Classical soundtrack for your morning
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 Essential Carol - introduced by a special guest
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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Leos Janáček
Sokol Fanfare (Sinfonietta)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Janacek: Sinfonietta/Taras Bulba: Wiener Philharmoniker/Mackerras.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Music Arranger: Timothy Walker. Performer: Sean Shibe.- An Orkney Wedding.
- LINN.
- 8.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Concertino in E flat major, Op 26
Performer: Maximiliano Martín. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.- LINN.
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Claude Balbastre
Ou s'en vont ces gais bergers?
Performer: Marie‐Claire Alain.- Daquin/Balbastre/Noels A L'orgue d'uzes/Christmas Organ Music Marie-Claire Alain.
- Erato.
- 11.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphonie Concertante in C major Op.9`1 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Jiri Zilak. Performer: Jan Motlik. Orchestra: Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: František Preisler.- Saint-Georges: Symphonies and Violin Concertos Vol 5.
- AVENIRA.
- 2.
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Kerry Andrew
Apples, Plums, Cherries
Choir: Juice Vocal Ensemble.- Snow Queens.
- Resonus Classics.
- 1.
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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon - Overture
Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Darrell Ang.- Kabalevsky: Works for Orchestra.
- NAXOS.
- 1.
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Béla Bartók
Romanian Christmas carols Sz.57
Performer: Zoltán Kocsis.- Philips.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
The Consecration of the House - Overture
Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.- Beethoven: Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113 (Version with Narration) & Other Works.
- Naxos.
- 101.
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Gustav Holst
In The Bleak Midwinter
Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.- Decca.
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Kerry Andrew
EC Playlister clip 101224
Choir: Juice Vocal Ensemble.- Snow Queens.
- Resonus Classics.
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Francesco Manfredini
Sinfonia da chiesa in D major, Op 2 No 12, 'Sinfonia pastorale'
Performer: Thorsten Rosenbusch. Performer: Christian Trompler. Performer: Karl-Heinz Schröter. Performer: Harald Winkler. Performer: Raphael Alpermann. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.- Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence, Op 70 (1st mvt)
Conductor: Gérard Korsten. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Errollyn Wallen
Peace on earth
Performer: Dónal McCann. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Singer: George Hill. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
- Kings College Cambridge.
- 1.
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John Ireland
A Downland Suite: III. Minuet
Ensemble: London Brass Virtuosi. Conductor: David Honeyball.- English Music for Brass: Elgar, Vaughan Williams & Ireland.
- CRD.
- 3.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485 (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 3.
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George Butterworth
Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)
Singer: Christopher Maltman. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad: Maltman, Vigno.
- Hyperion.
- 27.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Waltz of the Flowers (Moscow Cheryomushki)
Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.- CHANDOS.
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George Frideric Handel
O Ruddier Than The Cherry (Acis and Galatea)
Singer: John Tomlinson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.- Chandos.
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Eric Coates
Covent Garden (London (London every day) suite)
Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Performer: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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Maurice Ravel
Menuet antique
Performer: Steven Osborne.- Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
- Hyperion.
- 8.
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Amy Beach
Masked Ball, Op.22
Orchestra: Moravská filharmonie Olomouc. Conductor: Hector Valdivia.- CENTAUR.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major, Op 33 No 3 (The Bird): 4th mvmt (Rondo - Presto)
Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Philippe Verdelot
Beata es virgo, Maria à 7
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- Christmas Carols and Motets.
- Gimell.
- 9.
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Franz Lehár
Gold and Silver Waltz
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Here Come the Classics, Vol. 12: The Glory of Vienna.
- RPO.
- 11.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
March in D major, K 445
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Ensemble. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.- Mozart: Divertimento K334 & Oboe Quartet K370: SCO/Janiczek.
- Linn.
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Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
Messe de minuit pour Noël
Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Conductor: Sébastien Daucé.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Tarantelle in A minor Op.6
Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Harri Mäki. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.- BIS.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto No. 6 in G Minor, RV 316a 'La stravaganza'
Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Pinnock's Players. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Warner Classics.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (1st mvt)
Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.- Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Roxanna Panufnik
A Cradle song
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Celestial Bird.
- SIGNUM CLASSICS.
- 8.
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