The best classical morning music
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favorites.
Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favorites.
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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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni K.527 (overture)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Hugo Alfv茅n
Swedish Rhapsody no.1 'Midsummer Vigil'
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.- Warner.
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Gustav Holst
Swansea Town (6 Choral Folksongs)
Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Holst: This Have I Done for My True Love & Other Partsongs.
- Hyperion.
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Ruth Gipps
Horn Concerto (3rd mvt)
Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.- British Horn Concertos.
- LYRITA.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No 4
Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.- Liszt: Ann茅es de p猫lerinage, 3猫me ann茅e & Other Late Piano Works.
- Hyperion.
- 3.
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Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No 1 in C major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy.- Genuin.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No 1 in D Minor (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13 - Symphonic Dances, Op. 45.
- Chandos.
- 101.
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Henryk Wieniawski
Scherzo-tarantelle in G minor, Op.16
Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.- Wieniawski, Sarasate: James Ehnes, Eduard Laurel.
- CBC Records.
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Johannes Brahms
Feldeinsamkeit (6 Songs, Op 86)
Performer: Ulrich Eisenlohr. Singer: Christoph Pr茅gardien.- Brahms: Complete Songs, Vol. 1.
- Naxos.
- 202.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 72 No 2
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.- DECCA.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No 4
Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.- Liszt: Ann茅es de p猫lerinage, 3猫me ann茅e & Other Late Piano Works.
- Hyperion.
- 3.
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George Walker
Trombone Concerto (3rd mvt)
Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.- BIS.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 5 in E Minor (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.- Beethoven 路 Tchaikovsky 路 Schmidt 路 Stephan.
- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
- 2.
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George Frideric Handel
Trio sonata in G minor HWV 393 'Dresden No 2' (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: La Botta Forte.- Palpiti del Cuore.
- Fra Bernardo.
- 3.
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Dana Suesse
Piano Concerto in Three Rhythms (3rd mvt)
Music Arranger: Ferde Grof茅. Performer: Michael Gurt. Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.- Jazz Nocturne.
- Naxos.
- 009.
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Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' (Sogni dell autore)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Christian Curnyn. Performer: Catherine Rimer. Performer: Thomas Dunford.- Nicola Benedetti, Italia.
- Decca.
- 7.
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Charles-Valentin Alkan
Study, Op 39 No 3 'Scherzo diabolico'
Performer: Jack Gibbons.- Alkan: 12 Etudes, Op.39.
- Decca (UMO).
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Charles Williams
Devil's Galop
Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- British Light Music Classics vol.1.
- Hyperion.
- 9.
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Percy Grainger
Irish Tune from County Derry 'Danny Boy'
Performer: Piers Lane.- HYPERION.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Quartet in G major for recorder, oboe, violin and continuo TWV:43:G6
Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa.- Telemann: Overtures, Sonatas, Concertos: Musica Alta Ripa.
- MDG.
- 16.
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James MacMillan
Saxophone Concerto (Gaelic Psalm)
Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Carter.- Amy Dickson: In Circles.
- ABC Classic.
- 7.
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Carl Fr眉hling
Trio in A minor, Op.40 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Brahms, Fruhling: Clarinet Trios; Schumann: Marchenerzahlungen.
- RCA Red Seal.
- 10.
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Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- The Copland Collection.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat in D major
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Singer: Nancy Argenta. Singer: Patrizia Kwella. Singer: Charles Brett. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Singer: David Thomas. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists.- Philips.
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Madeleine Dring
Polka
Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal.- CHANDOS.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in G flat major, Op 25 No 9 (Butterfly)
Performer: Beatrice Rana.- Chopin: 12 脡tudes, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
- Warner Classics.
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Hector Berlioz
Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans)
Choir: Ch艙ur philharmonique de Strasbourg. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: John Nelson.- Berlioz: Les Troyens.
- Warner Classics.
- 144.
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Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier - Waltz Sequence No 1
Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- DECCA.
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