The ideal mix of classical 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.
1200 鈥25 for 25: Sounds of the Century鈥 鈥 a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far.
1230 Album of the Week
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Malcolm Arnold
4 Cornish Dances Op.91 (No.1)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.- Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
- Chandos.
- 13.
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Samuel Barber
Agnus Dei
Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.- COLLINS CLASSICS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
English Suite no.2 in A minor BW. 807 (Prelude)
Music Arranger: Colin Currie. Music Arranger: Sam Walton. Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.- Striking a Balance.
- EMI.
- 11.
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Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Sinfonia Pacifica
Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.- ABC CLASSICS.
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Henry Purcell
O solitude, my sweetest choice Z.406
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Fretwork.- If.
- Signum Classics.
- 015.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Kreutzer Sonata for Strings: I. Adagio
Music Arranger: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.- Janacek: Kreutzer Sonata for Strings / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Walton: Sona.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
Keyboard Suite in F major, HWV 427
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Sony Classical.
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Alexander Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 3.
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Lera Auerbach
Postscriptum
Performer: Vashti Mimosa Hunter. Performer: Nicholas Rimmer. Singer: Katharina Konradi.- Russian Roots.
- Chandos.
- 24.
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Henry Purcell
O solitude, my sweetest choice Z.406
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Fretwork.- If.
- Signum Classics.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Septet in E flat major, Op 65
Performer: David Guerrier. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Esther Hoppe. Performer: B茅atrice Muthelet. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Janne Saksala. Performer: Frank Braley.- Virgin Classics.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
- Naxos.
- 8.
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Emahoy Tsegu茅-Maryam Gu猫brou
The Garden of Gethesemanie
- 脡迟丑颈辞辫颈辩耻别蝉.
- BudaMusique.
- 12.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in C Major, RV. 179a 'Per Anna Maria' - III. Allegro
Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Les Ombres.- harmonia mundi.
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George Frideric Handel
"O sleep, why dost thou leave me?", from Semele HWV 58
Singer: Ruth Ann Swenson. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Endless Pleasure.
- EMI.
- 3.
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Scott Joplin
Solace (A Mexican serenade) - rag for piano
Performer: Joshua Rifkin.- NONESUCH.
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Guillaume de Machaut
Puis qu'en oubli, Rondeau 18
Choir: Orlando Consort.- Machaut: Songs from Le Voir Dit (Complete Machaut Edition 1).
- Hyperion.
- 7.
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Duke Ellington
Solitude
Lyricist: Eddie DeLange. Lyricist: Irving Mills. Singer: Billie Holiday.- In My Solitude: Billie Sings Ballads.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 1.
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Ethel Smyth
String Quartet in E minor (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Archaeus Quartet.- Smyth, Beach and Spain-Dunk.
- Lorelt.
- 002.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (Variation 18)
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- The Rachmaninov Experience.
- Warner Classics and Jazz.
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William Byrd
Infelix ego for 6 voices
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
- Gimell.
- 17.
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Joseph Canteloube
Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne)
Singer: Kate Royal. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Kate Royal.
- Warner Classics.
- 103.
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Sir Stephen Hough
Nocturne (September 10, 2001)
Performer: Elisabeth Brauss. -
Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.96 in D major H.1.96 'Miracle' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
- Naive.
- 1.
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Luigi Boccherini
Cello Sonata in F Major, G. 9: I. Andantino
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Luise Buchberger.- Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets.
- Hyperion.
- 10.
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Francis Poulenc
Rondeau (Les biches)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- Paris 1920: Orchestre de Paris/Semyon Bychkov.
- Philips.
- 2.
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Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenb眉ttel
Erwin und Elmire (Entre acte)
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Weimar. Conductor: Peter G眉lke.- CAPRICCIO.
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Igor Stravinsky
Danse russe; Chez Petrushka (Petrushka)
Performer: Denis Matsuev.- Stravinsky/Tchaikovsky: Denis Matsuev.
- RCA.
- 1-2.
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