Your perfect classical playlist
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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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Singer: Charlotte Margiono. Singer: Rudolf Schasching. Singer: Birgit Remmert. Singer: Robert Holl. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Conductor: Erwin Ortner.- Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
- Teldec.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in F major, Op 46 No 4
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- EMI.
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Francesca Caccini
Io mi distruggo
Singer: Shannon Mercer. Performer: Sylvain Bergeron. Performer: Amanda Keesmaat. Performer: Luc Beaus茅jour.- Francesca Caccini: O Viva Rosa.
- Analekta.
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Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto (3rd mvt)
Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- BIS.
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John Ireland
A Downland Suite (Minuet)
Ensemble: London Collegiate Brass. Conductor: James Stobart.- Walton/Tippett/Britten/Ireland: London Collegiate Brass/Stobart.
- CRD.
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Henryk Wieniawski
Polonaise No. 1 in D, Op. 4
Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Bohemian Rhapsodies.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Amy Beach
3 Morceaux Caracteristiques, Op.28 (Barcarolle)
Performer: Kirsten Johnson.- Guild.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in E flat major, K.375 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Winds. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Clarinet Concerto / Serenade No. 11 (Symphonieorchester.
- RCA Victor Red Seal.
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Samuel Barber
Sure on this shining night (4 Songs Op.13)
Singer: Gerald Finley. Performer: Julius Drake.- Barber: Songs: Finley/Drake.
- Hyperion.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major, BWV.1050 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Bedrich Smetana
Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- MERCURY.
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Kevin Puts
Marimba Concerto: III. With Energy
Performer: Ji Su Jung. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Kevin Puts: Marimba Concerto, The City & Oboe Concerto No. 2 "Moonlight".
- Naxos.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in E flat major, D.899 no.2
Performer: Imogen Cooper.- Schubert: The Last Six Years 1823-1828, Vol. 6; Imogen Cooper.
- Ottavo.
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Ruth Gipps
Symphony no.1 Op.22 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
- Chandos.
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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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Gustav Holst
Scherzo (A Moorside Suite)
Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.- Chandos.
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor
Sussex Landscape Op.27 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.- Decca.
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William Ward-Higgs
Sussex By The Sea
Performer: The Band of the Grenadier Guards. Director: Rodney Bashford.- Visit Britain.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Gabriel Faur茅
Sicilienne (Pell茅as et M茅lisande)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- PHILIPS.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in C major RV.181a
Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Holland Baroque Society.- Channel.
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John Tavener
Song for Athene
Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Ensemble: VOCES8.- Enchanted Isle.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Joseph Haydn
Il ritorno di Tobia (Overture)
Orchestra: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien. Conductor: Manfred Huss.- BIS.
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George Gershwin
Prelude No 1 arr for clarinet and piano
Composer: James Cohn. Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Piers Lane.- Chandos.
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Nadia Boulanger
Fantaisie vari茅e pour piano et orchestre
Performer: William Youn. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Valentin Uryupin.- Boulanger, Faur茅, Hahn.
- Sony Classical.
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Henry Purcell
Chaconne in G minor, Z 730
Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- Decca.
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Hedwige Chr茅tien
L'amoureuse des vagues
Performer: Edwige Herchenroder. Lyricist: Ludovic Fortolis. Singer: Kitty Whately.- Horizons: French M茅lodies.
- Chandos.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in G minor Op.6`6 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Handel: Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op.6 Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini.
- Decca.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake (Waltz)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata in F sharp minor, K 448
Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.- BIS.
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Edvard Grieg
4 Symphonic Dances, Op 64 (No 1, Allegro moderato e marcato)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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