A feast of great music
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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
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Felix Mendelssohn
Fr眉hlingslied (Lieder ohne Worte - book 5)
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Andras Schiff).
- Decca.
- 021.
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Gioachino Rossini
William Tell (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Rossini: William Tell: Antonio Pappano.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
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Robert Lucas Pearsall
Lay a garland on her hearse
Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Conductor: Rupert Gough.- Hyperion.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano quintet in G minor Op.1 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Clarinet Quintet.
- HYPERION.
- 1.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 43 in E flat major, 'Mercury' (Finale - Allegro)
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Alpha.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61 (3rd mvt)
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Onyx.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Ornamental Air (3rd mvt)
Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.- Mozart/Copland/Kats-Chernin: Works for Clarinet and Orchestra: Michael Collins.
- Chandos.
- 8.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
2 Nocturnes Op.55 (no.2 in E flat major)
Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.- DG.
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George Frideric Handel
Tu del Ciel ministro eletto (Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno)
Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.- ERATO.
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John Marsh
A Conversation Symphony
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Contemporaries of Mozart - John Marsh.
- CHANDOS.
- 005.
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Cecilia McDowall
Alma redemptoris mater
Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Hyperion.
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Jules Massenet
Tha茂s (Meditation arr Salzedo)
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku. Music Arranger: Carlos Salzedo.- Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
- EMI Classics.
- 9.
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Claude Debussy
L'isle joyeuse
Orchestrator: Bernardino Molinari. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Debussy - Engulfed Cathedral.
- Cala.
- 2.
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Frank Merrick
Suite in the 18th Century Style (Siciliano)
Performer: Steven Isserlis.- HYPERION.
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Franz Schubert
Die Taubenpost (No.14, Schwanengesang D957)
Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.- Chandos.
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John Barry
I'm A Friend Of Simon's
Lyricist: John Barry. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.- Mercury Rising (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Varese Sarabande.
- 11.
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David Bowie
Life On Mars
Music Arranger: James Morgan. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Morgan.- Songs Without Words.
- Decca (UMO).
- 12.
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Jeremiah Clarke
Trumpet Voluntary 'The Prince of Denmark's March'
Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Sony.
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Fred Kelly
Elegy "In Memoriam Rupert Brooke"
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.- DUTTON.
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Frank Bridge
The Hour Glass (The Dew Fairy)
Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Bridge - PIano Sonata etc Kathryn Stott.
- Conifer.
- 10.
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Crist贸bal de Morales
Parce mihi Domine - improvisation (Officium defunctorum)
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Performer: Jan Garbarek.- ECM.
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Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No 2 in A minor, Op 39
Orchestra: 贬补濒濒茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.- 贬补濒濒茅.
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Alexander Glazunov
Concerto in A minor Op.82 for violin and orchestra
Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.- PENTATONE.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K.581 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Martin Frost. Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
- BIS.
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Josef Strauss
Phoenix March, Op. 105
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- New Year's Concert 2022.
- Sony.
- 1.
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William Bolcom
The Brooklyn Dodge
Composer: William Bolcom.- Bolcom: The Complete Rags.
- Hyperion.
- 12.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 In E Minor Op.98, iv. Allegro energico e passionato
Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs鈥惷塴ys茅es. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- PHI : LPH025.
- PHI.
- 4.
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Giacomo Puccini
Tosca; Vissi d'arte
Singer: Nadine Benjamin. Orchestra: The NB Opera Ensemble. Conductor: Kamal Khan.- Love & Prayer.
- Nouvague.
- 1.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in G minor RV.416
Performer: Bruno Philippe. Ensemble: Jupiter.- ALPHA.
Broadcast
- Wed 24 Jul 2024 09:30大象传媒 Radio 3