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.
1230 Album of the Week
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- ALPHA CLASSICS.
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Maria Theresia von Paradis
Sicilienne
Music Arranger: Samuel Dushkin. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- BIS.
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William Grant Still
Symphony no. 2 "Song of a new race" (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- CHANDOS.
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Carlo Gesualdo
O crux benedicta
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Jonathan Sells.- Bruckner & Gesualdo: Motets.
- SDG.
- 106.
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Arthur Bliss
Lambs (Meditations On A Theme By John Blow)
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture
Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.- Chandos.
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Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.15 (2nd mvt: Andante tranquillo)
Performer: Seta Tanyel. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- MacDowell: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 25).
- Hyperion.
- 2.
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James Oswald
Sonata on Scots Tunes
Performer: Ingrid Siefert. Performer: Richard Gwilt. Performer: Charles Medlam. Performer: John Toll.- Scotland's Music.
- Linn Records.
- 002.
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Cécile Chaminade
L'anneau d'argent
Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.- Clara Schumann & Great Female Composers.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 33.
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Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade - suite (Waltz)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stanley Black.- Khachaturian - Spartacus.
- Decca.
- 4.
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Gustav Holst
Good Friday (Six Choruses, Op 53)
Choir: Holst Singers. Orchestra: The Holst Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.- Holst: The Evening Watch: Holst Singers & Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.97 'Rhenish' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Schumann: The Symphonies.
- DG.
- 2.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in G major Op.8 no.2 (1st mvt)
Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.- Hollywood Records.
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Zoltán Kodály
Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)
Performer: Laurence Kaptain. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jarvi.
- Chandos.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Piano Trio no. 1 in F major Op.18 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Helios Trio.- Un matin de printemps.
- Mirare.
- 1.
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Hugh Roberton
All in the April Evening
Choir: Glasgow Phoenix Choir. Conductor: murdo cameron.- BGS.
- CDITV926.
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Claude Debussy
The Little Shepherd (Children's Corner)
Performer: Zoltán Kocsis.- Debussy: Preludes Books I & II: Zoltan Kocsis.
- Philips.
- 17.
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Traditional English
2 English Folksongs; No.1 Searching for lambs
Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Performer: Leo Phillips. Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- HYPERION.
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Worthy is the Lamb - Amen
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto no.1 in C major H.7b.1 (1st mvt)
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.- Pentatone.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Wind Octet in E flat major, Op 103 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Mozzafiato. Conductor: Charles Neidich.- Beethoven: Chamber music for wind instruments: Mozzafiato/Neidich.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Tenebrae Responsories - Matins Responsories for good Friday: Nocturn III - Calig
Conductor: Robert Hollingworth. Ensemble: I Fagiolini.- Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories.
- CORO.
- 12.
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George Frideric Handel
Sinfonia, 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon)
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Pachelbel/Handel/Vivaldi/Gluck: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
- 5.
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Clara Schumann
Konzertsatz in F minor
Performer: Lucy Parham. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- CIRRUS CLASSICS.
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Francis Poulenc
Stabat Mater, FP 148: XII. Quando corpus
Performer: Catherine Dubosc. Choir: Westminster Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Poulenc Gloria Stabat Mater.
- Warner Classics.
- 18.
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Edward Elgar
Romance for bassoon & orchestra
Performer: Graham Salvage. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- HALLE.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite: Sinfonia
Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite - Falla: El Retablo de Maese Pedro & Harpsichord Co.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 114.
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75: No. 6, Ad cor
Ensemble: Göteborg Baroque. Conductor: Magnus Kjellson.- Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75.
- Proprius.
- 106.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV.848
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- DECCA.
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Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Sonata in E flat major Op.120`2 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.- Chandos.
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Alexander Glazunov
Symphony No 7 in F major, Op 77 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.- Bis.
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