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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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Edward Elgar
The Marksmen (3 Bavarian Dances)
Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.- DUTTON.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Domine Jesu (Requiem compl S眉ssmayr)
Performer: Susan Addison. Singer: Barbara Bonney. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: Hans Peter Blochwitz. Singer: Sir Willard White. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Mozart: Requiem K626/Kyrie K341: Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner.
- Philips.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No 25 in G Major, Op 79 (1st mvt)
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Brendel spielt Beethoven (Klavierkonzerte / Klaviersonaten).
- Decca.
- 97.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto no. 2 in B flat major Op.4`2 for organ and orchestra
Performer: Paul Nicholson. Orchestra: The Brandenburg Consort. Director: Roy Goodman.- Handel organ concertos.
- Hyperion.
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C茅sar Franck
Violin Sonata in A major (4th mvt)
Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.- Hyperion.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31
Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat major (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.- Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets Op. 13 in A minor, Op. 80 in F minor:.
- Virgin.
- 8.
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Johannes Brahms
4 Ballades, Op 10: No 2
Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.- Brahms: Piano Works.
- BIS.
- 102.
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John Williams
Superman (Main theme)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- Rhino.
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Prince Edmond de Polignac
Lamento
Performer: V茅ronique Gens. Performer: Susan Manoff. -
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Hans Rott
Symphony no.1 in E major (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- RCA.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Beati quorum via (3 Motets Op.38)
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.- COLLEGIUM.
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脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
C茅phale et Procris (Overture)
Ensemble: A Nocte Temporis. Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen.- Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: C茅phale et Procris.
- Ch芒teau de Versailles Spectacles.
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George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F (2nd mvt)
Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- My American Story: North.
- DG.
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Louis Vierne
Organ symphony no.2 in E minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Olivier Latry.- Vierne: Organ Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
- BNL.
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Franz Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrade
Performer: James Lockhart. Singer: Margaret Price.- Margaret Price In Recital.
- Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
The Golden Spinning-Wheel
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Supraphon.
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Sir James MacMillan
The Gallant Weaver
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Berceuse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)
Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.- Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
- Philips.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Achante et C茅phise: Dances from Act 1
Orchestra: Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande 脡curie. Conductor: Alexis Kossenko.- Rameau: Achante et C茅phise.
- ERATO.
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Gabriel Jackson
O sacrum convivium
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Gabriel Jackson: Not No Faceless Angel & Other Choral Works.
- Hyperion.
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John Bull
Fantastic Galliard
Performer: Kit Armstrong.- DG.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Concertino, Op.107
Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Great works for flute and orchestra.
- BIS.
- 007.
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Edward Elgar
In the South 'Alassio'
Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- HYPERION.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Jen暖fa (conclusion)
Singer: Agneta Eichenholz. Singer: Ale拧 Briscein. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Jan谩膷ek: Jen暖fa.
- LSO Live.
- 217.
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Henry Wood
Jack's the lad [Sailors' hornpipe] (Fantasia on British Sea Songs)
Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Philips.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in D Major, K 485
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 457, 533, 545, 570 & 576.
- Hyperion.
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Florence Price
Summer Moon
Music Arranger: William Newell. Ensemble: Solem Quartet.- The Four Quarters.
- Orchid Classics.
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John Adams
Violin Concerto (3rd mvt)
Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Robertson.- III. Toccare.
- Nonesuch.
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William Byrd
Agnus Dei (Mass for 4 voices)
Choir: The Cardinall鈥檚 Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.- ASV.
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George Frideric Handel
Air and variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Suite in E major, HWV 430)
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Sony.
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