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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.

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.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 9 Jun 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon)

    Music Arranger: Michael Allen. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • Legends: Canadian Brass.
    • Opening Day Recordings.
    • 2.
  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the heaven

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O’Donnell.
    • HYPERION.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 1 (Jazz Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • György Ligeti

    Arc-en-ciel (Studies - book 1)

    Performer: Danny Driver.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony no. 4 for wind instruments in B flat major T.285/3`4

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • J.C. Bach: Wind Symphonies: Consortium Classicum.
    • MDG.
    • 11-13.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Alleluia-Tropus

    Ensemble: Vox Clamantis. Orchestra: Sinfonietta Riga Chamber Orchestra.
    • Arvo Pärt: Adam's Lament: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste.
    • ECM.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Performer: Andrew West.
    • L'Album des Six: The complete works of The Six for flute and piano.
    • Hyperion.
  • Henry Purcell

    Hole in the Wall [Hornpipe] (Abdelazer)

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 6.
  • Vítězslava Kaprálová

    Piano Concerto in D minor Op.7 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Amy I-Lin Cheng. Orchestra: University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler.
    • Kapralova: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 601.
  • Claude Debussy

    C'est l'extase (Ariettes Oubliées)

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • ERATO.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Nais - Suire (Ouverture)

    Ensemble: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Say Your Prayers

    Composer: Manu Delago. Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Manu Delago. Performer: Larry Grenadier.
    • Land of Gold.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.2 in C minor, Op.17 'Little Russian' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky.
    • Onyx.
    • 2.
  • Howard Skempton

    Trace

    Performer: John Tilbury.
    • Sony.
  • Roger Quilter

    Rainbow Land (Where the Rainbow Ends)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • English Miniatures.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Erik Satie

    Trois morceaux en forme de poire (Maniere de commencement)

    Performer: Robert Casadesus. Performer: Gaby Casadesus.
    • Sony 88875177492.
    • Sony.
    • 5.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Phaeton Op.39

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Clarence Cameron White

    Basque folk song

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.
    • Sono Luminus.
  • Robert Schumann

    Impromptus on a theme by Clara Wieck Op.5 (no.12)

    Music Arranger: Amos Miller. Music Arranger: Tim Jackson. Ensemble: Onyx Brass.
    • Chandos.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Belkis, Queen of Sheba (The Dance of Belkis at Dawn)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Respighi: Belkis Queen of Sheba and Metamorphoseon.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op.17 for violin and piano

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • DECCA.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Kyrie after Byrd

    Conductor: Suzi Digby. Ensemble: ORA.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Anton Webern

    Im Sommerwind

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Trad.

    Tjovane [The Thieves]

    Ensemble: Trio Mediæval.
    • ECM.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Clarinet Concerto in C minor Op.31 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Anon.

    Seguidillas en eco (De tu vista celoso)

    Ensemble: Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • El Nuevo Mundo: Folías Criollas.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 9.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.6 in C major D.589 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 204.

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  • Wed 9 Jun 2021 09:00

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