Great classical music for your morning
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 – 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.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Richard Wagner
Pilgrim's Chorus (Tannhäuser)
Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Heger.- Virgin.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A Major K.581 (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.
- 204.
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Samuel Scheidt
Galliarda Battaglia (Galliard)
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- La Morte della Ragione.
- Alpha.
- 27.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
April 'Snowdrop' (The Seasons, Op.37b)
Performer: Yefim Bronfman.- SONY.
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Joan Trimble
The Green Bough
Performer: Una Hunt. Performer: Roy Holmes.- Joan Trimble: Songs and Chamber Music.
- Marco Polo.
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Ferde Grofé
Mississippi (Mardi Gras)
Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.- Symphonic Jazz: Grofe & Gershwin.
- BRIDGE.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata no.5 in F major, Op.24 'Spring' (1st mvt)
Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.- Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Volume 2: Alina Ibragimova/ Cédric Tiberghien.
- Wigmore Hall Live.
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Caroline Shaw
And The Swallow
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- All Things Are Quite Silent.
- Signum.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the dance - rondo brillant
Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- With Love from Vienna.
- Philips.
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Anna Segal
Suite for harp, oboe and string quartet (Danza)
Performer: Rachel Talitman. Performer: Adrien Eble. Performer: Mendelssohn Ensemble.- Anna Segal: Chamber Music for Harp.
- Harp and Co.
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Nino Rota
Titoli Di Testa (La Dolce Vita)
Conductor: Nino Rota.- Classic Soundtracks: La Dolce Vita (1960 Film Score).
- Classic Soundtracks.
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Carlos Guastavino
La rosa y el sauce
Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Bernarda Fink.- Canciones amatorias.
- HYPERION.
- 19.
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Joseph Haydn
Notturno no.5 in C major, H.2.29
Ensemble: Mozzafiato. Ensemble: L’Archibudelli.- Sony.
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Mademoiselle Duval
Les Genies Ou Les Caracteres de l'Amour: Ouverture; Air pour les Génies
Ensemble: The Caravaggio Ensemble. Conductor: Camille Delaforge.- Château de Versailles Spectacles.
- CVS121.
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George Butterworth
2 English idylls for orchestra [complete]
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Made in Britain.
- AVIE.
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Johannes Brahms
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem, Op 45)
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SOLI DEO GLORIA.
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Robert Schumann
Carnaval: Arlequin - Valse noble - Eusebius
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- PHILIPS.
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Bohuslav Martinů
Charleston (Kitchen review - suire)
Orchestra: Holst-Sinfonietta. Conductor: Klaus Simon.- Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine.
- Naxos.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (The Wasps)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
- Naxos.
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Jean-Baptiste Arban
The Carnival of Venice
Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.- Philip Jones Brass Ensemble: The Lighter Side.
- Decca.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Two Pieces for String Quartet Op. 36a: Elegy
Music Arranger: Jacqueline Thomas.- Golden Oldies – More Favourite Encores.
- Chandos.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Two Pieces for String Quartet Op. 36a: Polka
Music Arranger: Jacqueline Thomas.- Golden Oldies – More Favourite Encores.
- Chandos.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Love Scene (The Adventures of Robin Hood)
Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Sonata in G minor (4th mvt)
Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.- BIS.
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Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla
Transfige, dulcissime Domine
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.- Streams of Tears: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers.
- Coro.
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Léo Delibes
Prelude; Mazurka (Coppélia Suite)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- French Ballet Music: Sir Charles Mackerras.
- EMI.
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Sarah Davachi
Gold Upon White
- Cantus, Descant.
- Late Music.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (1st mvt)
Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Performer: Malcolm Proud. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Elizabeth Wallfisch.- J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
- EMI Classics.
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Scott Joplin
Maple leaf rag for piano
Performer: Dick Hyman.- Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
- RCA.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol, Op 34 (5th mvt)
Conductor: Igor Markevitch. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Philips.
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