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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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Jacques Offenbach
Can-Can (Orpheus in the Underworld)
Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.- William Tell and other favourites: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Kunzel.
- Telarc.
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Charles Gounod
Ave Maria (Meditation sur le premier prelude de piano de J.S. Bach)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D major for three violins, BWV 1064 mov. 1
Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Performer: Petra M眉llejans. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos: Freiburger Barockorchester.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Caroline Shaw
Plan & Elevation (The Beech Tree)
Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.- Orange.
- Nonesuch.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony in D minor, 'Youth'
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Rachmaninoff: Symphony no.1 etc: 大象传媒 Philharmonic/Noseda.
- Chandos.
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Claude Debussy
Petite suite for piano duet (Minuet)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Cristina Marton.- Martha Argerich and Friends Live from the Lugano Festival 2013.
- Warner Classics.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
- Philips.
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Thomas Tallis
Spem in alium
Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Morning Serenade and Dance with Mandolins (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.- CBS.
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Frank Bridge
3 Sketches (Rosemary)
Performer: Peter Jacobs.- Frank Bridge: Piano Works Vol. 3: Peter Jacobs.
- Continuum.
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Henry Purcell
Ah, Belinda (Dido and Aeneas)
Music Arranger: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Singer: Raquel Andueza. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.- Erato.
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Samuel Barber
Essay for orchestra No 1, Op 12
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Barber: Symphonies nos. 1 & 2: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Alsop.
- Naxos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No 7 in C minor, Op 30 (4th mvt)
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.- Beethoven, The Complete Sonatas For Violin And Piano: Capucon, Braley.
- Virgin Classics.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
May Night (Overture)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- Philips.
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Luigi Boccherini
String Quintet in E major, Op.11`5 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Dave Brubeck
Unsquare Dance
Ensemble: The Dave Brubeck Quartet.- Columbia.
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Maurice Ravel
Menuet (Le tombeau de Couperin)
Performer: Steven Osborne.- Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
- Hyperion.
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Isaac Alb茅niz
Iberia Suite orch Arbos (Triana)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Albeniz: Argerich, Barenboim.
- ELATUS.
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Franz Liszt
Liebestr盲ume S.541 (no.3 in A flat major)
Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.- Liszt: Piano Works: Khatia Buniatishvili.
- Sony.
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Karl Goldmark
In the Garden (Rustic Wedding Symphony - 4th mvt)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Nos. 1& 3, etc..
- Sony.
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Gerald Finzi
5 Bagatelles Op.23 (Prelude)
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.- The Lyrical Clarinet: Michael Collins.
- Chandos.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in A minor 'con due violini obligati', RV 522
Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
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Leokadiya Kashperova
The Murmur of the Wheat (In the Midst of Nature, No. 5)
Performer: Sarah Cahill.- The Future is Female, Vol 1: In Nature.
- FHR.
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Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.- Great Orchestral Showpieces, Vol.1.
- Philips.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon 脿 10, S.137
Performer: London Symphony Brass. Conductor: Eric Crees.- Gabrieli: Music for Brass Vol. 3.
- Naxos.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in C sharp minor, Op 10 No 4
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Maurizio Pollini.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33: III. Molto allegro
Performer: Bruno Philippe. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.- Saint-Sa毛ns: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Franck, Faur茅 & Poulenc.
- harmonia mundi.
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Jean Sibelius
Andante festivo
Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.- BIS.
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Percy Grainger
Hill-Song no.2
Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.- The Grainger Edition.
- Chandos.
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George Frideric Handel
Un pensiero voli in ciel (Il delirio amoroso)
Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Archiv.
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