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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 familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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.

1100 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week

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Fri 12 Apr 2024 09:30
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major, K 417 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Hermann Baumann. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Conductor: Leopold Hager.
    • Mozart: The complete wind concertos.
    • Teldec.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise Op.34 no.14

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, etc.: BFO, Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Passionsoratorium, BWV Anh 169 - opening chorus

    Ensemble: Il Gardellino. Conductor: Alexander Grychtolik.
    • Bach: Passionsoratorium, BWV Anh. 169 (Reconstructed by Alexander Grychtolik).
    • Passacaille.
    • 1.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Zapateado (Spanish Dances Op.23)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • Wieniawski, Sarasate: James Ehnes, Eduard Laurel.
    • CBC Records.
    • 11.

  • Franz Schubert

    Entr'acte in B flat major (Rosamunde)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Schubert: Rosamunde - Ameling, Rundfunkchor Leipzig.
    • Philips.
    • 7.

  • Paule Maurice

    Tableaux de Provence: Des alyscamps

    Performer: Julia Nolan. Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pour les agrements (12 Studies, No 8)

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein.
    • Music in Time of War.
    • Platoon.
    • 8.

  • Aaron Copland

    An Outdoor Adventure

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Copland: Symphonies Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Heart Asks Pleasure First (The Piano)

    Orchestra: The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • Greatest Film Classics.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 14.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for strings in E major, Op 22 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Daniel Dodds.
    • Eastbound: Schumann, Dvorak, Schreker (Works for String Orchestra).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 11.

  • Marguerite Monnot

    L'Hymme a l'amour

    Performer: Shuichi Okada. Performer: Alexandre Pascal. Performer: L茅a Hennino. Performer: H茅lo茂se Luzzati. Music Arranger: Gabrielle Panetrat. Singer: Marie Perbost.
    • La Boite a Pepites.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Consecration of the House, Op 124

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.

  • Franz Liszt

    Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Annees de pelerinage, 2eme annee, Italie, S161)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Naive.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffmann)

    Singer: Fatma Said. Singer: Marianne Crebassa. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel.
    • Kaleidoscope.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    The Gnome (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Taxi Driver (Main Title)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • ARISTA.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Dans les ruines d'une abbaye, Op. 2 No. 1

    Performer: Tristan Ra毛s. Singer: Cyrille Dubois.
    • Faur茅: Complete Songs.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 5.

  • Charles Gounod

    Mors et Vita (Judex)

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

  • George Frideric Handel

    Laudate pueri Dominum

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: RIAS Chamber Chorus, Berlin. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Justin Doyle.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Michael Haydn

    Bassoon Concertino in B flat major

    Performer: Laurence Perkins. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Bassoon Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Larghetto (4 Romantic pieces, Op 75 No 4)

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: Charles Owen.
    • Bohemian Tales.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Carousel Waltz (Carousel)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • American Light Music Classics.
    • Hyperion.
    • 22.

  • Vardapet Komitas

    Shoror of Karin (7 Armenian folk dances, No 7)

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein.
    • Music in Time of War.
    • Platoon.
    • 19.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Dance of the Youth (from Gayane)

    Orchestra: Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie. Conductor: Frank Beermann.
    • Aram Khachaturian: Symphony No. 3 路 Suite No. 3.
    • CPO.
    • 202.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Lieutenant Kije - suite, Op 60

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Telarc.

  • Josephine Boulay

    Romance sans paroles (Song without words)

    Performer: Rapha毛lle Moreau. Performer: Nathana毛l Gouin.
    • La Boite a Pepites.

  • Gustav Mahler

    I went this morning over the field (Songs of a Wayfarer)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Sony Classical.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Violin (cello) sonata in A major

    Performer: Bruno Philippe. Performer: Tanguy de Williencourt.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Franck, Faur茅 & Poulenc.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano sonata WoO 47 (Electoral) 2nd mvt

    Performer: Robert Neumann.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F Minor, WoO 47 No. 2 "Electoral": II. Andante (Music.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Three Motets, Op.110: No.1 Ich aber bin elend

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Panorama: Famous Overtures.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

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