Tom McKinney
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is organist and conductor Simon Preston. Presented by Tom McKinney.
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
0915 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1030 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1100 Essential Performers 鈥� this week our artist in focus is the late organist and conductor, Simon Preston.
1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Joseph Haydn
Il mondo della luna (Sinfonia)
Orchestra: Haydn Sinfonietta Vienna. Conductor: Manfred Huss.- Haydn Overtures/Haydn Sinfonietta Wiern.
- BIS.
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Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
Toccata in C sharp minor
Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.- Russian Piano Music: Margaret Fingerhut.
- Chandos.
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Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco
3 Mediterranean Preludes Op.176 (Serenatella)
Performer: Bokyung Byun.- Clarice Assad, Brouwer & Others: Guitar Works.
- Naxos.
- 101.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Lyrical Waltz (Dances of the Dolls)
Orchestrator: Tam谩s Batiashvili. Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.- Echoes of Time: Batiashvili/Symphonieorchester des Beyerischen Rundfunks/Salonen.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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William Alwyn
7 Irish Tunes
Ensemble: Villiers Quartet.- Lyrita.
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Nocturne)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Mendelssohn In Birmingham Vol. 4.
- Chandos.
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Hans G谩l
Piano Concerto Op.57 (1st mvt)
Performer: Sarah Beth Briggs. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Kenneth Woods.- Gal & Mozart - Piano Concertos.
- Avie.
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Grigoras Dinicu
Hora Staccato
Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Emilia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Viktor Kopatchinsky. Performer: Martin Gjakonovski. Performer: Mihaela Ursuleasa.- Rapsodia.
- Naive.
- 18.
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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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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Beethoven: Symphonies 7-9: John Eliot Gardiner.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Antonio Bertali
Ciaconna
Composer: Tarquinio Merula. Composer: Claudio Monteverdi. Performer: Tabea Debus. Performer: Jonathan Rees. Performer: Alex McCartney.- Delphian.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
'Coronation' Mass K.317 (Agnus Dei)
Singer: Carolina Ullrich. Singer: Marie Henriette Reinhold. Singer: Angelo Pollak. Singer: Konstantin Krimmel. Choir: WDR Radio Chorus, Cologne. Orchestra: K枚lner Kammerorchester. Conductor: Christoph Poppen.- W.A. Mozart: Complete Masses, Vol. 1.
- Naxos.
- 12.
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Douglas Lilburn
Aotearoa
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Lilburn: Orchestral Works: James Judd.
- Naxos.
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Louis Aubert
Feuille d'images (Danse de l'ours peluche)
Orchestra: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.- SWR Digital.
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Carl Orff
Street Song (Schulwerk)
Composer: Gunild Keetman. Ensemble: T枚lzer Knabenchor.- Musica Poetica 鈥� Orff Schulwerk.
- RCA.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Le jardin de Dolly (Dolly Suite Op.56)
Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.- Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
- Philips.
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Edward Elgar
The Serious Doll (Nursery suite)
Music Arranger: William Bennett. Performer: William Bennett. Performer: Clifford Benson.- Encores: William Bennett and Clifford Benson.
- Bravura.
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L茅o Delibes
Waltz (Coppelia)
Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.- Delibes: Coppelia: Orchestre de l'opera de Lyon/Nagano.
- Erato.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Preise dein Gl眉cke, gesegnetes Sachsen (Canata BWV.215)
Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- Bach: Celebratory Cantatas.
- BIS.
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Hilary Kleinig
Great White Bird
Ensemble: Zephyr Quartet.- Navona Records.
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Marie Ja毛ll
Cello Concerto in F major
Performer: Xavier Phillips. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Director: Herv茅 Niquet.- Ediciones Singulares ES1022.
- Ediciones Singulares.
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Olivier Messiaen
L'Ascension (Transports de joie)
Performer: Simon Preston.- Messiaen: Organ Works.
- Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
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Robert Schumann
Arabeske in C major, Op.18
Performer: Jonathan Biss.- Schumann: Fantasie/Kreisleriana/Arabeske: Jonathan Biss.
- EMI Classics.
- 12.
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Anon.
Polorum Regina
Ensemble: Peltomaa Fraanje Perkola.- AER.
- Fuga Libera.
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Trad.
Nu rinder solen opp [Behold, the dawning sun]
Music Arranger: Linn Andrea Fuglseth. Ensemble: Trio Medi忙val.- 2L.
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Steve Reich
Nagoya marimbas
Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion.- CEDILLE.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Waltz in C sharp minor (3 Waltzes Op.64)
Performer: Ingrid Fliter.- Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 etc: Ingrid Fliter.
- EMI.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
F锚te polonaise (Le Roi Malgr茅 Lui)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Chabrier: Espa帽a; Suite pastorale.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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