Tom McKinney
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is pianist Hélène Grimaud. With Tom McKinney.
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.
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 – pianist Hélène Grimaud is our artist in focus this week.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Schauspieldirektor K.486 (Overture)
Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.- Libertà ! Mozart & the opera.
- harmonia mundi.
- 201.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat major (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.- Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets Op. 13 in A minor, Op. 80 in F minor:.
- Virgin.
- 8.
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Sir James MacMillan
Ave maris stella
Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Martin Baker.- James Macmillan: Tenebrae Responsories: Westminster Cathedral Choir/Baker.
- Hyperion.
- 8.
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Pablo de Sarasate
Romanza Andaluza
Performer: Nikolaj Znaider. Performer: Daniel Gortler.- RCA.
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Charlie Chaplin
The Nightclub (City Lights Dance Suite)
Orchestra: City Lights Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.- Charlie Chaplin - City Lights.
- Carl Davis Collection.
- 5.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D minor for lute and viola d'amore, RV 540
Performer: Nigel North. Performer: Trevor Jones. Director: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Imogen Holst
Leiston suite
Ensemble: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
Gustav Mahler
Piano Quartet Movement in A minor
Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Paul Neubauer. Performer: David Finckel. Performer: Wu Han.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 479 4609.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 001.
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Alessandro Scarlatti
Concerto in 7 parts no.3 in F major
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.- Scarlatti: 6 Concerti Grossi; Cello Sonatas.
- Arts.
- 8-12.
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Josef Zygmunt Szulc
Clair de lune (10 Melodies Op.83)
Singer: Allan Clayton. Performer: Joseph Middleton.- Songs to the Moon.
- Signum Classics.
- 301.
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Leó Weiner
Divertimento no.1 Op.20
Orchestra: Budapest Strings.- CAPRICCIO.
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Cécile Chaminade
Danse païenne Op.158
Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Claude Debussy
La puerta del vino (Preludes, Book 2)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
- Chandos.
- 15.
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Manuel de Falla
Jota (7 Canciones populares españolas)
Singer: Teresa Berganza. Performer: Félix Lavilla.- Brava Berganza!.
- Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
- 39.
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Francisco Tárrega
Capricho arabe
Performer: Sharon Isbin.- Road to the Sun: Latin Romances for Guitar: Sharon Isbin.
- Vring Classics.
- 7.
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Amadeo Vives
Fandango (Doña Francisquita)
Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española.- Genios. Flamenco Sinfónico.
- WM Spain.
- 5.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance of the Prairie Lilies, Op.39
Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, orchestral works.
- MARCO POLO.
- 14.
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major
Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- Gershwin, Ravel: Piano Concertos: Grimaud, Zinman.
- Erato.
- 4.
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Joseph Haydn
Quartet in C major Op.76 no.3 'Emperor' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.- COLBURN.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Reproaches - Popule meus
Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.- When Sleep Comes: Evening Meditations for Voices & Saxophone.
- Signum Classics.
- 901.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz in E flat major Op.18 'Grande valse brillante'
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- BIS.
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Philip Glass
Tapajós River (Aguas da Amazonia)
Ensemble: Uakti.- Philip Glass: Aguas da Amazonia.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Ethel Smyth
The Wreckers (Overture)
Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Chandos.
Broadcast
- Tue 22 Mar 2022 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3