A feast of great music
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
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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Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto in D major, H VIIb 2 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Daniel Müllerâ€Schott. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.- Haydn, Beethoven: Muller-Schott.
- Orfeo.
- 7.
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Robert Schumann
Träumerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)
Performer: VÃkingur Ólafsson.- VÃkingur Ólafsson - From Afar.
- DG.
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JoaquÃn Rodrigo
Concierto Andaluz (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Los Romeros. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Philips.
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Florence Price
Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Dances in the Canebrakes)
Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.- Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
- Cedille.
- 103.
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Malcolm Sargent
An Impression on a Windy Day
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- Brian Kay's British Light Music Discoveries.
- ASV.
- 9.
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James Horner
A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics (From "A Beautiful Mind")
Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Singer: Helena Blackman. Conductor: James Fitzpatrick.- 100 Greatest Classical Pieces.
- Silva Screen Records.
- 10.
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Gottfried Keller
Ciaccona in G Major
Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot. Conductor: Johannes Pramsohler.- The London Album.
- Audax Records.
- 115.
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Franz Lehár
Ballsirenen Waltz (The Merry Widow)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Vienna Soiree.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 3.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in D, K.485
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- Philips.
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Charles Gounod
String Quartet no.3 in A minor (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Cambini-Paris.- Gounod: Complete String Quartets.
- ´¡±è²¹°ù³Ùé.
- 111.
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Richard Strauss
September (4 Last Songs)
Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: Houston Symphony. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.- Strauss: 4 Last Songs: Renee Fleming.
- RCA.
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Ottorino Respighi
Prelude (The Birds)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Cécile Chaminade
Arabesque in G minor Op.61 for piano
Performer: Mark Viner.- Piano Classics.
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Maurice Ravel
Introduction and Allegro in G flat major
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Soloists.- ±õ²Ô»å鳧±ð²Ô²õ.
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George Frideric Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Teldec.
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John Foulds
April-England Op.48`1
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Foulds - Orchestral Works.
- Warner Apex.
- 4.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Musical Offering, BWV1079: Canon Perpetuus Super Thema Regium
Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Alia Vox.
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Philip Glass
Knee Play 1 (Einstein on the Beach)
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.- SONY.
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Frank Loesser
Inchworm
- Inchworm.
- Fantastic Voyage.
- 1.
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Alexandre Desplat
The Imitation Game
Performer: Sebastian Knauer. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael England.- Epic Orchestra - New Sound of Classical.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 7.
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Vincent Youmans
Tahiti Trot, Op 16
Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Chandos.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Valse-scherzo in C major Op.34
Performer: Esther Yoo. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Tchaikovsky.
- Universal Music Ltd..
- 7.
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Galina Grigorjeva
Salve Regina
Choir: Theatre of Voices. Ensemble: Yxus Quartet. Conductor: Paul Hillier.- ONDINE.
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Franz Schubert
Sonatina in G minor D.408 (4th mvt)
Performer: Pieter Wispelwey. Performer: Paolo Giacometti.- Pieter Wispelwey - Schubert: Arpeggione Sonate, 3 Sonatinas.
- Channel Classics.
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Jean-Baptiste Arban
Variations on a Cavatina from Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda
Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Music Arranger: William Foster. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet.
- Chandos.
- 104.
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Georges Bizet
L'Arlésienne Suite No 2
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Naive.
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Wilhelm Fitzenhagen
Concert Waltz Op.13
Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Ingemar Brantelid. Performer: Henrik Dam Thomsen. Performer: Fredrik Sjölin.- 48 Strings: Music for 1, 2, 4 & 12 Cellos.
- Naxos.
- 301.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte BWV.174 (Sinfonia concerto)
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.- J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos.
- harmonia mundi.
- 104.
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William Byrd
Callino Casturame, BK 35
Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.- Reformation: Keyboard works by William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, John Bull & Jan Pi.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Giuseppe Verdi
The Force of Destiny (Overture)
Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Quintet in E flat major, K 407 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Timothy Brown. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Mozart: Clarinet Quintet/Horn Quintet/Oboe Quartet: Academy of St. Martin in the.
- Philips.
- 6.
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Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo Fantastique, Op.3
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- DG.
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