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
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Giuseppe Verdi
Grand March (Aida)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- CBS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto in C major for flute and harp K.299 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Marie鈥怭ierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Mozart Flute Concertos Concerto For Flute And Harp.
- EMI Classics.
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Hodie Christus natus est
Ensemble: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.- A Renaissance Christmas.
- CORO.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Berceuse
Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong. -
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John Blow
Chaconne in G major
Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.- HYPERION.
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Tatiana Nikolayeva
Children's Album, Op. 19 (Excerpts): No. 2, Music Box
Performer: Hiroko Ishimoto.- Pioneers: Piano Works by Female Composers.
- Grand Piano.
- 1702.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Sonatina in G major, Op 100 (4th mvt)
Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.- James Ehnes, Eduard Laurel - Dvorak, Janacek, Smetana.
- Analekta.
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Benjamin Britten
Chorale After an Old French Carol
Lyricist: W. H. Auden. Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Britten: Sacred & Profane; A.M.D.G; 5 Flower Songs; Choral Dances from Gloriana.
- Hyperion.
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Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Op.40 'In London Town'
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- First Hand Records.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon per sonar a 4 [1608]
Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.- DECCA.
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Hugo Wolf
Schlafendes Jesuskind (No. 25 from M枚rike-Lieder)
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Mary Bevan.- Signum.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony no. 2 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- Brahms: Symphony No. 2 & Academic Festival Overture (Live).
- PENTATONE.
- 104.
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Pierre Villette
Hymne 脿 la Vi猫rge
Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.- HYPERION.
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Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No 2 in D major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra M眉llejans.- Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Monn: Cello Concerto.
- harmonia mundi.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)
Performer: Nelson Goerner.- Chopin: Nocturnes.
- Alpha Classics.
- 2.
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Jonathan Dove
The Three Kings
Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Signum.
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脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Violin Sonata no.2 in D major
Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Ensemble: Bizzarrie Armoniche.- 狈础脧痴贰.
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Claude Debussy
La boite a joujoux compl Caplet (Prelude)
Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.- Debussy.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5; Markl.
- Naxos.
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Roger Limb
The Box of Delights
Ensemble: The 大象传媒 Radiophonic Workshop.- The Box of Delights.
- Silva Screen.
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Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
A musical snuff box
Performer: Terence Judd.- CHANDOS.
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Erik Satie
Jack in the Box
Orchestrator: Darius Milhaud. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: John Lanchbery.- Warner Classics.
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Carl Orff
Dance (Carmina Burana)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- EMI CLASSICS.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Sonata in G minor ZWV 181 No 2 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Collegium 1704. Performer: V谩clav Luks.- Zelenka: Sonatas.
- Accent.
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Antonio Bazzini
Dance of the Goblins
Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Jonathan Feldman.- DG.
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James McMillan
Christmas Oratorio (My love and tender one are you)
Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Elder.- LPO.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in E flat major, K 160 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Performer: Dick Hyman.- Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
- RCA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio, Cantata VI
Singer: Malin Hartelius. Singer: J枚rg D眉rm眉ller. Ensemble: Combattimento. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.- CHALLENGE.
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William Walton
Orb and Sceptre coronation march
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- Walton: Symphony no. 1: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn.
- Telarc.
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Graham Ross
Lullay, my liking
Performer: Tanya Houghton. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Othmar Schoeck
Horn Concerto (3rd mvt)
Performer: Bruno Schneider. Orchestra: Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur. Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert.- Schoeck: Orchestral Works.
- CPO.
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Franz Liszt
Impromptu ("Nocturne") in F sharp major
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.- Vladimir Horowitz: Studio Recordings.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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Karol Szymanowski
Concert Overture, Op 12
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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