
Refresh your morning with classical music
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
0930 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.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Johann Strauss II
Perpetuum mobile, Op 257
Conductor: Iván Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.- Johann & Josef Strauss: Polkas.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 18.
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Manuel de Falla
Farruca (The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No 2)
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.- DG.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.6 in D major H.1.6 'Le Matin' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Alpha.
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Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No 2 in F major, Op 38
Performer: Krystian Zimerman.- DG.
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Jean Sibelius
Valse lyrique Op.96 no.1
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Sibelius: Violin concerto, Karelia Suite, The Swan of Tuonela and other works.
- CHANDOS.
- 8.
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Percy Grainger
Handel in the Strand
Performer: Geoffrey Tozer. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Grainger Edition Vol. 5 Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2.
- CHANDOS.
- 016.
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George Frideric Handel
Orchestral Suite in D major HWV.341
Orchestra: The English Concert. Performer: Alison Balsom. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Purcell, Handel: Sound the Trumpet: Alison Balsom, Trevor Pinnock.
- EMI Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Re-invention No. 2 For Tenor Recorder
Performer: Genevieve Lacey. Music Arranger: Elena Kats‐Chernin. Ensemble: Flinders Quartet.- Reinventions.
- ABC Classics.
- 1.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Story of the Kalendar Prince (Sheherazade)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- Scheherazade.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 2.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo in C major, Op 51 No 1
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Beethoven: Bagatelles: Alfred Brendel.
- Philips.
- 8.
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Franz Schubert
An Sylvia D.891
Music Arranger: Alexander Schmalcz. Singer: Matthias Goerne. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Florian Donderer.- Schubert Revisited: Lieder Arranged for Baritone and Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major RV.425
Performer: Paul O’Dette. Performer: Roy Goodman. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.- Vivaldi: Music for Lute and Mandolin; Paul O'Dette, The Parley of Instruments.
- Hyperion.
- 7.
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Galina Grigorjeva
In Paradisum for Male-Voice Choir
Choir: Estonia poistekoor. Conductor: Mikk Üleoja.- Galina Grigorjeva: Music for Male-Voice Choir.
- Toccata Classics.
- 111.
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Ole Bull
Cantabile doloroso e Rondo giocoso for violin and orchestra
Performer: Arve Tellefsen. Orchestra: Trondheim Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.- SIMAX.
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Leonard Bernstein
Wonderful Town (Overture)
Music Arranger: Charlie Harmon. Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
- Naxos.
- 1611.
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George Gershwin
By Strauss
Music Arranger: Nelson Riddle. Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. Orchestra: Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra. Conductor: Nelson Riddle.- Verve.
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Maurice Ravel
Prelude (Le tombeau de Couperin)
Performer: Steven Osborne.- Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Arvo Pärt
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Chandos.
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Alec Templeton
Bach Goes to Town
Performer: Piers Lane.- HYPERION.
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Benjamin Britten
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Fugue)
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: ѿý SO/Davis.
- Teldec.
- 1.
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Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in B major, Op 72 No 1
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.- Dvorak: Slavonic Dances etc.: RPO/Detroit SO/Dorati.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Josquin des Prez
Nymphes des bois
Ensemble: Calefax.- Hidden Gems.
- PENTATONE.
- 18.
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Claude Debussy
Danse sacree et danse profane
Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.- Voyage.
- Sony Classical.
- 13-14.
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Ambroise Thomas
Mignon (Overture)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Kaleidoscope: An Orchestral Extravaganza: Mackerras, LSO.
- Mercury.
- 7.
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Evelyn Glennie
A Little Prayer
Performer: Evelyn Glennie.- Rhythm Song.
- RCA Red Seal.
- 10.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt.
- Teldec.
- 1.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Oboe Concerto in D minor, TWV.51:d1
Performer: Heinz Holliger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Iona Brown.- Phillips.
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John Williams
E.T. (Flying theme)
Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- Philips.
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- Thu 28 Dec 2023 09:00ѿý Radio 3