
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.
1010 Song of the Day – focusing on the magic of words, music and the human voice.
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.
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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon Op.24 (Overture)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: Vasily Petrenko.- Khachaturian, Mussorgsky, Shchedrin etc..
- Onyx.
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Trad.
Tarantella Italiana
Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- La Tarantella: L'Arpeggiata/Christine Pluhar.
- Alpha.
- 13.
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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.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat major (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Hyperion.
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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.
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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.
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Niccolò Jommelli
Par che di giubilo (Attilio Regolo)
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Director: Maxim Emelyanychev.- In War & Peace.
- Erato.
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Jean-Baptiste Arban
Theme and Variations on 'The Carnival of Venice'
Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Performer: Alexander Markovich.- TELDEC.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor Op.25 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Skride Piano Quartet.- Mozart, Brahms & Mahler: Piano Quartets.
- Orfeo.
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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.
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Olivier Messiaen
O sacrum convivium
Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Choir: Danish National Concert Choir. Conductor: Marcus Creed.- OUR Recordings.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Straussiana
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Korngold - Symphony in F sharp.
- Chandos.
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Benjamin Britten
The Choirmaster's Burial (Winter Words Op.52)
Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Britten Songs: Ian Bostridge.
- EMI Classics.
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William Levi Dawson
Folk Symphony (The Bond of Africa)
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- CHANDOS.
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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.
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Maurice Ravel
Jeux d'eau
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.- DECCA.
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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.
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Cole Porter
Too Darn Hot (Kiss Me, Kate)
Singer: Ella Fizgerald. Orchestra: Buddy Bregman Orchestra.- Regis.
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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.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso Op.62
Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Aziz Shokhakimov.- Trip to Russia.
- Orfeo.
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Ēriks Ešenvalds
Stars
Choir: VOCES8.- Lux.
- Decca.
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Trad.
Bridal March from Østerdalen
Music Arranger: Tine Thing Helseth. Music Arranger: Kåre Nordstoga. Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Performer: Kåre Nordstoga.- LAWO.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Graham Fitkin
Flak
Performer: Graham Fitkin. Performer: Errollyn Wallen. Performer: Eleanor Alberga. Performer: Shelagh Sutherland.- GFR.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sally Beamish
Seavaigers (Haven)
Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.- McKay Stout Music.
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- Tue 8 Jun 2021 09:00ѿý Radio 3