
Classical soundtrack for your morning
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
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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Aram Khachaturian
Sabre Dance (Gayane)
Conductor: Aram Khachaturian. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.- Legends - Khachaturian: Spartacus: Wiener Philharmoniker.
- Decca.
- 5.
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Frédéric Chopin
Grande valse brillante, Op 18
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- Chopin - Complete Waltzes (Alice Sara Ott).
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 001.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (1st mvt)
Performer: Stephen Marvin. Performer: Jeanne Lamon. Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.- J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos; Tafelmusik, Lamon.
- Sony Classical.
- 7.
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Amy Beach
Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op 45 (2nd mvt, Scherzo - Perpetuum mobile)
Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.- Beach / Chaminade / Howell: Piano Concertos.
- Hyperion.
- 003.
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Carl Nielsen
Serenata in vano FS.68
Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.- Chamber Music for Horn.
- Deux-Elles.
- 10.
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Hector Berlioz
Le Corsaire - overture, Op.21
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Le Carnaval Romain; Le Corsaire.
- Decca (UMO).
- 6.
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Julius Fucik
Der alte Brummbär
Performer: Alan Pendlebury. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pešek.- The Moldau: RLPO/Libor Pesek.
- Virgin Classics.
- 11.
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Antonín Dvořák
Piano Trio No.4 "Dumky", Op.90 (4th mvt: Andante moderato)
Performer: Boris Giltburg. Performer: Veronika Jarůšková. Performer: Peter Jarůšek.- Dvorak: The Complete Piano Trios.
- Supraphon.
- 16.
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Dominique Phinot
Exsurge quare obdormis
Choir: Siglo de Oro. Conductor: Patrick Allies.- The Mysterious Motet Book of 1539.
- DELPHIAN.
- 8.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Symphony No 3 in C minor (Finale)
Performer: Olivier Latry. Orchestra: Liege Philharmonic. Conductor: Pascal Rophé.- CYPRES.
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Peter Warlock
3 Belloc songs (3. My own country)
Performer: David Willison. Singer: Benjamin Luxon.- Benjamin Luxon Sings Warlock Songs.
- Chandos.
- 27.
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Errollyn Wallen
Chorale
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Director: David Le Page.- Timelapse.
- Signum Classics.
- 12.
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Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Armide (Act V: Passecaille)
Ensemble: Café Zimmermann.- ALPHA.
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Hans Christian Lumbye
Champagne Galop
Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giordano Bellincampi.- MARCO POLO.
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Béla Bartók
Hungarian Sketches for orchestra (Slightly Tipsy)
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Bartok: Hungarian Connections, Chicago Symmphony Orchestra.
- Decca.
- 6.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.- Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
- ERATO.
- 7.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 93 in D major (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
- Naive.
- 11.
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John Ireland
Sea fever
Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- EMI.
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William Alwyn
The Crimson Pirate
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Pirate King [The Pirates of Penzance]
Music Arranger: Bob Chilcott. Ensemble: The King’s Singers.- Here's A Howdy Do.
- RCA Victor.
- 7.
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John Dowland
Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard, P.19
Performer: Nigel North.- Dowland, J.: Lute Music, Vol. 2 - Dowland's Tears.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex (Main Title; Darling; Finale)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.- DG.
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Trad.
Captain Pugwash Theme (Trumpet Hornpipe)
Performer: Tom Edmundson. Music Arranger: Philip Lane. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.- Sony.
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Caroline Shaw
Dolce Cantavi
Performer: TENET.- The Secret Lovers.
- Avie.
- 13.
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Leos Janáček
Zdenka's Variations arr. for wind quintet
Music Arranger: Alban Wesly. Ensemble: Calefax.- PENTATONE.
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Manuel de Falla
Danza espanola No.1 [La Vida Breve]
Performer: Katona Twins. Performer: David Garcia Mir. Music Arranger: Peter Katona. Music Arranger: Zoltán Katona.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
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Ottorino Respighi
Notturno
Performer: David Quigley.- AVIE.
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Cristóbal de Morales
Parce mihi Domine [Officium defunctorum for 4 voices]
Ensemble: Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.- HYPERION.
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George Frideric Handel
Sarabande from Keyboard suite in D minor, HWV 437
Performer: Daniel Hope. Music Arranger: Olivier Fourés. Ensemble: Daniel Hope Ensemble.- DG.
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Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.23 (2nd mvt: Presto giocoso)
Performer: Seta Tanyel. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- MacDowell: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 25).
- Hyperion.
- 11.
Broadcast
- Fri 29 Dec 2023 09:00ѿý Radio 3