
Suzy Klein with Essential pianists, James Gaffigan and Judith Weir's Storm
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
Essential Classics - the best in classical music, with Suzy Klein.
0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Well known musicians reveal their favourite performers.
1100 Essential Five – this week we celebrate the work of five collaborative pianists.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Music Played
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Moritz Moszkowski
Caprice espagnole, Op 37
Performer: Louis Schwizgebel.- Louis Schwizgebel-Wang: Mendelssohn, Mozart, Moszkowski & Schulhoff.
- La Dolce Volta.
- 8.
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Alessandro Rolla
Piccolo Quartetto in C major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Quartetto Bernardini.- Arcana.
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Judith Weir
Charm (Storm)
Choir: Choristers of Temple Church. Choir: ѿý Singers. Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble. Conductor: David Hill.- signum.
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Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Orchestra: Les Siècles. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.- Picasso and Music.
- harmonia mundi.
- 12.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
3 Songs of Robert Bridges Op.43
Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Andrew West.- SOMM.
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Léo Delibes
Les filles de Cadix
Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.- Storyteller: Tine Thing Helseth.
- EMI Classics.
- 3.
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Toru Takemitsu
Rain tree sketch II - In memoriam Olivier Messiaen
Performer: Hélène Grimaud.- Hélène Grimaud: Water.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 003.
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Andreas Romberg
Violin Concerto no.4 in C major (1st mvt)
Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Orchestra: Capriccio Barockorchester.- Alpha.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works.
- Onyx.
- 04.
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Richard Strauss
Salome, Op 54 (ending)
Singer: Inge Borkh. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.- RCA Living Stereo.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in C major BWV.846
Performer: Trevor Pinnock.- DG.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Australian Chamber Orchestra.- BIS.
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Marin Marais
Tempest (Alcione - Suite no.4)
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.- Alia Vox.
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Ernest Chausson
Air de danse (La Tempete Op.18)
Ensemble: Ensemble Musica Nigella. Conductor: Takenori Nemoto.- Chausson le littéraire.
- Klarthe.
- 103.
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Thomas Campion
Never weather-beaten sail
Choir: Stile Antico.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Macbeth (Act 3 Ballet Music: Part 3)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.- EMI.
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Cole Porter
Brush up your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate)
Singer: Lee Wilkof. Singer: Michael Mulheren. Orchestra: Unnamed Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Gemignani.- DRG RECORDS.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slave, Op.31
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- ORFEO.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concert Rondo in E flat major K.371
Performer: Roger Montgomery. Performer: Margaret Faultless. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.- Signum SIGCD345.
- Signum.
- 15.
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Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe Op.48 (nos. 13, 14, 15, 16)
Singer: James Gilchrist. Performer: Anna Tilbrook.- LINN.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Sinfonia in D major RV.125
Ensemble: Accademia dell’Annunciata. Conductor: Riccardo Doni.- Arcana.
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Malcolm Arnold
Brass Quintet no.1, Op.73 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Conductor: Howard Snell.- Malcolm Arnold.
- Decca.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.1 in D major D.82 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.- Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6.
- PENTATONE.
- 104.
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Trad.
Fear a' Bhàta [The boatman]
Composer: Sìne NicFhionnlaigh. Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.- LINN.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G minor Op.74`3 'Rider' (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.- LINN.
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Arthur Young
It was a Lover and his Lass
Singer: Henderson Twins. Performer: Al Bowlly. Ensemble: Ken “Snakehips” Johnson and His Orchestra.- Happy Days.
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Edward Elgar
The Marksmen (From the Bavarian Highlands Op.27)
Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Performer: Max Hanft. Conductor: Howard Arman.- Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27 & Partsongs.
- BR-Klassik.
- 106.
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Pablo de Sarasate
Navarra Op.33
Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Performer: Mikhail Ovrutsky. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Bruch - Violin Concertos nos. 1 & 3: Sarasate - Navarra.
- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Broadcast
- Tue 19 Jan 2021 09:00ѿý Radio 3