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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Presented by Tom McKinney.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

0915 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.

1030 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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Last on

Tue 23 Aug 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    贰蝉辫补帽补

    Ensemble: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Sextet in A major, Op.48 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quintet, Op. 97 & String Sextet, Op. 48.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Amadigi di Gaula (Overture)

    Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
    • Chandos.
  • Enrique Granados

    Los requiebros (Goyescas)

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Granados: Goyescas: Ohlsson.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Fracanapa

    Performer: Duo Assad.
    • Sergio and Odair Assad Play Piazzolla.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 14.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Dances of Marosszek

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • HUNGAROTON.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Alma Redemptoris Mater

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Fantaisie-tableaux, Op.5 (Barcarolle)

    Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rachmaninov: Suites 1&2: Ashkenazy/Previn.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D Minor

    Performer: Katharina Spreckelsen. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Dall'Abaco, Porpora, Marcello, Tartini & Telemann: Concertos.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 10-12.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (Oklahoma!)

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Something Wonderful: Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers & Hammerstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in A major H.16.26

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Promenade 1 (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Plan & Elevation (The Beech Tree)

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Orange.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7.
  • Claude Debussy

    La cath茅drale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    The Twittering Machine (5 Klee Pictures)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Maxwell Davies: Trumpet & Piccolo Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • William Byrd

    Sing joyfully unto God

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 13.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Symphony in F sharp minor Op.41 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.

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