Tom McKinney
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
0915 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1100 Essential Performers – this week we focus on the great soprano Jessye Norman.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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George Frideric Handel
Alexander's Feast (Overture)
Music Arranger: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Orchestra: Stavanger Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.- Challenge Classics.
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Moritz Moszkowski
Caprice espagnole, Op 37
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Virgin Classics.
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Edvard Grieg
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt)
Music Arranger: Tormod Tvete Vik. Performer: Ragnhild Hemsing. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.- Peer Gynt.
- Berlin Classics.
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Georges Bizet
Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers)
Singer: Jussi Björling. Singer: Robert Merrill. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Renato Cellini.- RCA.
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Charles Gounod
Symphony no.1 in D major (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Gounod/Bizet: Symphony no.1/L'Arlesienne: St Paul Chamber Orch/Hogwood.
- Decca.
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Traditional Irish
The Galway Bay Hornpipe
Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King. Performer: Frank McGuire.- The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
- Alia Vox.
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Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite H.190
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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George Enescu
Piano Trio in A Minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Stefan Tarara. Performer: Eun-Sun Hong. Performer: Josu de Solaun.- Enescu: Piano Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 16 & Piano Trio in A Minor.
- Naxos.
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Tielman Susato
Suite from Danserye
Music Arranger: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Ensemble: London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble.- ASV.
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Franz Liszt
Valse impromptu S.213
Performer: Jean Muller.- Fondamenta.
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Giuseppe Tartini
Flute Concerto in G major (1st mvt)
Performer: Alexis Kossenko. Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs.- Aparte.
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Ariel Ramírez
Misa Criolla (Kyrie)
Singer: José Carreras. Choir: Coral Salvé de Laredo. Choir: Sociedad Coral de Bilbao. Conductor: José Luis Ocejo.- DECCA.
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Francis Poulenc
Piano Concerto (1st mvt)
Performer: Pascal Rogé. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.- Ravel - Fauré - Poulenc - Ibert.
- Signum Classics.
- 301.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi fan tutte K.588 (Prenderò quel brunettino)
Singer: Nazan Fikret. Singer: Héloïse Mas. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Laurent Pillot.- Mozart: Cosi fan tutte.
- Rubicon.
- 206.
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Augusta Holmès
Night and Love (Ludus pro Patria)
Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Conductor: Patrick Davin.- MARCO POLO.
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Leonard Bernstein
Somewhere (West Side Story)
Singer: Jimmy Bryant. Singer: Marni Nixon. Orchestra: Original Soundtrack Orchestra. Conductor: Johnny Green.- Sony Classical.
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Charles Trenet
Que Reste-T-Il de Nous Amours?
Composer: Léo Chauliac. Singer: Charles Trenet.- Paris Cherie.
- DISCOS CADA.
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Joseph Haydn
Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, H.I.105 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Marieke Blankestijn. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Douglas Boyd. Performer: Matthew Wilkie. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Haydn: Cello Concertos: Isserlis/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Norrington.
- RCA.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Domingo
Music Arranger: Aleksander Dębicz. Performer: Aleksander Dębicz. Performer: Łukasz Kuropaczewski.- Warner.
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Antonín Dvořák
Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Music Arranger: Jesse Diener-Bennett. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Orchestra: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.- Golijov: Azul.
- Warner Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 3 - E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono
Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.- Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - Highlights.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Jennifer Higdon
Blue Cathedral
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Spano.- Rainbow Body.
- TELARC.
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Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari
String Serenade in E flat major (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Oviedo Filarmonía. Conductor: Friedrich Haider.- NAXOS.
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Richard Wainwright
Manchester
Music Arranger: Andi Cook. Ensemble: Tubular Brass. Conductor: Sandy Smith.- Tubular Brass Recordings.
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Johannes Brahms
4 Ballades Op.10 (no.2 in D major)
Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in A Major Op.20 no.6 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20 Nos. 4-6.
- BIS.
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Vincent d’Indy
Symphony no.1 in A major 'Symphonie Italienne' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Bretagne Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.- TIMPANI.
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