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Suzy Klein

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Suzy Klein playing the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises along the way.

0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

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1100 Essential Five - this week we bring you five musical caprices.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 8 Jun 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon Op.24 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Khachaturian, Mussorgsky, Shchedrin etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 01.
  • Trad.

    Tarantella Italiana

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • La Tarantella: L'Arpeggiata/Christine Pluhar.
    • Alpha.
    • 13.
  • Manuel de Falla

    La Vida breve (Danse espagnole no.1)

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • James Ehnes: Homage.
    • Onyx.
    • 18.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • George Antheil

    Hot-time dance for orchestra

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Antheil: Symphony No. 3 "American" & Other Works for Orchestra.
    • CPO.
    • 301.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Concerto in G minor Op.33 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Dvořák / Schumann - Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Niccolò Jommelli

    Par che di giubilo (Attilio Regolo)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Director: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • In War & Peace.
    • Erato.
    • 12.
  • Jean-Baptiste Arban

    Theme and Variations on 'The Carnival of Venice'

    Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Performer: Alexander Markovich.
    • TELDEC.
  • Johannes Brahms

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

    Ensemble: Skride Piano Quartet.
    • Mozart, Brahms & Mahler: Piano Quartets.
    • Orfeo.
    • 8.
  • Nicola Matteis

    Diversi bizzarie sopra la vecchia sarabanda (Suite No 6)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
    • Daniel Hope, Air, A Baroque Journey.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Choir: Danish National Concert Choir. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • OUR Recordings.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Straussiana

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Korngold - Symphony in F sharp.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Choirmaster's Burial (Winter Words Op.52)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Britten Songs: Ian Bostridge.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.
  • William Levi Dawson

    Folk Symphony (The Bond of Africa)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Henry Purcell

    What pow'r art thou (King Arthur Z.628)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • DECCA.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Sabre Dance (Gayane)

    Music Arranger: Roby Lakatos. Music Arranger: Kálmán Cséki. Performer: Roby Lakatos. Performer: Ernest Bangó. Performer: Kálmán Cséki. Performer: Oscar Németh. Performer: László Bóni.
  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Bois épais, redouble ton ombre (Amadis LWV.63)

    Singer: Cyril Auvity. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • 貹é.
  • Cole Porter

    Too Darn Hot (Kiss Me, Kate)

    Singer: Ella Fizgerald. Orchestra: Buddy Bregman Orchestra.
    • Regis.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto no.1 in D Minor BWV.1052 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Francesco Corti. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 3.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pezzo capriccioso Op.62

    Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Aziz Shokhakimov.
    • Trip to Russia.
    • Orfeo.
    • 101.
  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Stars

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Trad.

    Bridal March from Østerdalen

    Music Arranger: Tine Thing Helseth. Music Arranger: Kåre Nordstoga. Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Performer: Kåre Nordstoga.
    • LAWO.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Graham Fitkin

    Flak

    Performer: Graham Fitkin. Performer: Errollyn Wallen. Performer: Eleanor Alberga. Performer: Shelagh Sutherland.
    • GFR.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in G minor, K.516 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Mozart: String Quintets; Nash Ensemble, Philip Dukes.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • César Franck

    Violin Sonata in A Major M.8 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Cesar Franck: Sonata for Piano and Violin - Ernest Chausson: Concert.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.103 in E flat major 'Drum Roll' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Haydn: The London Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 12.
  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers (Haven)

    Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.

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