frideric Handel
Alla hornpipe (Water Music)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.- Handel: Fireworks Music & Water Music.
- Sony Music Entertainment.
- 25.
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque no.1 in E major
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.3: Bavouzet.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph Koenig.- Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
- Naxos.
- 4.
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Anna Meredith
Nautilus
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Platoon.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D (3rd mvt)
Performer: Baiba Skride. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.- Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5.
- Orfeo.
- 3.
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John Williams
Dartmoor, 1912 (War Horse OST)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: John Williams.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg concerto no.3 in G major BWV.1048
Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
- Naive.
- 14.
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Salim Dada
Danse Zaydan (Algerian Miniatures)
Performer: Rebeca Omordia.- African Pianism, Vol. 2.
- SOMM Recordings.
- 3.
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Emmerich KΓ‘lmΓ‘n
Countess Mariza (Overture)
Orchestra: MΓΌnchner Symphoniker. Conductor: Willy Mattes.- Best of Operetta [International Version].
- Warner Classics.
- 8.
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Ernest Chausson
Chanson perpΓ©tuelle
Performer: Alphonse Cemin. Singer: Kate Lindsey. Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.- Debussy, Ravel & Chausson.
- Alpha Classics.
- 3.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: BβRock Orchestra. Conductor: RenΓ© Jacobs.- Pentatone.
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Leonard Bernstein
America (West Side Story)
Music Arranger: Henk Huizinga. Performer: Jaap van Zweden. Ensemble: The Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet.- Fineline Classics.
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Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 (1st mvt)
Performer: HΓ©lΓ¨ne Grimaud. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: EsaβPekka Salonen.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Vicente Lusitano
Sancta mater, istud agas
Choir: The Marian Consort.- Vicente Lusitano: Motets - 2.
- Linn Records.
- 9.
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George Butterworth
Is my team ploughing? (6 Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad')
Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.- George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
- Naxos.
- 6.
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Adrian Sutton
Emilie's Theme (War Horse)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Angus.- War Horse: The Story in Concert.
- BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
- 21.
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William Walton
Charge and Battle (Henry V)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.- Walton: Henry V - Scenes from the film, and other film music.
- Warner Classics.
- 10.
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Widdicombe Fair
Ensemble: The Kingβs Singers.- The King's Singers Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms.
- Signum Classics.
- 19.
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Alexander Borodin
String Quartet no. 2 in D major (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: TakΓ‘cs Quartet.- DECCA.
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Rossano Galante
Resplendent Glory
Ensemble: US Air Force Academy Band. Conductor: Lieutenant Colonel Larry H. Lang.- Windscapes.
- Altissimo!.
- 13.
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Henryk MikoΕaj GΓ³recki
Three Pieces in Old Style (3rd Movement)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Bruce OβNeil.- Timelapse.
- Signum Classics.
- 14.
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Benjamin Britten
Young Apollo Op.16
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro (Act 2 Finale)
Lyricist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - The Sony Opera House.
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin
Waltz in C sharp minor, Op 64 No 2
Performer: Maria JoΓ£o Pires.- Chopin: Piano works: Maria Joao Pires/Pavel Gomziakov.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Richard Heuberger
Midnight Bells (Der Opernball)
Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.- 12 Stradivari.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 12.
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Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- ERATO.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in F major RV.138
Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.- NAIVE.
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Anna Clyne
PIVOT
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Orchestral Series Highlights 2021 (Edinburgh International Festival).
- Linn Records.
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- Tue 30 Jul 2024 09:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3