A feast of great 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 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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ZoltΓ‘n KodΓ‘ly
Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)
Performer: Laurence Kaptain. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi.- Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jarvi.
- Chandos.
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Camille SaintβSaΓ«ns
Havanaise
Performer: YoβYo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Paris La Belle Epoque.
- Sony Classical.
- 6.
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Dorothy Howell
Three Divertissements (No 3)
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.- Dorothy Howell Orchestral Works.
- Signum Classics.
- 105.
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Thomas Tallis
Agnus Dei (Missa Puer natus est nobis)
Ensemble: Stile Antico.- Puer Natus Est, Tudor Music For Advent and Christmas: Stile Antico.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 8.
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Erno Dohnanyi
Wedding Waltz (The Veil of the Pierrette Op.18)
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Dohnanyi: The Veil of Pierrette etc..
- Chandos.
- 21.
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Benjamin Britten
Simple Symphony (Playful pizzicato)
Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.- Benjamin Britten: Temporal Variations: Northern Sinfonia, Daniel, Wyn-Rogers, Du.
- Collins Digital.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No 16 in C major, K545
Performer: Peter Donohoe.- SOMM.
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Luciano Berio
Ritirata notturna di Madrid
Composer: Luigi Boccherini. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Luciano Berio.- RCA.
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Franz Schubert
FrΓΌlingsglaube D.686
Singer: Alice Coote. Performer: Julius Drake.- Hyperion.
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AntonΓn DvoΕΓ‘k
Rondo in G minor Op.94
Performer: Daniel MΓΌllerβSchott. Performer: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sanderling.- Orfeo.
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Philip Glass
Dance 8
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble.- Sony Classical.
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Ottorino Respighi
Arie di corte (Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 3)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Antal DorΓ‘ti.- Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Philharmonia Hungarica/Dorati.
- Mercury.
- 10.
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin
3 Nocturnes Op.9 for piano: no.2 in E flat major
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- DG.
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Aaron Copland
An Outdoor Overture
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aaron Copland.- SONY.
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Clara Schumann
O weh des Scheidens
Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: Susan Gritton. Singer: Stephan Loges.- Hyperion.
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Robert Schumann
Pierrot (Carnaval, Op 9)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- In the Night.
- HYPERION.
- 9.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Pierrot Lunaire (excerpt)
Singer: Jane Manning. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- CHANDOS.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella: I. Ouverture
Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps/Petrushka/Pulcinella/Suites/Danses.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047
Performer: Markus Stockhausen. Performer: Christoph Poppen. Performer: Michael Faust. Performer: Diethelm Jonas. Orchestra: Detmolder Kammerorchester. Conductor: Christoph Poppen.- EMI.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Moments musicaux, Op 16 (No 4 in E minor)
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.- The Rachmaninov Experience.
- Warner Classics and Jazz.
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Claude Debussy
Clair de lune orch Caillet
Orchestrator: Lucien Cailliet. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.- Clair de lune: Music of France: Ormandy.
- RCA Victor.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sextet for two horns and string quartet, Op 81b (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.- Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
- EMI Classics.
- 4.
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Leos JanΓ‘Δek
Symphonic Suite from Jenufa
Music Arranger: Manfred Honeck. Music Arranger: TomΓ‘Ε‘ Ille. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- REFERENCE RECORDINGS.
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Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue in D major
Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Performer: Daniel Hope.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Eric Coates
I Sing to You (Souvenir)
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.- Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
- Chandos.
- 3.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the Dance Op.65
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough In Recital.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Magnificat, C75
Choir: Ex Cathedra. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Gabrieli: Sacred Symphonies: Ex Cathedra/Concerto Palatino/Skidmore.
- Hyperion.
- 9.
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Gustav Holst
The Perfect Fool (ballet music)
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1.
- Chandos.
- 1-4.
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- Fri 23 Aug 2024 09:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3