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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
Zadok the Priest - Coronation anthem
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: HervΓ© Niquet.- ALPHA.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in C minor, 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Igor Levit.- SONY.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Andante e rondo ungarese Op.35 (Rondo)
Performer: Laurence Perkins. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.- Bassoon concertos, Mozart/M Haydn/Stamitz/Weber.
- Hyperion.
- 9.
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Kurt Weill
Symphony No 2 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Conductor: Joana Mallwitz.- The Kurt Weill Album.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 16.
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Franz Schubert
Sonata (duo) for violin & piano in A major, D 574 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: CΓ©dric Tiberghien.- Schubert: Complete Works for Violin and Piano.
- Hyperion.
- 3.
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Herman Bellstedt
Napoli
Music Arranger: Donald Hunsberger. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble.- Sony Classical.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in G major 'Gypsy Rondo' H.15.25 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Performer: Federico Toffano. Performer: Maxim Emelyanychev.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Angela Morley
Reverie
Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.- ΈιΓͺ±Ή±π°ωΎ±±π.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Julius RΓΆntgen
Wind Serenade no.1 Op.14 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.- Julius Rontgen - Wind Serenades.
- CPO.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Vom Himmel hoch (opening chorus)
Choir: Crouch End Festival Chorus. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: David Temple.- Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn: Choral Works.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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Johannes Brahms
Waltz in A flat major, Op 39 No 15
Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.- Sony.
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JesΓΊs Guridi
On the morning of St John (6 Canciones castellanas, No 6)
Performer: Alphonse Cemin. Singer: Marianne Crebassa.- ³§Γ©²΅³ά±π»εΎ±±τ±τ±π²υ.
- Warner Classics.
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Paul McCartney
Junk
Ensemble: The Loma Mar Quartet.- Decca.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano concerto No 1 in F major, K 37 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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Rebecca Dale
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons.
- Signum Records.
- 5.
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AntonΓn DvoΕΓ‘k
Slavonic Dance in B major Op.72 no.9
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Nobel Prize Ceremony Music.
- FINLANDIA.
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Ennio Morricone
Love Theme from 'Cinema Paradiso'
Performer: Renaud CapuΓ§on. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: StΓ©phane DenΓ¨ve.- °δΎ±²ΤΓ©³Ύ²Ή.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Gabriel FaurΓ©
Agnus Dei (Requiem, Op 48)
Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale. Ensemble: Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Louis. Ensemble: Ensemble Musique Oblique. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.- Harmonia Mundi.
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François Couperin
Les baricades misterieuses (Pieces de clavecin, Ordre No 6)
Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.- Sony.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Galop (La Prophete, Act 3)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Elder.- Meyerbeer: Le Prophète.
- LSO Live.
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Claude Debussy
Les collines d'Anacapri (Preludes, Book 1)
Performer: JeanβYves Thibaudet.- Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
- Decca.
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Heitor VillaβLobos
The little train of the caipira (Bachiana brasileira no.2)
Orchestra: SΓ£o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Minczuk.- Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras Volume 1.
- Bis.
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Malcolm Williamson
Sorrento (Travel Diaries - Naples)
Performer: Antony Gray.- Complete Works for Piano.
- ABC CLASSICS.
- 3.
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Eduardo Di Capua
O sole mio
Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello.- DECCA.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Ruslan i Lyudmila (Overture)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Bernard Haitink - A Portrait.
- DECCA.
- 79.
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Joseph Haydn
Sonata V: Sitio (The Seven last words of our Saviour on the Cross)
Ensemble: Callino Quartet.- Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross.
- CORO.
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Eric Fogg
Sea-Sheen - an Idyll, Op 17
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- Chisholm: Symphony No. 2 - Hold: The Unreturning Spring - Fogg: Merok & Sea Shee.
- Dutton Epoch.
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Scott Joplin
The Easy Winners
Performer: Joshua Rifkin.- EMI.
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Jacques Offenbach
Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffmann)
Singer: Fatma Said. Singer: Marianne Crebassa. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel.- Kaleidoscope.
- Warner Classics.
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Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major S.124
Performer: ZoltΓ‘n Kocsis. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: IvΓ‘n Fischer.- Philips.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata in A major, RV 31
Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
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Thomas Tallis
If ye love me
Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.- English Motets.
- Hyperion.
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Eric Coates
A Song by the way - Romance (From meadow to Mayfair suite)
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.- Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
- Chandos.
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William Kroll
Banjo and Fiddle
Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Charles Abramovic.- Simply Sarah: Sarah Chang.
- EMI Classics.
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Louise Farrenc
Symphony no. 2 in D major (4th mvt)
Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph Koenig.- Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
- Naxos.
- 4.
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Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Charles Neidich. Ensemble: Juilliard String Quartet.- Brahms: String Quartets/Clarinet Quintet: Juilliard String Quartet/Neidich.
- Sony Classical.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture Op.96
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Signum.
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