Tom McKinney
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.
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 New Year New Music 鈥� our Radio 3 presenters recommend a piece of new music.
1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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John Ireland
Concertino pastorale (Toccata)
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Ireland: A Downland Suite etc..
- Chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (Cantata No 41)
Choir: Bach Collegium Japan. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- J.S. Bach: Cantatas 33: Bach Collegium Japan/Suzuki.
- BIS.
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John Bull
Fantastic Galliard
Performer: Kit Armstrong.- DG.
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Thomas Ad猫s
Dances from Powder Her Face (Finale)
Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- Ades: Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies.
- EMI.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 1 in E minor, Op 39 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.- Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments.
- CHANDOS.
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Johannes Brahms
Nachtwandler (6 Lieder, Op 86 No 3)
Performer: Ulrich Eisenlohr. Singer: Christoph Pr茅gardien.- NAXOS.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna M盲lkki.- Bart贸k: Orchestral Works.
- BIS.
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Fran莽ois Couperin
Les Jum茅les [The Twins] (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no. 12)
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Thomas Ad猫s
Dances from Powder Her Face (Finale)
Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- Ades: Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies.
- EMI.
- 10.
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John Dowland
Come again, sweet love doth now invite
Music Arranger: Taracea. Ensemble: Taracea.- Alpha.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in E minor Op.59`2 'Razumovsky' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Guillaume Balay
Andante et allegretto
Performer: Reinhold Friedrich. Performer: Thomas Duis.- Friedrich: The Trumpet Collection.
- CapriccioNR.
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Niccol貌 Paganini
Violin Concerto No 1 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Sarah Chang. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.- EMI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Un'aura amorosa (Cosi fan tutte)
Singer: Rainer Trost. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- ARCHIV.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 6 'Pathetique' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.- SONY.
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Scott Joplin
Elite syncopations
Performer: Dick Hyman.- Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
- RCA.
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Samuel Barber
The School for Scandal (Overture)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Thomas Schippers.- Sony Classical.
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Michael Tippett
A Midsummer Marriage: Act II (excerpt)
Singer: Elizabeth Harwood. Singer: Stuart Burrows. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Colin Davis.- LYRITA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Coffee, I must have coffee (Coffee-Cantata, BWV.211)
Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.- J.S.Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 210 & 211.
- BIS.
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John Adams
The Chairman Dances
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.- John Adams: The Chairman Dances: San Francisco SO, Edo de Waart.
- Elektra Nonesuch.
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Maurice Durufl茅
Suite for Organ, Op 5 (Toccata)
Performer: Jennifer Bate.- UNICORN KANCHANA.
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Joshua Borin
Nature is returning
Performer: Alexander Soares. Singer: Helen Charleston.- Delphian.
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Missa Salisburgensis: Agnus Dei
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- ARCHIV.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor Op.22 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Gershwin, Saint-Daens, Ravel: Benjamin Grosvenor, RLPO, James Judd.
- Decca.
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Franz Schubert
An den mond D.193
Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Alexander Schmalcz.- Harmonia Mundi.
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William Walton
Partita (1st mvt)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS.
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Colleen
Sea of Tranquillity
Performer: Colleen.- Leaf.
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Igor Stravinsky
Apollo (Pas de deux)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Stavinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps.
- EMI.
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Paz Abreu
Quejas for guitar
Performer: Sharon Isbin.- Road to the Sun: Latin Romances for Guitar: Sharon Isbin.
- Virgin Classics.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No 3 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- DECCA.
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