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The ideal mix of classical music

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 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.

1230 Album of the Week.

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Mon 2 Jun 2025 09:30
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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Prokofiev: Symphonies nos. 5 & 1: Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in E flat major, D.929 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Boulanger: Faust Et Helene Etc. - Soloists/CBSC/蜜芽传媒 Phil./Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie Concertante in C Major, Op. 9 No. 1: I. Allegro

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Je啪ek. Conductor: Michael Hal谩sz. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice.
    • Saint-Georges: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Aaron Copland

    Letter From 蜜芽传媒

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Copland: Symphonies Vol.3.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet no.12 in F major, Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Dvorak String Quartets - Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.
    • 8.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance, Op 64 No 2 (Allegretto grazioso)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • Edvard Grieg : Symphony, Symphonic Dances.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 6.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    To The Soul (from Songs of Faith)

    Performer: Andrew West. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • SOMM RECORDINGS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite Op.11 (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No.5/Karelia Suite etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Erato.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.3 in E flat major, Op.55 'Eroica' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
    • 8.

  • Amy Beach

    Pastorale Op.151

    Ensemble: Bl谩sarakvintett Reykjav铆kur.
    • Barber: Summer Music - Beach: Pastorale and Other American Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S. 244 after Vladimir Horowitz

    Performer: Arcadi Volodos. Music Arranger: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • Absolute Masterworks - Virtuoso.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 29.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Septet in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum. Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Glinka: Septet, Trio Pathetique, Serenade & 3 Russian Songs.
    • CPO.
    • 104.

  • Leroy Anderson

    The Typewriter

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Mercury Living Presence - The Collector's Edition 2.
    • MERCURY.
    • 7.

  • John Williams

    Hymn To The Fallen (Saving Private Ryan)

    Choir: Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Saving Private Ryan.
    • Geffen.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro : Act 3 "Sull'aria ... Che soave zeffiretto" [La Contessa, Su

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Singer: Barbara Bonney. Singer: Charlotte Margiono.
    • Mozart : Le nozze di Figaro.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 51.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Night mail

    Author: W. H. Auden. Narrator: Simon Russell Beale. Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • NMC.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Major RV 589: i) Gloria in excelsis

    Choir: Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera. Orchestra: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • Decca.

  • Mel Bonis

    Le R锚ve de Cl茅op芒tre (Cleopatra's Dream)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Leo Hussain.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Joseph Haydn & Amadeus Quartet

    String Quartet in D, Op.76, No.5: 2. Largo

    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op.76, Nos. 4-6.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 6.

  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 11 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Richard Strauss: Horn Concertos.
    • EMI Eminence.
    • 3.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Delibes: Coppelia: Orchestre de l'opera de Lyon/Nagano.
    • Erato.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • NAXOS.

  • Peter Warlock

    Basse-danse (Capriol Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.
    • English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
    • Apex.
    • 7.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Behold, Thou Hast Made My Days

    Singer: Peter Harvey. Ensemble: Magdalena Consort. Ensemble: Fretwork. Singer: Catherine King. Singer: Samuel Boden. Singer: Charles Daniels. Singer: Simon Gallear.
    • My Days.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 117.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Great Opera Choruses: London Symphony Chorus, LSO, Hickox.
    • I.M.P. Classics.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60 "Werther": III. Andante

    Performer: Anton Barachovsky. Performer: Alexander Zemtsov. Performer: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Performer: Eldar Nebolsin.
    • Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 203.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.
    • Warner.

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