The very best 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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George Gershwin
I Got Rhythm
Music Arranger: The Julian Bliss Septet. Ensemble: The Julian Bliss Septet.- I Got Rhythm.
- Signum Classics.
- 101.
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Aram Khachaturian
Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.- Legends - Khachaturian: Spartacus: Wiener Philharmoniker.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words, Op.19 No.5
Performer: Bernd Glemser.- OEHMS.
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Lucrezia Vizzana
Paratum cor meum
Ensemble: Musica Secreta.- LINN RECORDS.
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Bedrich Smetana
Vltava (M谩 vlast)
Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.- Dvorak: New World Symphony: Prague Symphony Orchestra/Pesek.
- Sony.
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Joan Trimble
The Pool among the Rushes
Performer: John Finucane. Performer: Elisaveta Blumina.- Irish Holidays.
- Genuin.
- 301.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in D major, K.136 (1st mvmt, Allegro)
Orchestra: Santa Cecilia Strings. Conductor: Luigi Piovano.- Mozart: Divertimenti & Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
- Arcana.
- 1.
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Edvard Grieg
4 Norwegian Dances, Op 36 (No 2)
Music Arranger: Hans Sitt. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.- Naxos.
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Justinian Tamusuza
On the Way of the Cross (first movement)
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.- Pieces of Africa.
- Nonesuch.
- 4.
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H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult
脡tude No 110 in A major
Performer: Nicolas Stavy.- Hortus.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B minor for 4 violins, RV 580
Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
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Franz Schubert
Nacht und Tr盲ume, D.827
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Ilker Arcay眉rek. -
Alexander Borodin
Symphony No 2 in B minor (2nd mvmt, Scherzo)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Borodin: Symphonies 1 & 2.
- DECCA.
- 7.
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Joan Trimble
The Pool among the Rushes
Performer: John Finucane. Performer: Elisaveta Blumina.- Irish Holidays.
- Genuin.
- 301.
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Andr茅 Cardinal Destouches
Les elements (Chaconne)
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- L'OISEAU LYRE.
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Max Richter
On the Nature of Daylight
Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: John Metcalf. Performer: Philip Sheppard. Performer: Chris Worsey.- Voyager - Essential Max Richter.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Johanna M眉ller-Hermann
Heroic Overture
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. -
Joan Trimble
The Pool among the Rushes
Performer: John Finucane. Performer: Elisaveta Blumina.- Irish Holidays.
- Genuin.
- 301.
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William Lloyd Webber
Frensham Pond
Performer: Antony Pay. Performer: Ian Brown.- William Lloyd Webber - Piano music, chamber music and songs.
- Hyperion.
- 10.
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Gerald Finzi
Clear and gentle stream
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.- Sirens' Song.
- CORO.
- 20.
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Laura Cannell
Lay Down by the Golden Reeds
Performer: Laura Cannell.- Brawl Records.
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Paul Reade
Summer (The Victorian Kitchen Garden)
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.- The Lyrical Clarinet.
- Chandos.
- 17.
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Florence Price
Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Dances in the Canebrakes)
Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.- Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
- Cedille.
- 103.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 92 in G major, 'Oxford' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 91 & 92: Rene Jacobs.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 5.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Moments musicaux, Op 16 (No 3 in B minor, Andante cantabile)
Performer: Andrei Gavrilov.- Warner Classics.
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Jules Massenet
Le Cid - ballet suite (No 3, Aragonaise)
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- CHANDOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Schafe k枚nnen sicher weiden (Cantata No 208)
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- Bach: Cantatas Nos. 82, 202 "Wedding" & 208 "Hunt".
- Hyperion.
- 24.
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Jean Sibelius
The Wood Nymph, Op 15
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 - The Wood Nymph - Valse Triste.
- Outhere Music France.
- 5.
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Jennifer Higdon
Harp Concerto (3rd mvt, Lullaby)
Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare.- American Rapture.
- Azica.
- 3.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Farewell, thou noisy town; The parting kiss (26 Welsh Songs, Nos 8 and 25)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Singer: Gerald Finley.- Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 6-7.
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Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G major, Op 39
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- Elgar: Symphony no.1/Pomp and circumstance marches: Handley.
- CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
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Leonora Duarte
Sinfonia a 5 no.5
Ensemble: Fretwork.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in A flat major Op.46 no.3
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
- Philips.
- 16.
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Scott Joplin
Magnetic Rag
Performer: Joshua Rifkin.- Scott Joplin: Piano Rags: Joshua Rifkin.
- Elektra Nonesuch.
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- Tue 25 Jun 2024 09:30麻豆社 Radio 3