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Wednesday - Ian Skelly

Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Also, including your requests for works by neglected composers, amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 4 Jun 2014 06:30

Music Played

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King Op.37)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • 5 56576 2.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes for piano (Op.32) no.1 in B major

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Nelson Freire: Chopin, The Nocturnes.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Bagatelles Op.47 (no.5)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Widerstehe doch der S眉nde (Cantata No 54)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Gent Orchestra. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach/Cantates Pour Alto.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Bourree fantasque (version for orchestra)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • MERCURY.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Un Bal (Symphonie Fantastique Op.14)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: LSO/Davis.
    • LSO Live.
    • 2.
  • William Mundy

    Adolescentulus sum ego 脿 6

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Voices of the Turtle Dove.
    • Coro.
    • 2.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Waltz for piano (Op.1) in F minor

    Performer: Stephen Coombs.
    • Alexander Scriabin: The Early Scriabin: Stephen Coombs.
    • Helios.
    • 4.
  • William Walton

    Quartet in A minor for strings: 2nd movement

    Ensemble: Doric Quartet.
    • Walton: String Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Jonas Kaufmann - Romantic Arias.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and fugue; Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.1 no.17 (BWV.862) A flat maj

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Clarinet Concerto in C minor, Op 31 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Romance in A major, Op 69

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.
    • Faure - Cello Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborado del gracioso arr for orchestra

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in D major for 2 pianos K.448 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky.
    • Mozart: Sonatas for piano duet: Argerich/Rabinovitch.
    • Apex.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Semele - Act 2; Where'er you walk

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • Handel: Arias: Padmore / Engish Concert / Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Vivian Dunn

    The Captain General

    Performer: Massed Bands of the Royal Marines.
    • Marches and Overtures.
    • Chevron.
    • 10.
  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No 3 in D

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • Alan Abbott

    Alla caccia arr. for horn and piano [orig. for horn and orchestra]

    Performer: Michael Thompson. Performer: Philip Fowke.
    • Virtuosi: Thompson/Fowke.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.
    • Signum.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet in G major Op.76`1 for strings: 2nd movement; Adagio sostenuto

    Ensemble: Quatuor Mosa茂ques.
    • Haydn - String Quartets Opus 76.
    • Astree.
    • 2.
  • Giya Kancheli

    When Almonds Blossomed

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • 88883734622.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 5.
  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Grainger: Works for Wind Orchestra Vol.4: Royal Northern College of Music Wind O.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

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