 
                
                        Tom McKinney
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
0915 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1100 Essential Performers – this week we focus on the great soprano Jessye Norman.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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    ![]()  George Frideric HandelAlexander's Feast (Overture) Music Arranger: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Orchestra: Stavanger Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.- Challenge Classics.
 
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    ![]()  Moritz MoszkowskiCaprice espagnole, Op 37 Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Virgin Classics.
 
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    ![]()  Edvard GriegIn the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt) Music Arranger: Tormod Tvete Vik. Performer: Ragnhild Hemsing. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.- Peer Gynt.
- Berlin Classics.
 
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    ![]()  Georges BizetAu fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers) Singer: Jussi Björling. Singer: Robert Merrill. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Renato Cellini.- RCA.
 
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    ![]()  Charles GounodSymphony no.1 in D major (4th mvt) Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Gounod/Bizet: Symphony no.1/L'Arlesienne: St Paul Chamber Orch/Hogwood.
- Decca.
 
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    ![]()  Traditional IrishThe Galway Bay Hornpipe Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King. Performer: Frank McGuire.- The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
- Alia Vox.
- 1.
 
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    ![]()  Gustav HolstBrook Green Suite H.190 Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
 
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    ![]()  George EnescuPiano Trio in A Minor (2nd mvt) Performer: Stefan Tarara. Performer: Eun-Sun Hong. Performer: Josu de Solaun.- Enescu: Piano Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 16 & Piano Trio in A Minor.
- Naxos.
- 102.
 
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    ![]()  Tielman SusatoSuite from Danserye Music Arranger: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Ensemble: London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble.- ASV.
 
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    ![]()  Franz LisztValse impromptu S.213 Performer: Jean Muller.- Fondamenta.
 
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    ![]()  Giuseppe TartiniFlute Concerto in G major (1st mvt) Performer: Alexis Kossenko. Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs.- Aparte.
 
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    ![]()  Ariel RamírezMisa Criolla (Kyrie) Singer: José Carreras. Choir: Coral Salvé de Laredo. Choir: Sociedad Coral de Bilbao. Conductor: José Luis Ocejo.- DECCA.
 
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    ![]()  Francis PoulencPiano Concerto (1st mvt) Performer: Pascal Rogé. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.- Ravel - Fauré - Poulenc - Ibert.
- Signum Classics.
- 301.
 
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    ![]()  Wolfgang Amadeus MozartCosi fan tutte K.588 (Prenderò quel brunettino) Singer: Nazan Fikret. Singer: Héloïse Mas. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Laurent Pillot.- Mozart: Cosi fan tutte.
- Rubicon.
- 206.
 
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    ![]()  Augusta HolmèsNight and Love (Ludus pro Patria) Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Conductor: Patrick Davin.- MARCO POLO.
 
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    ![]()  Leonard BernsteinSomewhere (West Side Story) Singer: Jimmy Bryant. Singer: Marni Nixon. Orchestra: Original Soundtrack Orchestra. Conductor: Johnny Green.- Sony Classical.
 
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    ![]()  Charles TrenetQue Reste-T-Il de Nous Amours? Composer: Léo Chauliac. Singer: Charles Trenet.- Paris Cherie.
- DISCOS CADA.
- 22.
 
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    ![]()  Joseph HaydnSinfonia Concertante in B flat major, H.I.105 (3rd mvt) Performer: Marieke Blankestijn. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Douglas Boyd. Performer: Matthew Wilkie. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Haydn: Cello Concertos: Isserlis/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Norrington.
- RCA.
- 10.
 
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    ![]()  Domenico ScarlattiDomingo Music Arranger: Aleksander Dębicz. Performer: Aleksander Dębicz. Performer: Łukasz Kuropaczewski.- Warner.
 
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    ![]()  Antonín DvořákSong to the Moon (Rusalka) Music Arranger: Jesse Diener-Bennett. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Orchestra: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.- Golijov: Azul.
- Warner Classics.
- 102.
 
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    ![]()  Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 3 - E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - Highlights.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 9.
 
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    ![]()  Jennifer HigdonBlue Cathedral Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Spano.- Rainbow Body.
- TELARC.
- 4.
 
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    ![]()  Ermanno Wolf‐FerrariString Serenade in E flat major (3rd mvt) Orchestra: Oviedo Filarmonía. Conductor: Friedrich Haider.- NAXOS.
 
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    ![]()  Richard WainwrightManchester Music Arranger: Andi Cook. Ensemble: Tubular Brass. Conductor: Sandy Smith.- Tubular Brass Recordings.
 
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    ![]()  Johannes Brahms4 Ballades Op.10 (no.2 in D major) Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.- Harmonia Mundi.
 
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    ![]()  Joseph HaydnString Quartet in A Major Op.20 no.6 (4th mvt) Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20 Nos. 4-6.
- BIS.
- 12.
 
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    ![]()  Vincent d’IndySymphony no.1 in A major 'Symphonie Italienne' (4th mvt) Orchestra: Bretagne Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.- TIMPANI.
- 4.
 
Broadcast
- Mon 14 Feb 2022 09:00ѿý Radio 3
