Your perfect classical playlist
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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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B Minor, RV 580 (I. Allegro)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin (Waltz)
Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- EMI.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Trio in D minor (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- Chandos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tuba mirum (Requiem in D minor, K 626, compl S眉ssmayr)
Singer: Joanne Lunn. Singer: Rowan Hellier. Singer: Thomas Hobbs. Singer: Matthew Brook. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- Mozart Requiem Reconstruction of First Performances.
- LINN.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Kyrie (Requiem in D minor, K 626, compl S眉ssmayr)
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- Mozart Requiem Reconstruction of First Performances.
- LINN.
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Carl Nielsen
Wind Quintet, Op. 43: II. Menuetto
- Moderniste.
- Warner Classics.
- 15.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Legends Op.59 (no.6 in C sharp minor)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- PHILIPS.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
12 Studies for piano (Op.25), No.9 in G flat major; + No.12 in C minor;
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Sony Classical.
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Gra偶yna Bacewicz
Violin Concerto No 4 (1st mvt)
Performer: Joanna Kurkowicz. Orchestra: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lukasz Borowicz.- Chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- J.S.Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos: Marriner.
- Philips.
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Florence Price
String Quartet No 1 in G major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Viano Quartet.- Portraits.
- Curtis Studio.
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Thomas Campion
The Sypres curten of the night [Rosseter's book of ayres, 1601]
Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Robin Blaze.- Campion: Move Now with Measured Sound and other songs.
- Hyperion.
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John Williams
Lincoln "The People's House"
Performer: Robert Chen. Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Chicago Symphony Chorus.- Lincoln.
- Sony Classical.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus, Op 43 (Overture)
Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Beethoven: Symphony no.3 etc: Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra/Dudamel.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
String Quartet in G minor Op.14 no.6
Ensemble: Les Adieux.- Marie-Antoinette: Music for a Queen.
- Naive.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Eternal Father, Op 135
Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Director: Richard Marlow.- Conifer.
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Gustav Mahler
Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Deutsche Grammaphon.
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M茅lanie Bonis
Femmes de l茅gende "Omphale"
Performer: 脡lisabeth Pion.- Bonis: Femmes de l茅gende: Omphale.
- Les Disques ATMA Inc..
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Nino Rota
Legend of the Glass Mountain (The Glass Mountain)
Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.- SILVA SCREEN.
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Henryk Wieniawski
L茅gende Op.17
Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Itamar Golan.- Paganini/Saraste/Kreisler/Wieniawski: Vengerov/Golan.
- Teldec.
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Franz Schubert
Moments Musicaux, D.780 (no.2)
Performer: Imogen Cooper.- Schubert 3: Imogen Cooper.
- Ottavo.
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Johann Strauss II
The Blue Danube
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- SONY.
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque No.1 in E major
Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.- Golden Oldies 鈥� More Favourite Encores.
- Chandos.
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Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston (Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret)
Ensemble: McGill / McHale Trio.- Cedille.
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Crist贸bal de Morales
Parce mihi Domine (Officium Defunctorum)
Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.- Lux Aeterna.
- Hyperion.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Danse macabre Op.40
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- Le Boeuf sur le toit.
- Warner Classics.
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Caroline Shaw
Is A Rose - III. Red, Red Rose
Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Choir: Philharmonia Baroque Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.- philharmonia BAROQUE.
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Franz Schubert
Standchen [Leise Flehen]
Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Murray Perahia.- Mendelssohn etc: Songs without words: Murray Perahia.
- Sony Classical.
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Modest Mussorgsky
The Great Gate of Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition)
Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.- ONYX.
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