
The ideal mix of classical 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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Malcolm Arnold
Four English Dances Set 2 (No 1)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.- Arnold: Symphony No. 1 etc.
- EMI Classics.
- 11.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
- London.
- 2.
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Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia
Erwin und Elmire (Overture)
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Weimar. Conductor: Peter Gülke.- Masters of the Goethe Era.
- Capriccio.
- 6.
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Philip Glass
Anthem Part I (Powaqqatsi)
Ensemble: Lautten Compagney.- Circle Line.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
- 18.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Euryanthe (Overture)
Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- Carl Maria von Weber: Complete Overtures.
- CPO.
- 8.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
November (Das Jahr)
Performer: Lauma Skride.- Mendelssohn-Hensel: The Year.
- Sony BMG.
- 11.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV.1047
Performer: Gabriele Cassone. Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Performer: Paolo Grazzi. Performer: Enrico Onofri. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.- J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Il Giardino Armonico.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 4 in B flat major (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- RCA Red Seal.
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Liza Lehmann
The Wren (Birdsongs)
Singer: Janice Watson. Performer: Steuart Bedford.- Naxos.
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Guy Woolfenden
Gallimaufry
Ensemble: Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Harlan D. Parker.- Naxos.
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de matin
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.- Sony.
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Franz Schubert
Octet in F major D.803 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Danusha Waskiewicz. Performer: Kristin von der Goltz. Performer: James Munro. Performer: Lorenzo Coppola. Performer: Teunis van der Zwart. Performer: Javier Zafra.- Schubert: Oktett.
- harmonia mundi.
- 102.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Turn our captivity, O Lord
Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Concerto in A major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Director: Andrea Marcon.- ALPHA.
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Arnold Bax
November Woods (excerpt)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.- CHANDOS.
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Antonín Dvořák
Cypresses B.152 - 3. Andante con moto
Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.- Old World - New World.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 7.
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Leo Brouwer
Una Dia de noviembre
Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.- Naxos.
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Joseph Haydn
The heavens are telling (The Creation)
Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Neal Davies. Choir: Chetham's Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Haydn: The Creation.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 14.
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Hector Berlioz
Le Corsaire (Overture)
Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Naxos.
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Moondog
Pastoral II
Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Performer: Sean Shibe.- Lost & Found.
- PENTATONE.
- 106.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K467 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jonathan Biss. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Warner.
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Florence Price
The Mississippi River
Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Jeter.- Price: Symphony No. 3, The Mississippi River & Ethiopia's Shadow in America.
- Naxos.
- 4.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Spring Song (Song without Words in A major)
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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Gemma McGregor
Love was his meaning
Choir: Corvus Consort. Performer: Louise Thomson. Conductor: Freddie Crowley.- Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women’s Voices.
- Chandos.
- 701.
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Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Chaconne of the Scaramouches)
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'Orchestre Du Roi Soleil: Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Sa.
- Alia Vox.
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Imogen Holst
Persephone
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.- Imogen Holst: Discovering Imogen.
- NMC Recordings Limited.
- 1.
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Anton Rubinstein
2 Melodies Op.3 (no.1 in F major)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- The Piano Album 2.
- Virgin Classics.
- 04.
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Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé Suite no.2 (Lever du jour)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
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- Fri 1 Nov 2024 09:30ѿý Radio 3