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The ideal morning mix of classical 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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Wed 14 Feb 2024 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: Musica Aeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Sony.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Sous le d么me 茅pais (Lakm茅)

    Singer: Mady Mespl茅. Singer: Danielle Millet. Orchestra: Orchestre du Th茅芒tre National de l鈥橭p茅ra鈥怌omique. Conductor: Alain Lombard.
    • Delibes: Lakme: Lombard/Mesple/Paris Opera Comique Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Yoav Levanon

    Study in a minor

    • WARNER.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major, RV 230

    Performer: John Williams. Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: J谩nos Rolla.
    • The Guitarist 鈥� the complete Columbia album collection (58-CD box set).
    • Sony.
    • 1-3.

  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • ERATO.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Scherzo capriccioso Op.66

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, Scherzo Capriccioso etc..
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Caprice viennois Op.2

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Lambert Orkis.
    • DG.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Concerto in D Major, Op.21 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Ensemble: Salagon Quartet.
    • Cesar Franck:聽Sonata for Piano and Violin - Ernest Chausson: Concert.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.

  • Kurt Weill

    Speak Low (One Touch of Venus)

    Lyricist: Ogden Nash. Lyricist: S.J. Perelman. Ensemble: RIAS Berlin Kammerensemble.
    • Weill: Ute Lemper sings Kurt Weill.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 14.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Fugal Concerto Op.40`2

    Performer: William Bennett. Performer: Peter Graeme. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Imogen Holst.
    • Holst: Brook Green Suite, Lyric Movement, Fugal Concerto: ECO, Imogen Holst.
    • Lyrita.
    • 3.

  • William Grant Still

    Serenade

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major D.899 no.4

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & 142; Murray Perahia.
    • CBS.
    • 4.

  • Georges Bizet

    Habanera (Carmen Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • CBS.

  • Jean Lenoir

    Parlez-moi d'Amour

    Lyricist: Jean Lenoir.
    • Suite Fran莽aise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Rose Adagio (The Sleeping Beauty Op.66)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker - Highlights.
    • EMI.
    • 7.

  • William Walton

    Set me as a seal upon thine heart

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Walton: Coronation Te Deum: Polyphony/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (M谩 vlast)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.
    • B. Smetana; Moldau/The Bartered Bride: The Cleveland Orchestra/Dohnanyi.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp minor "Moonlight\"

    Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy.
    • Golden Oldies 鈥� More Favourite Encores.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Philip Glass

    Mad Rush

    Music Arranger: Thibault Cauvin. Performer: Thibault Cauvin. Performer: Ad茅la茂de Ferri猫re.
    • Cities II.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Danse de f锚te; Danse des heures (Copp茅lia Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Famous Ballet Music.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 12.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric pieces - book 3 Op.43 for piano: Butterfly / Little Bird / To the spring

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • HYPERION.

  • Cole Porter

    Night and Day

    • Golden Voices Of Yesteryear - Richard Tauber.
    • Memory Lane.
    • 17.

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