The best classical morning music
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
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.
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Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman (Overture)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Naive.
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque No.1 in E major
Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.- Golden Oldies 鈥� More Favourite Encores.
- Chandos.
- 10.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Forets paisibles - from Les Indes Galantes
Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Singer: Aimery Lefevre. Choir: Le Jeune Ch艙ur de Paris. Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs. Director: Alexis Kossenko.- Le Grand Theatre de l'Amour.
- Warner Classics.
- 001.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 17, 'Little Russian' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.- Tchaikovsky; Mussorgsky.
- Onyx.
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Frank Bridge
The Hour Glass (The Dew Fairy)
Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Bridge: Piano Sonata etc: Kathryn Stott.
- Conifer.
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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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George Enescu
Wind Decet, Op.14 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.- Georges Enesco, Symphonie de chambre op.33, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne...
- CLAVES.
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Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G major
Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Elgar: Cello concerto etc: Paul Watkins/成人快手 Philhamonic/Davis.
- Chandos.
- 10.
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Barbara Strozzi
L'usignuolo
Ensemble: Orlando di Lasso Ensemble.- Thorofon.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Much Ado about Nothing - Suite Op.11 (Intermezzo)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- Korngold: Orchestral Works: London Symphony Orchestra/Previn.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 5-8.
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Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Maurice Ravel: Ma M猫re L鈥檕ye; Bol茅ro; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales; Pavane Pou.
- Chandos.
- 9.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op 129, 'Rage Over a Lost Penny'
Performer: Alexis Weissenberg.- EMI.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Flautino Concerto in A minor RV.445
Director: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.- Alpha.
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Claude Debussy
Les f茅es sont d'exquises danseuses (Preludes, Book 2)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
- Chandos.
- 16.
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Charles Koechlin
Aux temps des f茅es (Quatre po猫mes d'Edmond Haraucourt)
Singer: Juliane Banse. Orchestra: SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Heinz Holliger.- HANSSLER.
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Jean Fran莽aix
Horloge de Flore (3 heures - Galant de jour)
Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Mathias M枚nius.- Bonjour Paris.
- DECCA.
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Henry Purcell
If Love's a Sweet Passion (The Fairy Queen)
Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.- Deux-Elles Limited.
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Robert Schumann
Phantasiestucke for clarinet & piano (Op.73), no.1; Zart und mit Ausdruck
Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Christopher Glynn.- The Shepherd On The Rock.
- Signum.
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Jean Sibelius
The Oceanides Op.73
Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.- RCA.
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Jonathan Dove
Out of Time (2nd mvt, Slow)
Performer: Sacconi Quartet. Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.- Signum.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto no.25 in C major K.503 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 24 & 25, Uchida, English Chamber Orchestra, Tate.
- Philips.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Carnival of the Animals
Performer: Louis Lortie. Performer: H茅l猫ne Mercier. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- CHANDOS : CHSA 5162.
- CHANDOS.
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William Byrd
Da mihi auxilium
Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.- Tallis & Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1575: Alamire, David Skinner.
- Obsidian.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Sonata no.1 in A Major, TWV 43:A1: 1st movt - Soave
Ensemble: Ensemble Hesperi.- A Gift for your Garden.
- BIS.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Romance in F minor Op.11
Performer: Kyung-wha Chung. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.- Warner Classics.
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Fran莽ois Couperin
Doux Liens De Mon Coeur
Performer: Christophe Rousset. Singer: Cyrille Dubois.- 础辫补谤迟茅.
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Alexander Borodin
In the steppes of central Asia
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Symphonies Nos.1 & 2.
- Decca.
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