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The ideal morning 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

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Jul 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.
    • Teldec.
  • Charles Gounod

    Mors et Vita (Judex)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Adagio.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat major, H XVI 46, 'Divertimento' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Haydn Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    March Op.99

    Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Mercury Living Presence.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in G major TWV.52:G3

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Sabine Fehlandt. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of Youth: Suite No 2 - Fountain Dance

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • The Wand Of Youth Suites etc..
    • Halle.
    • 11.
  • Felice Anerio

    Salve Regina

    Choir: Cardinall's Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
    • HYPERION.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Performer: Herman Krebbers. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Strauss: Don Juan (Herman Krebbers Edition, Vol..
    • PHILIPS.
    • 3.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite no.2 Op.17 (Valse)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky.
    • The Rachmaninov Experience.
    • Warners.
  • John Adams

    The Chairman Dances

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Der Freischutz: "Und ob die Wolke sie verh眉lle" (Agathe's cavatina)

    Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Weber: Der Freisch眉tz, J. 277.
    • DG.
    • 22.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Symphony in F sharp major Op.40: 2nd movement

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Akin Euba

    L'ori oke ati petele (3 Yoruba Songs Without Words)

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • African Pianism.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 1003.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Copp茅lia (Mazurka)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Decca.
  • John Dowland

    By a fountain where I lay (Third Booke of Songes, 1603)

    Ensemble: The Consort of Musicke. Director: Anthony Rooley.
    • Dowland: Third Booke of Songs.
    • DECCA.
    • 12.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Triton Fountain in the Morning (Fountains of Rome)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les Jeux d'Eau a la Villa d'Este

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Virgin.
  • Eug猫ne Bozza

    Scherzo for Wind Quintet Op.48

    Performer: Galliard Ensemble.
    • Jeux d鈥檈te.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 5.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos: Andsnes, Jansons.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade

    Plaisir n'ai plus

    Orchestra: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Queen of Hearts.
    • Hyperion.
  • Antonio Bazzini

    Dance of the Goblins

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Jonathan Feldman.
    • DG.
  • Antonio Salieri

    La Scuola de' gelosi: Sinfonia

    Ensemble: l鈥檃rte del mondo. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • ONYX.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite No 4 in E flat major for cello solo, BWV 1010

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • BIS.
  • William Bolcom

    Knight Hubert

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Richard Wagner

    Parsifal (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La donna 猫 mobile (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Pavarotti: Verdi.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • William Walton

    Then sing aloud to God (Belshazzar's Feast)

    Choir: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus. Choir: L'Inviti. Choir: Waynflete Singers. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Walton: Belshazzar's Feast: Terfel, Bournemouth Symphony, Litton.
    • London.

Broadcast

  • Thu 25 Jul 2024 09:30

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