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.
1100 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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George Frideric Handel
Suite in D major, HWV 349, 'Water Music' (Alla hornpipe)
Performer: John Constable. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Handel: Fireworks & Water Music: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner.
- Hanssler Classics.
- 18.
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Claude Debussy
La cath茅drale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
- Decca.
- 10.
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Lars鈥怑rik Larsson
A Winter's Tale - 4 vignettes for orchestra, Op 18
Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Lars-Erik Larsson - Orchestral Works vol.1.
- CPO.
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Louise Farrenc
Violin Sonata No 2 in A major, Op 39 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Nancy Oliveros. Performer: Mary Ellen Haupert.- Centaur.
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Carl Maria von Weber
The Ruler of the Spirits Op.27
Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.- Weber: Overtures.
- Bis.
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Malcolm Arnold
4 English Dances, Op 33 No 1
Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- Arnold: Dances.
- NAXOS.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Violin Sonata in D major, Op 5 No 1
Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Paul Nicholson. Ensemble: Locatelli Trio.- Corelli: Violin Sonatas: The Locatelli Trio.
- Hyperion.
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Ottorino Respighi
Arie di corte (Ancient Airs and Dance Suite no.3)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 11.
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Clara Schumann
Beim Abschied
Singer: Stephan Loges. Performer: Eugene Asti.- Hyperion.
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody no.2 in C sharp minor, S.244
Music Arranger: Karl M眉ller-Berghaus. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.- Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody.
- Warner Classics.
- 2.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Oboe Sonata, Op. 166
Performer: Alex Klein. Performer: Phillip Bush.- Twentieth Century Oboe Sonatas.
- Cedille.
- 17-19.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic dances - series 1 Op.46 (no.8 in G minor)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- TELDEC.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Barcarolle in F sharp minor, Op 60
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.- Vladimir Horowitz The Indespensable.
- BMG Classics.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- EMI.
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Edvard Grieg
March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces Op.54)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Grieg: Lyric Pieces: Leif Ove Andsnes.
- EMI Classics.
- 9.
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Modest Mussorgsky
The Gnome (Pictures from an Exhibition)
Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
- EMI.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Wind Octet in E flat major, Op 103 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Emanuel Hurwitz. Performer: Cecil Aronowitz. Performer: Terence Weil. Performer: Adrian Beers. Performer: Gervase de Peyer. Performer: Keith Puddy. Performer: Peter Graeme. Performer: Sarah Barrington. Performer: William Waterhouse. Performer: Edgar Williams. Performer: James Buck. Performer: Neill Sanders. Orchestra: Melos Ensemble.- Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
- EMI Classics.
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Isaac Alb茅niz
Iberia Suite orch Arbos (Triana)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Albeniz: Argerich, Barenboim.
- ELATUS.
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Morten Lauridsen
O magnum mysterium
Choir: The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Director: David Flood.- A Canterbury Christmas.
- York.
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Francesco Cavalli
Musiche sacre: No. 23, Canzon 脿 3
Ensemble: London Baroque.- BIS.
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Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles etc.:LSO/Tilson Thomas.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben (Cantata No 8)
Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Alexandre Desplat
The Shape of Water
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Ensemble: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.- Les choses de la vie - Cinema 2.
- ERATO.
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Frederick Delius
La Calinda (Koanga)
Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- EMI.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso - morceau de concert Op.62
Performer: Leonid Gorokhov. Performer: Colin Stone.- OLYMPIA.
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Edward Elgar
Aubade (Nursery Suite)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.- Elgar: Nursery Suite etc.: Groves.
- EMI Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto Movement for Horn in E flat Major K.370b
Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Antonio M茅ndez Padr贸n.- Alpha.
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