Great classical music for your morning
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favorites.
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
1000 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1115 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1145 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1200 鈥�25 for 25: Sounds of the Century鈥� 鈥� a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far.
1230 Album of the Week.
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George Butterworth
The Banks of Green Willow
Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.- Butterworth/Delius: English Rhapsody: Halle, Elder.
- Halle.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Fantaisie, Op.79
Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.- Cafe au Lait: Sharon Bezaly/Roland Pontinen.
- BIS.
- 14.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony no.2 in D major
Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Lev Markiz. Conductor: Lev Markiz.- BIS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Paul Lewis.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Claude Debussy
F锚tes (Nocturnes)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Debussy and Ravel: Pierre Boulez conducts.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto No 2 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Truls M酶rk. Orchestra: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.- CPE Bach: Cello Concertos: Truls Mork.
- Virgin Classics.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor (2nd mvt, Larghetto affettuoso)
Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Uncovered.
- Azica Records.
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Johann Strauss II
Wiener Blut (waltz)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- Legendary Moments of the New Year's Concert.
- Sony Classical.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Apres un reve (3 Songs Op.7)
Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- ERATO.
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Louis Vierne
Carillon de Westminster (Pieces de fantaisie - suite no. 3 Op.54)
Performer: Wayne Marshall.- The Virtuoso Organist.
- EMI Records Ltd.
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Toru Takemitsu
Waltz (Face of Another)
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: John Adams.- NONESUCH.
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John Taverner
Dum transisset Sabbatum I for 5 voices
Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.- OBSIDIAN.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin, Lizst, Ravel.
- Decca.
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape: I. Largo
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.- Chineke! Records.
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Arturo M谩rquez
Conga del fuego nuevo
Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 12.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Les f锚tes d'H茅b茅, Act 3: Tambourin en rondeau
Conductor: William Christie. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants.- Rameau: Les f锚tes d'H茅b茅 ou les talens lyriques.
- Warner Classics International.
- 74.
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Jerry Herman
Put on Your Sunday Clothes
Conductor: Andy Einhorn. Orchestra: Hello, Dolly! Orchestra.- Hello, Dolly! (New Broadway Cast Recording).
- Masterworks Broadway.
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Charles Gounod
Mors et Vita (Judex)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.- Adagio.
- RCA Red Seal.
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Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne
Sonata for piano in F major; 1st mvt Allegro
Performer: Jens Barnieck.- Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George: Works for Clavier and Violin.
- Coviello.
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Amy Beach
Dreaming
Performer: Judith Herbert. Performer: Diana Ambache.- Beach: Violin Sonata Etc. - Ambache.
- Chandos.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti
Singer: Dorothee Mields. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Director: Wolfgang Katschner.- Monteverdi: La dolce vita.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Orchestrator: Sid Ramin. Orchestrator: Irwin Kostal. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Bernstein: West Side Story: New York Philharmonic, Berstein.
- CBS.
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Rakhi Singh
There is nothing in the sky
Performer: Rakhi Singh. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Naomi Woo. -
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Peter Phillips
Ascendit Deus 脿 5
Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments. Conductor: David Hill.- Motets by Peter Philips.
- Hyperion.
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Madeleine Dring
Trio for Flute, Oboe & Piano: I. Allegro con brio
Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal.- Dring: Complete Works for Oboe.
- Chandos.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Brahms: Symphonies 1-4. Berliner Philharmoniker - Rattle.
- EMI.
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Leroy Anderson
Bugler's Holiday
Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor BWV.232 (Agnus Dei; Dona Nobis Pacem)
Singer: Michael Chance. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Archiv.
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