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The very best of classical music

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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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne (Danse)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Debussy: Orchestral Works: Dutoit/Chailly/Haitink.
    • Decca.
    • 13.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes Op.32 (no.2 in A flat major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic Dances Op.64 (no.3)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Grieg: Complete Music with Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Joseph Schwantner

    Black Anemones

    Performer: Jennie Oh Brown. Performer: Jeffrey Panko.
    • Innova.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • The Berlin Album: Berliner Philharmoniker/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Henry Purcell

    Suite from Abdelazer

    Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Roy Goodman.
    • The Complete Ayres for the Theatre.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Angelo Badalamenti

    Diane and Camilla

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet no.1 in G Minor Op.25 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Paul Neubauer. Performer: David Finckel. Performer: Wu Han.
    • Brahms, Schumann, Mahler: Piano Quartets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Viola quebrada

    Performer: Juan Antonio 脕lvarez Parejo. Singer: Teresa Berganza.
    • CLAVES.

  • 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.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Sonata Sopra Sancta Maria (Vespro della beata Vergine (1610))

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E major Kk.206

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 19.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Ensemble: The Kanneh鈥怣asons.
    • Decca.

  • Erik Satie

    de Podophthalma (Embryons d茅ss茅ch茅s)

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Vangelis

    La Petite Fille De La Mer

    • The Collection.
    • Rhino.
    • 26.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures Op.37 (Where Corals Lie)

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Sea Pictures.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Duettino Concertante

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Ensemble: Michele Campanella. Ensemble: Laura De Fusco.
    • Composizioni per due pianoforti.
    • WM Italy.
    • 3.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Mazurka-Oberek in D major

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Ensemble: Abbey Road Ensemble. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • EMI.

  • Layale Chaker

    A Butterfly in New York

    • Broken Branches.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 10.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    In the Woods: I. Wainscot Pond

    • Broken Branches.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 11.

  • Joseph James

    Fantasie in F after Robert Schumann

    Composer: Robert Schumann. Conductor: Orlando Jopling. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • Wanderer Fantasy.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • Scott Joplin

    The Easy Winners

    Music Arranger: Marcus Roberts.
    • Marcus Roberts: The Joy of Joplin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Scott Joplin

    The Magnetic Rag (Instrumental)

    Music Arranger: Marcus Roberts.
    • Marcus Roberts: The Joy of Joplin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Aaron Copland

    The Open Prairie Again (Billy the Kid Suite)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G Major, BWV 572: II. Gravement

    Conductor: Frederick Fennell. Orchestra: Cleveland Symphonic Winds.
    • Holst: Suites Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 28 - Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 35.
    • Telarc.
    • 8.

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