Tom McKinney
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 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.
1045 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Leonard Bernstein
Times Square (3 Dance Episodes from On the Town)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
- Naxos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle in A minor, WoO.59, 'F眉r Elise'
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Beethoven: Eroica Variations/Fur Elise etc: Brendel.
- Philips.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Laetatus sum
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Arnold Bax
4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Bax: Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (1st mvt)
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Gidon Kremer.- J.S.Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos: Marriner.
- Philips.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Capriccio in A flat major
Performer: Johannes Moser. Performer: Alasdair Beatson.- Mendelssohn & Mendelssohn-Hensel: Works for Cello & Piano.
- PENTATONE.
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Edward Elgar
Minuet (Severn Suite, Op.87)
Ensemble: The Fairey Band. Conductor: James Gourlay.- Brass from the Masters, Vol. 1.
- Chandos.
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Claude Debussy
Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI Classics.
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Carlos Gardel
Por una cabeza
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Alexander Sitkovetsky. Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.- Nicola Benedetti: The Silver Violin.
- Decca.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major, K 417 (1st mvt)
Performer: Anthony Halstead. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Mozart: The Horn Concertos - Halstead, The Academy of Ancient Music.
- Decca.
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Trad.
Seeds of Love
Performer: Desmond Dupr茅. Singer: Alfred Deller.- Vanguard.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Bluebird Pas de Deux from The Sleeping Beauty
Orchestrator: Igor Stravinsky. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la F茅e etc..
- Chandos.
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Takashi Yoshimatsu
Dream Coloured Mobile II, Op.58a
Performer: Joe Houghton. Performer: Kate Wilson. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.- Chandos.
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George Frideric Handel
Water Music Suite No 2 in D major (HWV 349): Allegro
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Georg Kallweit.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio Brillante in B minor, Op.22
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.- Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
- Hyperion.
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Billy Strayhorn
Day Dream [Remastered 1995]
Ensemble: Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra.- The Great Ellington Units.
- RCA Bluebird.
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Robert Schumann
Tr盲umerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)
Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.- Schumann - Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janacek - On the overgrown path I..
- HYPERION.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
In Dreams (Songs of Travel)
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.- Bryn Terfel - The Vagabond.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Paul Reade
Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden: I. Prelude: Andante pastorale
Conductor: Robin O鈥橬eill. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- A Celebration of Paul Reade.
- Signum Records.
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Charles Williams
The Dream of Olwen
Performer: Wilhelm Davos. Orchestra: London Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Tony Osborne.- CINEMA GALA.
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Engelbert Humperdinck
H盲nsel und Gretel (Overture)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- German Operetta Overtures: Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marriner.
- Philips.
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Frederick Keel
Trade Winds
Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- Songs by Brahms, Faure, Finzi and Schubert.
- EMI.
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Louise Farrenc
Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op 44 (4th mvt) Finale: Allegro
Performer: Diana Ambache. Performer: Joan Enric Lluna. Performer: Naomi Butterworth.- 大象传媒 Music.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in F major, Wq 183 No 3
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.- SIGNUM.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 9_大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd. -
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Vincenzo Bellini
Casta diva (Norma)
Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Choir: International Chamber Vocalists. Orchestra: Orchestra La Scintilla. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Bellini: Norma: Cecilia Bartoli/Giovanni Antonini.
- Decca.
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in E minor, Op 119 No 2
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Brahms Handel Variations - Murray Perahia.
- Sony Classical.
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Aaron Copland
El salon Mexico
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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