Your perfect classical playlist
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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Franz Leh谩r
Gold and Silver - Waltz Op.79
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Vienna Soiree: Gardiner/Vienna PO.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Francisco T谩rrega
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Performer: John Williams.- Spanish Guitar Music.
- Sony Classical.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Intermezzo in modo classico
Orchestrator: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; A Night on bald Mountain - Sony Classical.
- Sony Classical.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major, Op 54 No 2 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets Opus 54.
- Sacconi Records.
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Jean Sibelius
The Tempest: Prelude, Op.109,鈥疦o.1鈥�
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- BIS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in C major, K545 arr Grieg (1st mvt)
Composer: Edvard Grieg. Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja. Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.- Mozart/Grieg: Piano Sonatas.
- Teldec.
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Georges Bizet
Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite)
Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.- EMI.
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor, WoO 1
Performer: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Performer: Laure Favre-Kahn. Music Arranger: Yvan Cassar. Ensemble: Les Trilles du Diable.- Songs My Mother Taught Me.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Benjamin Britten
The trees they grow so high
Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.- Britten: Canticle 1/Michelangelo sonnets etc: Johnson/Johnson.
- Hyperion.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords, strings and continuo, BWV 1065
Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Performer: Kenneth Gilbert. Performer: Lars Ulrik Mortensen. Performer: Nicholas Kraemer. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- ARCHIV.
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John Williams
Hedwig's Theme
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone (AKA Philosopher's Stone) Original Motion.
- Atlantic Records.
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Claude Debussy
Toccata
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Debussy: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano: Angela Hewitt.
- Hyperion.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Norfolk Rhapsody No.1
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Stuart Green. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.4: Bournemouth Symphony Orch/Daniel.
- Naxos.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
The Witching Hour - Concerto for 8 Double Basses (Vassilissa the Beautiful)
Orchestra: Australian World Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Briger.- ABC Classics.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Za茂s (Prologue: Overture)
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.- Rameau: Overtures: Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Henry Purcell
They that go down to the sea in ships Z.57
Singer: David Thomas. Singer: Matthew Bright. Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Simon Preston.- Archiv.
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Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Storm)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Eduard van Beinum.- Britten: Spring Symphony, Four Sea Interludes - The Young Persons Guide to....
- Decca.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
2 Nocturnes Op.55 (no.2 in E flat major)
Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.- DG.
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Samuel Barber
The School for Scandal Op.5
Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Barber/Bernstein/Gershwin/Copland: Great American Showpieces.
- EMI.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Altri canti d'amor
Performer: Sonia Wieder鈥怉therton. Performer: Sarah Iancu. Performer: Matthieu Lejeune. Music Arranger: Sonia Wieder鈥怉therton. Music Arranger: Franck Krawczyk.- Vita.
- Naive.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Samson et Dalila (Bacchanale)
Orchestra: Slovensk谩 filharm贸nia. Conductor: Aleksandar Markovic.- Supraphon.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Serenade for Wind
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Philips.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 56
Performer: Scott Ross.- Scarlatti: The Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 3: Sonatas, Kk. 51 - 70.
- Warner Classics.
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Olivia M. Sparkhall
Lux Aeterna
Performer: Louise Thomson. Choir: Corvus Consort. Conductor: Freddie Crowley.- Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women鈥檚 Voices.
- Chandos.
- 601.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.- Beethoven: The Symphonies: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska.
- BIS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No 5 in G major, BWV 816 (Gigue)
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
- Hyperion.
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Maurice Ravel
Tzigane
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- Nicola Benedetti: Fantasie.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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