The best classical morning music
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
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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Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata (Act 1 Prelude)
Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.- Warner.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata in A major, Op 12 No 2 (1st mvt)
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.- Beethoven, The Complete Sonatas For Violin And Piano: Capucon, Braley.
- Virgin Classics.
- 8.
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Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.- EMI.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Concerto in E Major for Trumpet and Orchestra, S.49; 3rd mvt Rondo
Performer: Paul Merkelo. Orchestra: Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marios Papadopoulos.- Sony.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Chorale (Diptych)
Performer: Joseph Wicks.- Regent.
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Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Andr茅 Previn.- Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners: Previn, Perlman.
- EMI.
- 6.
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Max Bruch
String Octet (3rd mvt)
Performer: Zsolt Fej茅rv谩ri. Ensemble: Kod谩ly Quartet. Ensemble: Auer String Quartet.- Mendelssohn/Bruch: String Quartets.
- Naxos.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
O malheureuse Iphig茅nie (Iphig茅nie en Tauride)
Singer: Susan Graham. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Bicket. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
3 Symphonic Dances Op.45 (no.2)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances.
- BR-Klassik.
- 6.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34 (4th mvt)
Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.- Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
- Signum Classics.
- 4.
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Benjamin Britten
Tom Bowling
Performer: James Newby. Performer: Simon Lepper. -
Gra偶yna Bacewicz
Symphony no.3 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: 艁ukasz Borowicz.- Bacewicz: Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 1.
- CPO.
- 103.
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Michel Corrette
Concerto comique, Op 8 No 6, 'Le plaisir des dames'
Ensemble: Ensemble Meridiana.- Les Voyages de l'Amour.
- Chandos.
- 21-23.
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in A major (6 Pieces Op.118)
Performer: Eric Lu.- Late Works by Mozart, Schubert & Brahms.
- Genuin.
- 302.
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Luigi Boccherini
String Quintet in A minor Op. 25 No. 6 (G300): I. Allegro non molto
Ensemble: Europa Galante.- Boccherini : String & Guitar Quintets, Minuet in A.
- Erato.
- 101.
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Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
Regina caeli laetare (Antiphon a 8)
Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra. Choir: Schola Antiqua. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Conductor: Michael Noone.- Archiv.
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Amy Beach
Children's Carnival Op.25
Performer: 艦ahan Arzruni.- NEW WORLD.
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Leopold Mozart
Cassation in G major (Toy Symphony) (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- From Kindersinfonie to Bauernhochzeit.
- Challenge Classics.
- 013.
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George Botsford
Black and White Rag
Performer: Winifred Atwell.- Living Era.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker - Suite)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
- Telarc.
- 9.
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William Grant Still
Serenade
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.- Still: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 7.
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Giulio Caccini
Dalla porta d'oriente
Performer: Sean Shibe. Singer: Karim Sulayman.- PENTATONE.
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Clara Schumann
Romance, Op.22 no.3
Performer: Jennifer Pike. Performer: Tom Poster.- Brahms/Schumann: Jennifer Pike/Tom Poster.
- Chandos.
- 9.
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William Walton
Capriccio burlesco
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.- Waton: Spitfire Prelude & Fugue Etc.: SIr Charles Groves.
- EMI Classics.
- 6.
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Philip Glass
Etude no.2
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.- Deustche Grammophon.
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Robert Schumann
Traumerei (Kinderszenen, Op 15 No 7) arr. for choir
Music Arranger: Heitor Villa鈥怢obos. Choir: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra Choir. Conductor: Valentina Peleggi.- Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions.
- Naxos.
- 4.
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Pietro Locatelli
Concerto grosso in F major Op.1`7
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- Harmonia mundi.
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Florence Price
Piano Sonata in E minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Althea Waites.- Black Diamonds.
- Cambria.
- 002.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Cossack Dance (Mazeppa)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.- Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Masur.
- Teldec.
- 3.
Broadcast
- Mon 23 Oct 2023 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3