A feast of great 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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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E major, RV 269, 'Spring' (3rd mvt)
Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Vivaldi: Nigel Kennedy, Berliner Philharmoniker.
- EMI.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance No. 9 in B major, Op 72 No 1
Music Arranger: Patrick Clements. Ensemble: Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- COE RECORDS.
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Gustav Holst
Capriccio
Music Arranger: Imogen Holst. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Holst: Egdon Heath, Hammersmith etc.: LSO/Hickox.
- Chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G BWV1049: 1st movement; Allegro
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf Op.67 ( Peter; The bird; The duck; The cat)
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Len谩rd.- Prokoiev Peter and the Wolf Instrumental The Classics.
- Naxos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Quartet in F major, K 370
Performer: Pierre Pierlot. Performer: Arthur Grumiaux. Performer: Max Lesueur. Performer: J谩nos Scholz.- PHILIPS.
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Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust (Hungarian March)
Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Classic Marches: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin.
- RCA.
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Carlo Gesualdo
Deh, come invan sospiro (No. 9, Madrigali libro sesto, 1611)
Choir: Exaudi. Conductor: James Weeks.- Gesualdo: Madrigali.
- Winter & Winter.
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George Frideric Handel
Water music suite in D, HWV.349
Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.- Handel: Water Music: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra/McGegan.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 16.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Romance, Op 39
Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.- DECCA.
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Hugo Wolf
Intermezzo in E flat major for string quartet
Ensemble: Auryn Quartet.- CPO.
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John Barry
Dances with Wolves
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.- Moviola.
- Epic Soundtrax.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.- The Cello in Wartime.
- BIS.
- 501.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
The Cunning Little Vixen Suite (2nd mvt)
Orchestrator: V谩clav Talich. Music Arranger: V谩clav Smet谩膷ek. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.- Janacek: Various.
- Chandos.
- 3-4.
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Claude Debussy
Marche 茅cossaise sur un th猫me populaire
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Debussy and Ravel: Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
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Dame Ethel Mary Smyth
Prelude & Fugue for piano in C major
Performer: Liana 葮erbescu.- Smyth: Complete Piano Works - Serbescu.
- CPO.
- 007.
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Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Ronald Janezic. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- DG.
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Valerie Coleman
Concerto for Wind Quintet (1st mvmt, Afro)
Ensemble: Imani Winds.- Koch International Classics.
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Giacomo Puccini
Crisantemi
Music Arranger: Lucas Drew. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repu拧i膰.- Puccini: Orchestral Works.
- BR-Klassik.
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Giuseppe Tamplini
Fantasia on themes from Donizetti's Don Pasquale
Performer: Kim Walker. Performer: Julius Drake.- REGENT.
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