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Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Barnaby Smith, Essential mezzo sopranos

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Suzy Klein.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Well known musicians reveal their personal favourite performers.

1100 Essential Five – this week we bring you five great mezzo-sopranos.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G major RV.151 'Concerto Alla Rustica'

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Avie.
  • Umberto Giordano

    Come un bel dì di maggio (Andrea Chenier)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Choir: Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    There Is Sweet Music (4 Choral Songs Op.53)

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • McCreesh: Silence & Music.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.
  • John Williams

    E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: John Williams.
    • DG.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Morpheus

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Performer: Sophia Rahman.
    • Naxos.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in B flat major, HWV 290 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Director: Ottavio Dantone. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina.
    • Handel: Organ Concertos, Op.4.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 6.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Oberon (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Weber: Overtures: Tapiola Sinfonietta, Kantorow.
    • BIS.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Deus est Caritas

    Choir: Ex Cathedra. Performer: Rupert Jeffcoat. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Debussy: La mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune – Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole.
    • Lso Live.
    • 105.
  • Franz Schubert

    Moments Musicaux, D.780 (no.2)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert 3: Imogen Cooper.
    • Ottavo.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Singet dem Herrn - alles was Odem hat (Cantata BWV.190)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no. 4 (Autochthonous) (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Still: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • NAXOS.
    • 7.
  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Michael Antrobus.
    • Chandos.
  • Ivor Gurney

    Sleep (5 Elizabethan Songs)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • EMI.
  • Leos Janáček

    Moon Waltz (The Excursions of Mr Broucek - Suite)

    Music Arranger: Jaroslav Smolka. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Janacek: The Eternal Gospel; The Excursions of Mr Broucek.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No 1 in C major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Transfigured Night.
    • Pentatone.
    • 6.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Homages.
    • Decca.
    • 009.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Chers Tyriens, tant de nobles travaux (Les Troyens, Act 3)

    Performer: Joyce DiDonato. Choir: Choeur Philharmonique de Strasbourg. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Choir: Chœur de l'Opéra national du Rhin. Choir: Badisches State Opera Chorus. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Erato.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K467 - 1st mvt: Allegro maestoso

    Performer: Iiro Rantala. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Act.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Breeze Serenade (Dance Card)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 9.
  • Anthony Holborne

    Muy Linda

    Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • BIS.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Summa

    Music Arranger: Eduard Wesly. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • William Byrd/Arvo Part: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • MDG.
    • 12.
  • George Harrison

    Something

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Performer: Chris Hill. Music Arranger: Sérgio Assad.
    • Mercury.
  • Richard Wagner

    Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Liszt at the Opera.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Josef Suk

    Fantastic scherzo Op.25

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Martinu: Symphony No.6 Czech Phil Orch / Belohlavek.
    • Chandos.
    • 009.

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  • Fri 11 Sep 2020 09:00

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