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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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Flight of the Bumblebee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture and Suites from the Operas: Scottish National Orch/Jar.
- Chandos.
- 4.
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Claude Debussy
En Bateau (Petite Suite)
Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis.- Hyperion.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op 3 No 1
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner.
- Apex.
- 19.
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Adolphus Hailstork
Fanfare on Amazing Grace
Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
- Naxos.
- 9.
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Ruth Gipps
Trio for oboe, clarinet and piano Op.10; 3. Allegro ritmico - quasi rumba
Performer: Juliana Koch. Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Michael McHale.- CHANDOS.
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Steven Sametz
When he shall die
Choir: Phoenix Bach Choir.- CHANDOS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, Op.73, 'Emperor' (3rd mvt)
Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.- Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos Lewis - Belohlavek.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 3.
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Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann
Bossa-Nova-Philharmonica
Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.- South American Getaway.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Lili Boulanger
D'un vieux jardin
Performer: Kunal Lahiry.- Licht in der Nacht.
- Fuga Libera.
- 5.
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Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
Marche en rondeau 'Les Combattants' (Alceste)
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.- L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
- ALIA VOX.
- 20.
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Peter Warlock
The Fox
Performer: Roger Vignoles. Lyricist: Bruce Blunt. Singer: John Mark Ainsley.- Peter Warlock: Songs.
- Hyperion.
- 34.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581 (1st mvt)
Performer: Martin Frost. Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.- BIS.
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Philip Wilby
A Breathless Alleluia
Performer: Black Dyke Band. Performer: Philip Wilby. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.- A Breathless Alleluia.
- NAXOS.
- 1.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
12 脡tudes, Op. 10 - No. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionary"
Performer: Yunchan Lim.- Chopin: 脡tudes, Opp. 10 & 25.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 12.
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Florence Price
Symphony No 4 in D minor (2nd mvmt, Andante cantabile)
Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.- Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 鈥 William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata: Act I: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)
Singer: Roberto Alagna. Singer: Tiziana Fabbricini. Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan.- Verdi: La Traviata.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in F major, Op.74`2 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets, Opp.71 and 74.
- Hyperion.
- 8.
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Sergey Prokofiev
The Young Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DECCA.
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Bernard Hughes
If we shadows have offended
Choir: The Epiphoni Consort. Conductor: Tim Reader.- If we shadows have offended.
- 2022 Delphian Records Ltd..
- 1.
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Herbert Spencer
Underneath The Stars
Music Arranger: Josef Pasternack. Performer: Charlie Siem. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Goodwin.- Under The Stars.
- Sony Classical.
- 01.
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Cole Porter
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Lyricist: Cole Porter. Singer: James Whitmore. Singer: Keenan Wynn. Orchestra: MGM Studio Ochestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- Kiss Me Kate (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- WaterTower Music.
- 23.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425 (1st mvt)
Performer: Ugo Orlandi. Orchestra: I Solisti Veneti. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.- The Magic of the Mandoline - Greatest Concertos. Mandoline and string orchestra.
- Erato.
- 4.
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Madeleine Dring
Trio for flute, oboe & piano (2nd mvt, Andante semplice)
Performer: Nancy Ruffer. Performer: John Anderson. Performer: Helen Crayford.- British Music for Flute, Oboe & Piano.
- Dutton.
- 004.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Danse macabre
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Performer: Luben Yordanoff. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Lovely Classique Chefs-d'oeuvre Deutsche Grammophon.
- DG.
- 10.
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Olivier Messiaen
O sacrum convivium
Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Director: Richard Marlow.- Conifer.
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Errollyn Wallen
Chorale
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Director: David Le Page.- Timelapse.
- Signum Classics.
- 1201.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Violin Concerto in G Major
- Hummel: Potpourri, Adagio and Rondo alla Polacca, Variations & Violin Concer.
- Chandos.
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Edwin York Bowen
R锚verie d'amour, Op.20`2
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
- Hyperion.
- 13.
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Robert Farnon
Jumping Bean
Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- British Light Music Classics.
- Hyperion.
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante d茅funte
Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Performer: Sean Shibe.- Camino: Spanish and French repertoire for guitar.
- PENTATONE.
- 10.
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John Williams
Flying Theme (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- MCA.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio in E major
Performer: Howard Shelley.- Hyperion.
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Otto Nicolai
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- The Best of The Academy.
- EMI Classics.
- 7.
Broadcast
- Fri 16 Aug 2024 09:30麻豆社 Radio 3