Great classical music for your morning
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.
1100 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
1230 Album of the Week
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride (Overture)
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Darrell Ang.- Naxos.
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Maurice Ravel
Menuet antique
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.- Erato.
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Malcolm Arnold
Brass Quintet no.1 Op.73 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass.- BIS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in E major, BWV.1042 (1st mvt)
Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos.
- Channel Classics.
- 4.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata for Piano 4-Hands in D Major, K. 381: III. Allegro molto
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Arielle Beck.- Four Hands.
- Warner Classics.
- 15.
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Jonathan Dove
Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars
Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Glen Dempsey. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.- Locus Iste.
- Signum Classics.
- 701.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony no.1 in D major Op.25 'Classical' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: Claudio Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 13.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Mandolin Concerto in G Major (1st mvt)
Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Concertos.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 13.
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Richard Strauss
Liebesliedchen for Piano Quartet
Ensemble: Oculi Ensemble.- Champs Hill Records.
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Gabriel Fauré
Les Roses d'Ispahan
Composer: Leconte de Lisle. Singer: Véronique Gens. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.- Paysage.
- Alpha Classics.
- 15.
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Karol Szymanowski
Concert Overture in E major Op.12
Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Szymanowski: Violin concertos, Concert Overture.
- CHANDOS.
- 1.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Habanera
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Chabrier: Piano Music.
- Hyperion.
- 17.
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Henry Purcell
The Gordian Knot Unty'd
Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.- Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
- Decca.
- 11.
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Hector Berlioz
Rêverie et caprice Op.8
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS.
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Giacomo Puccini
E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.- Jonas Kaufmann: Romantic Arias.
- Decca.
- 4.
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Charles Koechlin
The Seven Stars' Symphony, Op. 132: II. Lilian Harvey
Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: James Judd.- Un siècle de musique française.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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EÌ„riks EsÌŒenvalds
Stars
Choir: VOCES8.- Lux.
- Decca.
- 7.
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William Herschel
Symphony No 12 in D major (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Herschel: Symphonies: London Mozart Players, Bamert.
- Chandos.
- 12.
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Johannes Brahms
Waltz in A flat major, Op 39 No 15
Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.- Sony.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani: The Four Seasons, Act III: II. Spring
Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: New Philharmonic Orchestra.- Verdi: Opera Choruses; Overtures & Ballet music.
- Warner Classics.
- 9.
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Gregorio Allegri
Miserere
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- The Tallis Scholars Live In Rome.
- Gimell.
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Claude Debussy
Feux d'artifice (Preludes, Book 1)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
- Chandos.
- 24.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Suite in A major, Op 98b (American)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Channel Classics.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.- Signum.
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Vladimir Cosma
Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.- Les choses de la vie - Cinema 2.
- Warner Music UK Limited.
- 19.
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Joseph Haydn
Scherzando in A major, H.2.38
Ensemble: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien. Conductor: Manfred Huss.- Haydn: Music for Prince Esterhazy and the King of Naples: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien.
- Bis.
- 21-24.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 238
Performer: Julius Asal.- SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 10.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Prelude in C# Minor.
- Chandos.
- 103.
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- Thu 30 May 2024 09:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3