A feast of great 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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Georges Bizet
Le Bal (Jeux d'enfants, Op.22)
Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.- Bizet;Faure;Ravel.
- Philips.
- 12.
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William Walton
Portsmouth Point
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- William Walton Symphonies & Concertos.
- Warner Classics.
- 4.
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脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Trio sonata no. 3 in D major
Ensemble: The Bach Players.- Coviello.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Scherzo in D minor
Orchestra: Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Holland. Conductor: Edo de Waart.- Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies and Orchestral Works: Edo de Waart.
- Exton.
- 5.
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James MacMillan
Mouth of the Dumb (Os mutorum)
Performer: Lucy Wakeford. Singer: Andrew Swait. Singer: Samantha Harris.- NMC.
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Edvard Grieg
To the Spring (Lyric Pieces, Op.43)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- EMI.
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Edward MacDowell
10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1, To a Wild Rose
Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- MacDowell: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1.
- CHANDOS.
- 07.
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Fritz Kreisler
Tambourin chinois
Performer: Charlie Siem. Performer: Itamar Golan.- Between The Clouds.
- Signum Classics.
- 3.
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Karol Szymanowski
Concert Overture, Op 12
Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Jacques Ibert
3 Pieces breves for wind quintet: No 1
Performer: Les Vents Fran莽ais.- Warner Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Orchestra: Concerto K枚ln. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Richard Strauss
Die Nacht
Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Katarina Karn茅us.- Song Recital.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso in D major Op.6`4
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- 础笔础搁罢脡.
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Carlos Gardel
Por una cabeza
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Alexander Sitkovetsky. Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.- DECCA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 (The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- ECM.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade, Op.35 (The Story of the Kalendar Prince)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Capricco Espagnol: Mackerras.
- Telarc.
- 2.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, Op 30 (Part 1: Introduction; You shall hear)
Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Choir: Welsh National Opera Chorus. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.- Coleridge Taylor: Hiawatha.
- ARGO.
- 1-2.
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Richard Strauss
Presentation of the Rose (Der Rosenkavalier)
Singer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Singer: Lucia Popp. Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.- Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier: Brigitte Fassbaender, Bavarian State Opera, Carlo.
- Orfeo.
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Robert Schumann
Einsame Blumen (Waldszenen, Op 82 No 3)
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- Robert Schumann: Geistervariationen.
- ECM New Series.
- 6.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Flos campi (closing section)
Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: 91福利社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Hyperion.
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Maurice Ravel
String Quartet (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- Debussy, Attahir, Ravel.
- ERATO.
- 11.
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Marianna Martines
Symphony in C Major (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Salzburger Hofmusik. Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner.- Martines: Symphony in C Major, Psalms 110 & 151.
- CPO.
- 201.
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Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- Elgar: Cello Concerto/Sea Pictures: Du Pre/Baker/LSO/Barbirolli.
- EMI.
- 3.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in D major for trumpet and violin (3rd mvt)
Performer: Friedemann Immer. Performer: Reinhard Goebel. Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln.- Concertos pour Instruments 脿 Vent (Ensemble : Musica Antiqua K枚ln - Direction :.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 22.
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque no.1 in E major
Performer: Pascal Rog茅.- ONYX.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Stabat Mater: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa
Singer: Ilse Eerens. Singer: Michaela Selinger. Singer: Maximilian Schmitt. Singer: Florian Boesch. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- Dvo艡谩k: Stabat Mater.
- Phi.
- 1.
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Johannes Brahms
Waltz in A flat major, Op.39 No.15;
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.- PHILIPS.
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William Boyce
Symphony No.1 in B flat major
Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- William Boyce: 8 Symphonies: The English Concert/Pinnock.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 4-6.
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Lili Boulanger
Attente
Performer: Edwige Herchenroder. Singer: Kitty Whately.- CHANDOS.
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Richard Birchall
Concerto for basset clarinet and orchestra (3rd mvt)
Performer: Michael Collins. Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra.- BIS.
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Herbert Howells
Nunc dimittis (Gloucester Service)
Performer: Jeremy Cole. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor Op.30 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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- Tue 24 Jun 2025 09:3091福利社 Radio 3