Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

The very best of classical music

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Ian Skelly plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 14 Aug 2024 09:30
±«Óătv Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Classical soundtrack for your morning

Next

Celebrating classical greats

See all episodes from Essential Classics

Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So (Arr. Heifetz).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Pirates of Penzance (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Sullivan: Overtures.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Humoreske

    Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • French Music for Winds.
    • WARNER.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No 2 in A major, Op 16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1&2: LSO/Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Gabriel FaurĂ©

    Mazurka in B flat major Op.32

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Hyperion.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Blithe Sprit (Waltz Theme arr Isaacs)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.
    • Music of Richard Addinsell.
    • ASV.
    • 4.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Symphony no.2 in G minor Op.34 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • Stenhammar: Symphony No. 2 & Ett drömspel.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Anthony Holborne

    The Honie-suckle - almain

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.

  • Leos Janáček

    Folk Nocturnes - No. 1, Hey, There Was a Maid She Mowed the Grass

    Performer: MariĂĄn LapĆĄanskĂœ. Singer: Dagmar PeckovĂĄ. Choir: Prague Philharmonic Choir. Conductor: Pavel KĂŒhn.
    • Supraphon.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 no.2

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Rachmaninov: Preludes Moments musicaux: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Erato.

  • Arnold Bax

    The Happy Forest

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made In Britain.
    • Avie.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto in D major Op. Post. no.2 - 3rd movement, Rondo (allegro)

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 3.

  • Gabriel PiernĂ©

    Canzonetta, Op.19

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • Chandos.

  • Arturo MĂĄrquez

    DanzĂłn no.2

    Orchestra: SimĂłn BolĂ­var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • William Bolcom

    3 Ghost Rags: No. 1, Graceful Ghost Rag

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • Bolcom: The Complete Rags.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse triste (Kuolema Op.44)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    She moved through the fair

    Singer: Anne Briggs.
    • TOPIC RECORDS.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    When the night wind howls (Ruddigore)

    Librettist: W. S. Gilbert. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: Radiokören. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Alessandro (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Petite Bande. Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken.
    • HĂ€ndel: Alessandro.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    La belle HĂ©lĂšne (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Offenbach: Overtures: Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 1.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Doreen Carwithen. Work incl. Overture (ODTAA), Suffolk suite and others.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209: Sinfonia

    Performer: Kiyomi Suga. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 7.
    • BIS.
    • 201.

  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák

    Czech Suite, Op 39

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal DorĂĄti.
    • Decca.

  • Florence Price

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (5 Folksongs in Counterpoint)

    Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.
    • Navona Records.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sarabande for Guitar, FP 179

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1001.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Haydn: The 'Sturm und Drang' Symphonies: English Concert/ Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Fiona Loader

    Lorikeet Corroboree

    Ensemble: Ensemble Offspring.
    • ABC Classics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in G major, Op 18 No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: ZoltĂĄn SzĂ©kely. Performer: Michael KĂŒttner. Performer: Denes Koromzay. Performer: GĂĄbor Magyar. Orchestra: Hungarian Quartet.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no. 1 in D major Op.47

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Aug 2024 09:30
    ±«Óătv Radio 3

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.