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Suzy Klein

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 Musicians recommend their favourite recordings.

1100 We celebrate the music of Astor Piazzolla, the centenary of whose birth falls this week.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 10 Mar 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Marianna Martines

    Overture [Symphony] in C major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: La Floridiana. Director: Nicoleta Paraschivescu.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Polonaise no.1 in D major Op.4

    Performer: Linus Roth. Performer: José Gallardo.
    • Virtuoso Dances.
    • Evil Penguin.
    • 18.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied (Songs Op.1)

    Singer: Kitty Whately. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • ѿý New Generation Artists recording.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Danse Villageoise (Suite Pastorale)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Mirare.
  • Henry Cowell

    Aeolian Harp

    Performer: Alan Feinberg.
    • The American Innovator - Alan Feinberg.
    • ARGO.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor Op.37 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4: Perahia/Haitink.
    • CBS.
    • 3.
  • George Walker

    Trombone Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • BIS.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in F major Op.1`1

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • Linn.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op 60

    Singer: Andrei Bondarenko. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Prokofiev - Symphony No 6 etc..
    • Bis.
    • 004.
  • Pietro Roffi

    Nocturne: A Kind of Lullaby of the Times We Have Not Yet Lived

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Roberto Koch. Ensemble: Goldmund Quartet.
    • Piazzolla Reflections.
    • Alpha.
    • 4.
  • Richard Strauss

    September (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: Houston Symphony. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Strauss: 4 Last Songs: Renee Fleming.
    • RCA.
  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Quartet for 4 violins

    Performer: Szymon Krzeszowiec. Performer: Malgorzata Wasiucionek. Performer: Krzystof Lason.
    • Bacewicz: The Two Piano Quintets.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 8.
  • Jules Massenet

    Papillons blancs

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy/Ravel: Works For Piano And Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Peter Ludwig Hertel

    Clog Dance (La fille mal gardée)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • EMI.
  • Trad.

    Scarborough Fair

    Music Arranger: Nigel Kennedy. Music Arranger: John Lenehan. Music Arranger: Malcolm Messiter. Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Barritt.
    • Classic Kennedy.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • John Playford

    Wallom Green (English Dancing Master)

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • Rubicon RCD1017.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.
  • Béla Bartók

    Hungarian Sketches (Evening in the Village)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin (The) (Complete Ballet) / Hungarian Pictures / Dance.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Hamburger Ebbe und Fluth, TWV.55:C3 (excerpt)

    Ensemble: Zefiro. Director: Alfredo Bernardini.
    • Zefiro.
    • Ambroisie.
    • 16.
  • William Ryan Fritch

    Movement IX (Solidum)

    Performer: William Ryan Fritch.
    • Movement III.
    • Lost Tribe Sound.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! (Cantata No. 214)

    Choir: Choir of the Age of Enlightenment. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • Philips.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Fear (5 Tango Sensations)

    Performer: Astor Piazzolla. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Piazzolla: Five tango sensations: Kronos Quartet/Piazzolla.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
  • Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

    Impromptu

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.3 in F major Op.90 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Brahms: 4 Symphonies: Berlin Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Diego Ortiz

    Recercada on 'Romanesca' no. 7

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Johan Wagenaar

    De Cid, Op.27 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Wagenaar: Orchestral Works.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Symphony no.5 Op.87 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade no.4 in F minor Op.52

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Michael Haydn

    Concerto for organ, viola and strings in C major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andra Darzins. Performer: Jürgen Essl. Orchestra: Urban Camerata.
    • Hoffmeister, Stamitz & M. Haydn: Viola Concertos.
    • CPO.
    • 303.

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  • Wed 10 Mar 2021 09:00

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