Refresh your morning with 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
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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.
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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.
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Clara Schumann
Scherzo No 2 in C minor
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.- Romance.
- Decca.
- 7.
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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.
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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.
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Amanda Shackleford
The End of the Beginning
Ensemble: Linden String Quartet.- Azica Records.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Invocatio
Ensemble: Wihan Quartet.- Kol Nidrei: Elegy For Pamela.
- Nimbus Alliance.
- 2.
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Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)
Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.- Sounds of Sibelius: Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Vanska.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Franz Schubert
The Linden Tree (Winter Journey - Winterreise, No 5)
Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Roderick Williams.- Schubert: Winter Journey.
- Signum Classics.
- 5.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
L'Amant anonyme (Overture)
Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.- TMK.
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Amanda Shackleford
The End of the Beginning
Ensemble: Linden String Quartet.- Azica Records.
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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.
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Edward Elgar
Sospiri
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- British Composers - Elgar, Stanford & Parry.
- Warner Classics.
- 9.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2
Performer: Boris Giltburg.- Rachmaninov - 24 Preludes.
- Naxos.
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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.
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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.
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Amanda Shackleford
The End of the Beginning
Ensemble: Linden String Quartet.- Azica Records.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Johann Strauss II
Perpetuum mobile
Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.- Legendary Moments from the New Year's Concerts, Vol. 2.
- Sony Classical.
- 10.
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Scott Joplin
Gladiolus Rag
Performer: Joshua Rifkin.- Piano Rags By Scott Joplin.
- ELEKTRA NONESUCH.
- 4.
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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.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Valse des d茅p锚ches (Les Maries de la tour Eiffel)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Chandos.
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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.
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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.
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John Williams
Saving Private Ryan - music for the film: Hymn to the Fallen
Choir: VOCES8.- Decca.
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Ottorino Respighi
Trittico botticelliano (Three Botticelli Pictures)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 14-16.
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Padre Antonio Soler
Sonata No 110 in D flat major
Performer: Anna Malikova.- Antonio Soler: Piano Sonatas.
- Classical Records.
- 9.
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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.
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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.
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Hector Berlioz
Le Corsaire (Overture)
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.- RCA.
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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.
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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.
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- Tue 31 Dec 2024 09:30大象传媒 Radio 3