Your perfect classical playlist
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 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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Gioachino Rossini
The Silken Ladder (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D "The Lark" (3rd and 4th mvts)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- Cavi-music.
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Gustav Holst
First Suite in E flat, Op. 28/1
Orchestra: The Cleveland Symphonic Winds. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.- Telarc.
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Heinrich Bach
Sonata no. 2 in F major
Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Bachiana: Music by the Bach Family.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen; Act 1; L' Amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
Lyricist: Henri Meilhac. Lyricist: Ludovic Hal茅vy. Singer: Grace Bumbry. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Kulka J谩nos.- Grace Bumbry - Oratorio / Opera / Lieder.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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C茅cile Chaminade
Carnival Waltz, Op.73
Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
Kikimora
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Lyadov - Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
- 006.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in E flat major K.375 (5th mvt)
Ensemble: Holliger Wind Ensemble.- Mozart: Serenades: Academy of St Martin in the fields/Marriner.
- Philips.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18 (1st mvt)
Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3.
- Sony Classical.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet No.14 in D minor, 'Death and the Maiden' (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Kuss Quartet.- Krise/Crisis.
- Rubicon.
- 04.
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Margaret Bonds
Credo: VI. I Believe in Liberty
Composer: W. E. B. Du Bois. Choir: The Dessoff Choirs. Singer: Dashon Burton. Orchestra: The Dessoff Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Merriweather.- Margaret Bonds: Credo; Simon Bore the Cross.
- AVIE Records.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Sonate Champetre
Ensemble: Tailleferre Ensemble.- There are Things to be Said.
- Ulysses Arts.
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Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite (Alla marcia)
Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- SONY.
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Charlotte Bray
Agnus Dei (a reflection on Byrd's Agnus Dei from the Mass for 5 voices)
Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby. -
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Music Arranger: Giovanni Sgambati. Performer: Yuja Wang.- Fantasia.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Main Title)
Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William T. Stromberg.- NAXOS.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Habanera
Performer: Jorge Federico Osorio.- The French Album.
- Cedille.
- 1301.
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Jean鈥怓茅ry Rebel
Les 脡l茅mens (Le Chaos)
Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.- Enfers.
- harmonia mundi.
- 102.
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Leo Brouwer
Temas populares Cubanos: no.2 Zapateado
Performer: Philippe Lemaigre.- L Brouwer - Philippe Lemaigre.
- Ricercar.
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Malcolm Arnold
The Belles of St Trinian's (Prelude)
Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Romance (The Gadfly)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.- Decca.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Herr, unser Herrscher (St John Passion BWV.245)
Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- J.S.Bach: St John Passion: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton.
- Hyperion.
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Ruth Crawford Seeger
Risselty rosselty
Ensemble: Sch枚nberg Ensemble. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Sayed Darwish
El helwa di
Music Arranger: Karim Sulayman. Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Singer: Karim Sulayman. Performer: Sean Shibe.- Broken Branches.
- PENTATONE.
- 108.
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Nocturne)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Mendelssohn In Birmingham Vol. 4.
- Chandos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No.13 in B-Flat Major, Op.130 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 10 & 13, Opp. 74 & 130.
- BIS.
- 110.
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Joaqu铆n Rodrigo
Canario (Fantas铆a para un gentilhombre)
Performer: Craig Ogden. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.- Rodrigo: Guitar Concerto: Craig Ogden/大象传媒 Phil/Sachio Fujioka.
- Chandos.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Violin Sonata in D minor, Op 5 No 7 (1st mvt; 2nd mvt)
Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Paul Nicholson. Ensemble: Locatelli Trio.- Corelli: Violin Sonatas: The Locatelli Trio.
- Hyperion.
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