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The very best of classical music

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 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

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 25 Jun 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm

    Music Arranger: The Julian Bliss Septet. Ensemble: The Julian Bliss Septet.
    • I Got Rhythm.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.
    • Legends - Khachaturian: Spartacus: Wiener Philharmoniker.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words, Op.19 No.5

    Performer: Bernd Glemser.
    • OEHMS.
  • Lucrezia Vizzana

    Paratum cor meum

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.
    • LINN RECORDS.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (M谩 vlast)

    Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Dvorak: New World Symphony: Prague Symphony Orchestra/Pesek.
    • Sony.
  • Joan Trimble

    The Pool among the Rushes

    Performer: John Finucane. Performer: Elisaveta Blumina.
    • Irish Holidays.
    • Genuin.
    • 301.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major, K.136 (1st mvmt, Allegro)

    Orchestra: Santa Cecilia Strings. Conductor: Luigi Piovano.
    • Mozart: Divertimenti & Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
    • Arcana.
    • 1.
  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian Dances, Op 36 (No 2)

    Music Arranger: Hans Sitt. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Naxos.
  • Justinian Tamusuza

    On the Way of the Cross (first movement)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Pieces of Africa.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 4.
  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    脡tude No 110 in A major

    Performer: Nicolas Stavy.
    • Hortus.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins, RV 580

    Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nacht und Tr盲ume, D.827

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Ilker Arcay眉rek.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No 2 in B minor (2nd mvmt, Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Borodin: Symphonies 1 & 2.
    • DECCA.
    • 7.
  • Joan Trimble

    The Pool among the Rushes

    Performer: John Finucane. Performer: Elisaveta Blumina.
    • Irish Holidays.
    • Genuin.
    • 301.
  • Andr茅 Cardinal Destouches

    Les elements (Chaconne)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L'OISEAU LYRE.
  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: John Metcalf. Performer: Philip Sheppard. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Voyager - Essential Max Richter.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Johanna M眉ller-Hermann

    Heroic Overture

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
  • Joan Trimble

    The Pool among the Rushes

    Performer: John Finucane. Performer: Elisaveta Blumina.
    • Irish Holidays.
    • Genuin.
    • 301.
  • William Lloyd Webber

    Frensham Pond

    Performer: Antony Pay. Performer: Ian Brown.
    • William Lloyd Webber - Piano music, chamber music and songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Clear and gentle stream

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
    • Sirens' Song.
    • CORO.
    • 20.
  • Laura Cannell

    Lay Down by the Golden Reeds

    Performer: Laura Cannell.
    • Brawl Records.
  • Paul Reade

    Summer (The Victorian Kitchen Garden)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 17.
  • Florence Price

    Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Dances in the Canebrakes)

    Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 103.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 92 in G major, 'Oxford' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 91 & 92: Rene Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Moments musicaux, Op 16 (No 3 in B minor, Andante cantabile)

    Performer: Andrei Gavrilov.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Jules Massenet

    Le Cid - ballet suite (No 3, Aragonaise)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schafe k枚nnen sicher weiden (Cantata No 208)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Bach: Cantatas Nos. 82, 202 "Wedding" & 208 "Hunt".
    • Hyperion.
    • 24.
  • Jean Sibelius

    The Wood Nymph, Op 15

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 - The Wood Nymph - Valse Triste.
    • Outhere Music France.
    • 5.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Harp Concerto (3rd mvt, Lullaby)

    Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare.
    • American Rapture.
    • Azica.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Farewell, thou noisy town; The parting kiss (26 Welsh Songs, Nos 8 and 25)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6-7.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G major, Op 39

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Elgar: Symphony no.1/Pomp and circumstance marches: Handley.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
  • Leonora Duarte

    Sinfonia a 5 no.5

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in A flat major Op.46 no.3

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 16.
  • Scott Joplin

    Magnetic Rag

    Performer: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Scott Joplin: Piano Rags: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Jun 2024 09:30

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