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Your perfect classical playlist

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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.

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

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, D 803 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • The Fibonacci Sequence - Schubert Octet.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 3.
  • Frederick Delius

    La Calinda (Koanga)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and fugue for piano no. 7 (Op.87`7) in A major

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Kevin Puts

    Home: Warm, with rubato

    Ensemble: Mir贸 Quartet.
    • Home.
    • Pentatone.
    • 101.
  • James Oswald

    Polwart on the green

    Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia. Director: David McGuinness.
    • James Oswald: Colin's Kisses: Concerto Caledonia.
    • Linn.
    • 17.
  • Franz Berwald

    Symphonic Poem 'Wettlauf'

    Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • Berwald: Tone Poems: Gavle Symphony Orchestra/Sakari.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Johann Baptist Georg Neruda

    Horn Concerto in E Flat Major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 301.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings Op.48 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Philippe Gaubert

    Pi猫ce romantique

    Ensemble: Emanuel Ensemble.
    • Emanuel Ensemble.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 4.
  • Frederick Keel

    Trade Winds

    Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Songs by Brahms, Faure, Finzi and Schubert.
    • EMI.
    • 17.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Scherzo for strings

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: Vanska/Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Th茅odore Dubois

    Toccata in G major (12 Pieces for organ)

    Performer: Joseph Nolan.
    • The Organ of Buckingham Palace Ballroom.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Carnival Overture, Op 92

    Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Sony.
  • Jordi Savall

    Alla turca (Allegretto) after Mozart

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Venezia Millenaria 700 - 1797.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 12.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Chopin; Journal Intime.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 8.
  • Mitsuya Imai

    Olympic Tokyo FANFARE

    • Nekketsu Buraban Shoujo.
    • Sony Music Labels Inc..
    • 2.
  • Michael Nyman

    Wheelbarrow Walk (from the film soundtrack to 'Drowning by Numbers')

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Director: Michael Nyman.
    • Drowning By Numbers: Music From The Motion Picture.
    • EMI Catalogue.
    • 5.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Moto perpetuo, Op 11

    Performer: Michael Rabin. Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: Felix Slatkin.
    • Testament.
  • Philip Glass

    The Olympian

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Glass: Glassworlds, Vol. 3.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 601.
  • Ron Goodwin

    The Trap: Main Theme

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Ron Goodwin.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Prokofiev/Haydn/Bizet: First Symphonies: Saint Paul Chamber Orch/Wolff.
    • Apex.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for viola d'amore in D minor, RV.394

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Ensemble: Ars Antigua.
    • Cedille.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Seraph (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini: Overtures: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Gran Vals for guitar

    Performer: Mats Bergstr枚m.
    • Gorgeous Guitar: Best Loved Classical Guitar Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1001.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 31 in D major, K 297, 'Paris'

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31 & 41: Wiener Philharmoniker, Muti.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Vocalise for flute, clarinet and harp

    Ensemble: Korros Ensemble.
    • Convivium.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Suite from Dardanus (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Music for Brass Septet Volume 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • William Bolcom

    Contentment

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Bolcom: The Complete Rags.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Django Reinhardt

    Minor Swing

    Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • FINAL CUT: Music for four guitars.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 001.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Sinfonietta (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Korngold: Sinfonietta: Andrew Litton.
    • Dorian.
    • 2.

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