Essential Classics with Suzy Klein
Suzy Klein showcases the best in classical music, focusing on Handel and Sir Simon Rattle's return to the UK as Music Director at the LSO.
Essential Classics with Suzy Klein. Including:
0930 Suzy explores potential companion pieces for Handel's great oratorio "Messiah"
Perhaps the most well-known choral pieces in the repertoire, Handel's Messiah garnered rave reviews from the off. "The Sublime, the Grand, and the Tender, adapted to the most elevated, majestick and moving Words, conspired to transport and charm the ravished Heart and Ear," enthused the Dublin Herald after the premiere. Is there anything else that comes close?
1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 As part of the "Rattle on Radio 3" season, we hear from Sir Simon about the ideas and influences that are important to him as he returns to the UK as Music Director at the LSO.
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Gustav Holst
Suite No 2 in F major for military band, Op 28 (March)
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.- Holst/Vaughan Williams: British Wind Band Classics: Timothy Reynish.
- Chandos.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in D major, Wq 183 No 1
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Hans-Christoph Rademann.- C P E Bach 鈥� Magnificat.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 12-14.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Prelude and Fugue No.5 in D major, Op.87
Performer: Peter Donohoe.- SIGNUM.
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Jean Sibelius
Serenade for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, Op.69 No.2 (Lento assai)
Performer: Julian Rachlin. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- Sony Classical.
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George Frideric Handel
I know that my redeemer liveth (Messiah)
Singer: Lucy Crowe. Ensemble: Le Concert d鈥橝str茅e. Conductor: Emmanuelle Ha茂m.- ERATO.
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Hugo Alfv茅n
Swedish Rhapsody no.1 'Midsummer Vigil'
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.- Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
- SONY.
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Astor Piazzolla
Fuga y Mistero
Music Arranger: Steven Verhelst. Ensemble: Brass and Percussion of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Meylemans.- Brass Too: RCO Brass.
- RCO.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra in C major, K.299 (Rondo. Allegro)
Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Performer: Magali Mosnier. Performer: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.- Sony Classical.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Hungarian Folk Tunes
Performer: Ida Haendel. Performer: Ivor Newton.- BEULAH.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Hungarian Sketches (Bear dance)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Bartok: Orchestral Works Vol.1: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
- Philips.
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Roger Quilter
A Children's Overture Op.17
Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Overtures From The British Isles Vol. 2.
- CHANDOS.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D major Kk.430
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Scarlatti : Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
- Virgin Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soave sia il vento (Act 1, Cosi Fan Tutte)
Singer: Simone Kermes. Singer: Malena Ernman. Singer: Konstantin Wolff. Ensemble: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.- SONY.
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Sally Beamish
Seavaigers (Haven)
Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.- McKay Stout Music.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op.129, 'Rage Over a Lost Penny'
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- VOXBOX.
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Duke Ellington
That Doo-wah Thing
Performer: Clark Terry. Performer: Bobby Watson. Performer: Joshua Redman. Performer: Joe Lovano. Performer: Regina Carter. Performer: Geri Allen. Performer: Lewis Nash. Singer: Peter Washington. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI.
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Suor Leonora d'Este
Haec dies quam fecit Dominus
Choir: Musica Secreta. Choir: Celestial Sirens. Director: Laurie Stras. Director: Deborah Roberts.- Lucrezia Borgia's Daughter.
- OBSIDIAN.
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Manuel de Falla
Danza Ritual del Fuego
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.- PENTATONE.
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Johann Paul von Westhoff
Violin Sonata No 3, 'Imitazione delle campane'
Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jonathan Cohen.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
脡tude de rhythme, Op 52 No 4
Performer: Piers Lane.- Saint-Saens: The complete etudes: Piers Lane.
- Hyperion.
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Richard Wagner
Tr盲ume (Wesendonck Lieder)
Music Arranger: Felix Mottl. Singer: Nina Stemme. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- BIS.
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Maurice Ravel
Blues (Violin Sonata in G major)
Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.- CHANDOS.
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John Dowland
Semper Dowland semper dolens
Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Rhapsody in A flat major, Op.45 No.3
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- CHANDOS.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Trio sonata in D major Op.3`2
Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.- LINN.
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