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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.

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (Badin茅rie)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Forlana (5 Bagatelles for clarinet and orchestra, Op 23 No 4, arr Ashmore)

    Performer: Robert Plane. Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Five Bagatelles: Robert Plane, Northern Sinfonia.
    • Naxos.
  • Clara Schumann

    Scherzo No 2 in C minor

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Romance.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 63 (2nd mvmt, Andante assai)

    Performer: Nikolaj Znaider. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • RCA.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78, 'Organ Symphony' (Finale)

    Performer: Jean Guillou. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Symphony No.3 / Widor: Symphony No.6 - Allegro.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Amanda Shackleford

    The End of the Beginning

    Ensemble: Linden String Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • Michael Praetorius

    In dulci jubilo (Christmas Mass)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Singer: Susan Hemington Jones. Singer: Tessa Bonner. Singer: Mark le Brocq. Choir: Boy's Choir of Roskilde Cathedral. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Gian Francesco Malipiero

    The Scops Owl (No 3 of Impressions from Life, set 1)

    Orchestra: Orchestra sinfonica di Roma. Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia.
    • Malipiero: Impressioni dal vero - Pause del silenzio.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Polka)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Smetana: The Moldau; RLPO, Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Invocatio

    Ensemble: Wihan Quartet.
    • Kol Nidrei: Elegy For Pamela.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Sounds of Sibelius: Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Vanska.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    The Linden Tree (Winter Journey - Winterreise, No 5)

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Schubert: Winter Journey.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    L'Amant anonyme (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • TMK.
  • Amanda Shackleford

    The End of the Beginning

    Ensemble: Linden String Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • Alberto Ginastera

    Malambo (final dance from Estancia)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • British Composers - Elgar, Stanford & Parry.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Rachmaninov - 24 Preludes.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 7 in F minor (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7.
    • CPO.
    • 106.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio Sonata in E flat major, Op 2 No 11 (3rd mvmt, Giga)

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Corelli: Chamber Sonatas, Opus 2 & 4.
    • Linn Records.
    • 40.
  • Amanda Shackleford

    The End of the Beginning

    Ensemble: Linden String Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    In Principio Erat Verbum (In Principio)

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: T玫nu Kaljuste.
    • Arvo P盲rt: In Principio.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria da capo)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 32.
  • Guillaume de Machaut

    Ma fin est mon commencement

    Singer: Charles Daniels. Singer: Angus Smith. Singer: Don Greig.
    • The History Of Classical Music - Part 1 - From Gregorian Chant To C.P.E. Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Perpetuum mobile

    Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Legendary Moments from the New Year's Concerts, Vol. 2.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Scott Joplin

    Gladiolus Rag

    Performer: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Piano Rags By Scott Joplin.
    • ELEKTRA NONESUCH.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 35 in D major, K 385, 'Haffner' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
    • 1.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Valse des d茅p锚ches (Les Maries de la tour Eiffel)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Chandos.
  • Emil von Sauer

    Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor (3rd mvt, Cavatina)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Scharwenka/Sauer: Piano Concertos: Hough/CBSO/Foster.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Bourr茅e (Suite in D major, TWV 55:D6)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 11.
  • John Williams

    Saving Private Ryan - music for the film: Hymn to the Fallen

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Trittico botticelliano (Three Botticelli Pictures)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14-16.
  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Sonata No 110 in D flat major

    Performer: Anna Malikova.
    • Antonio Soler: Piano Sonatas.
    • Classical Records.
    • 9.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No 1, Op 22 (3rd mvmt, Allegro)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Si dolce 猫'l tormento

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Monteverdi: Teatro d'Amore: L'Arpeggiata/Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • RCA.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Lambert Orkis.
    • Brahms; Violin Sonatas; Anne-Sohie Mutter; Lambert Orkis.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 9.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Of the three wise men (The Ballad of the Brown King)

    Singer: Noah Stewart. Orchestra: The Dessoff Orchestra. Choir: The Dessoff Choirs. Conductor: Malcolm Merriweather.
    • The Ballad Of The Brown King & Selected Songs.
    • Avie.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 31 Dec 2024 09:30

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