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The ideal mix of 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 – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 18 Feb 2025 09:30

Music Played

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Lezghinka (Gayane)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus; Gayaneh.
    • Onyx.
    • 9.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani

    Performer: Midori. Performer: Robert McDonald.
    • SONY.
  • Augusta Holmès

    La Nuit et l'Amour (Night and Love), from Ludus pro Patria

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Sommernachtskonzert 2024 / Summer Night Concert 2024.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in D major, Op 9 No 2 (2nd mvt, Allegro spiritoso)

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
    • Divine Art.
    • 6.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture)

    Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs‐Élysées.
    • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream: Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    Aftenvind (Evening Wind)

    Performer: Anne Le Bozec.
    • Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Songs & Piano Works.
    • 貹é.
    • 119.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in A flat major, Op 46 No 3

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • Dvorák: Slavonic Dances.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.
  • Jean Mouton

    Nesciens mater

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Pilgrimage To Santiago.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.
    • 17.
  • Valerie Coleman

    Concerto for Wind Quintet (1st mvmt, Afro)

    Ensemble: Imani Winds.
    • Koch International Classics.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Serenade (Petite Suite)

    Orchestrator: Alexander Glazunov. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Borodin: Requiem, Polovtsian Dances, In the Steppes of Central Asia, Nocturne, P.
    • Cala Records.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.41 in C major K.551 'Jupiter' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 7.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Youth and Love (Songs of Travel, No 4)

    Performer: Alexander Soddy. Singer: Benjamin Hulett.
    • Departures.
    • Saphrane.
    • 20.
  • Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello

    Sinfonia No 2 in G major, Op 1 No 4

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • "Behind Closed Doors", Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Vol. 1: Opus 1 Concerti &.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401-402.
  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    Aftenvind (Evening Wind)

    Performer: Anne Le Bozec.
    • Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Songs & Piano Works.
    • 貹é.
    • 119.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Naïve Waltz

    Ensemble: Smith Quartet.
    • The Smith Quartet: Dances.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 12.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Ballade (King Christian II)

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • Sibelius.
    • Linn.
    • 006.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 3 No 1 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Zefira Valova. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Benda, Graun, Saint-Georges, Sirmen: Violin Concertos.
    • 貹é.
    • 8.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in C minor, Op 10 No 12 (Revolutionary Study)

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Josef Suk

    Symphony No 1 in E major, Op 14 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Václav Neumann.
    • Suk: Symphony in E Major.
    • Supraphon.
    • 2.
  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    Aftenvind (Evening Wind)

    Performer: Anne Le Bozec.
    • Agathe Backer Grøndahl: Songs & Piano Works.
    • 貹é.
    • 119.
  • Rachel Portman

    Ashes to the Wind (Chocolat)

    Conductor: David Snell.
    • Chocolat (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.
  • John Taverner

    Western Wynde Mass (Sanctus)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Taverner: Western Wynde Mass & Other Sacred Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Virgil Thomson

    Salute to the Wind (Autumn)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Kynance Cove (final section)

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Piano Trio (3rd mvmt, Moderato)

    Ensemble: Trio Karénine.
    • Fauré, Ravel & Tailleferre.
    • Mirare.
    • 110.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Tine Thing Helseth.
    • SIMAX.
    • 3.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Moscow-Cheryomushki Suite (No 4, Ballet)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: Cheryomushki; The Bolt; etc.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Christian Sinding

    Symphony no. 3 in F major Op.121: 2nd movement; Andante

    Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Karl‐Heinz Steffens.
    • Sinding: Symphonies.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 202.
  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Te Deum, H 146 (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Guerre et Paix.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 22.
  • Dora Bright

    Piano Concerto No 1 in A minor

    Performer: Samantha Ward. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Bright & Gipps: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 1-3.
  • Hector Berlioz

    The Death of Ophelia (Tristia)

    Choir: Les Éléments. Choir: Les Éléments. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • Berlioz : La Mort d'Orphée, Chant guerrier, Chant sacré....
    • Warner Classics.
    • 107.
  • James Oswald

    The Tulip (Airs for the Spring)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Hesperi.
    • A Gift for your Garden.
    • BIS.
    • 21-23.
  • Marguerite Monnot

    Hymne à l'amour

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz no.1

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
    • Neujahrskonzert/New Year's Concert 2011; Weiner Philharmoniker/Wesler-Most.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A minor, D 784 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Schubert, The Late Piano sonatas D.784,958, 959 960.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 2.
  • Fela Sowande

    Akinla (African Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Black Composer Series, Vol. 7: William Grant Still, Fela Sowande & George Walker.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

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