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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 discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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Arturo Márquez
Conga del fuego nuevo
Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 12.
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Alessandro Marcello
Oboe Concerto in D minor (2nd mvmt, Adagio)
Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Peterborough String Orchestra.- 5 Italian Oboe Concertos.
- Hyperion.
- 9.
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Phyllis Tate
London Fields – suite: no.4 Hampstead Heath
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Lyrita.
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Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne
Quartet concertant in G minor, Op 15 No 2 (1st mvmt, Adagio)
Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.- Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Antonín Dvo?ák
Carnival Overture, Op 92
Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hr??a.- Pentatone.
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Jennifer Higdon
Piano Trio (1st mvmt, Pale Yellow)
Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Adam Neiman.- NAXOS.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 19 (3rd mvmt, Scherzo)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.- Weber: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
- Orfeo.
- 3.
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Rued Langgaard
Behind the wall stand the little roses (Rosengardsviser, No 2)
Ensemble: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Tamás Vet?.- Rued Langgaard: Rose Garden Songs.
- Dacapo.
- 5.
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Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger
Canario
Ensemble: Los Otros.- Tinto: Los Otros.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
- 19.
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Ida Moberg
Sunrise Suite (2nd mvmt, Prelude - Activity)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.- Aulin, Moberg, Andrée: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
- 6.
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Maurice Ravel
Rigaudon (Le Tombeau de Couperin)
Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.- Deutsche Grammophon 479 5524.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Mentre dormi (L'Olimpiade)
Singer: Sara Mingardo. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- NAIVE.
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Jennifer Higdon
Piano Trio (1st mvmt, Pale Yellow)
Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Adam Neiman.- NAXOS.
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Frédéric Chopin
Study in G flat major, Op.10 no.5 'Black key'
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
- London.
- 5.
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Dani Howard
Ellipsis
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Urbina.- Dani Howard: Orchestral Works.
- Rubicon.
- 5.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- EMI.
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Nathaniel Dett
Ramah (Air Characteristic)
Performer: Ionel Manciu. Performer: Dominic Degavino. -
Jennifer Higdon
Piano Trio (1st mvmt, Pale Yellow)
Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Adam Neiman.- NAXOS.
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Benjamin Britten
The Evening Primrose (5 Flower Songs, No 4)
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.- There Is Sweet Music: English Choral Songs, 1890-1950.
- Collegium.
- 4.
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Madeleine Dring
Yellow Hammers (Colour Suite)
Performer: Leigh Kaplan.- Cambria.
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Stephen Sondheim
Finishing the hat (Sunday in the Park with George)
Singer: Mandy Patinkin. Orchestra: Original Broadway Orchestra.- RCA.
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Xian Xinghai
Yellow River Concerto (1st mvmt, Song of the Yellow River Boatmen)
Composer: Yin Chengzong. Composer: 刘庄. Composer: 储望华. Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: China Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Long Yu.- Dragon Songs.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Ottorino Respighi
Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite No 2)
Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Conductor: John Neschling.- BIS.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
?tude No 101 in C sharp major
Performer: Clare Hammond.- Hélène de Montgeroult: ?tudes.
- BIS.
- 123.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major, Op 71 No 2 (1st mvmt)
Ensemble: Apollon Musagete Quartet.- Apollon Musagète Quartett - Haydn, Brahms, Szymanowski, Shchedrin.
- Oehms Classics.
- 1.
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Florence Price
Symphony No 4 in D minor (2nd mvmt, Andante cantabile)
Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra.- Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 – William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Valse (Suite no.2 Op.17)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.- PHILIPS.
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John Barry
Out of Africa (Main Title)
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.- MCA Records.
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Carl Nielsen
Springtime in Funen (Fynsk For?r)
Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Singer: Inga Nielsen. Singer: Kim von Binzer. Singer: Jorgen Klint. Choir: University Choir 'Lille Muko'. Choir: St. Klemens School Children's Choir. Conductor: Tamás Vet?.- UNICORN KANCHANA.
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
The Cat (Sonata representativa)
Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Nigel North. Performer: John Toll.- Biber: Violin Sonatas: Romanesca.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 15.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo in C major Op.51`1
Performer: Ronald Brautigam.- Beethoven: Piano music: Ronald Brautigam.
- Etcetera.
- 4.
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Maurice Jarre
Lawrence of Arabia - music for the film
Performer: Renaud Capu?on. Music Arranger: Cyrille Lehn. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.- Les choses de la vie - Cinema 2.
- Warner Music UK Limited.
- 18.
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Agathe Backer-Grondahl
Summer Song, Op 45 No 4
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.- My Playlist for Sewing & Knitting.
- Naxos.
- 701.
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Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
- Decca.
- 10.
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Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen Z.629 (Symphony in Imitation of Birds)
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692.
- Signum Classics.
- 502.
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Paul Constantinescu
Piano Concerto (3rd mvmt, Presto)
Performer: Oliver Triendl. Orchestra: Norddeutsche Philharmonie. Conductor: Marcus Bosch.- Constantinescu: Piano Concerto & Wedding in the Carpathians.
- haenssler CLASSIC.
- 103.
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- Mon 27 May 2024 09:30大象传媒 Radio 3