Wednesday Suzy Klein - Jane Glover, Chopin's Minute Waltz
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein.
Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today's starting point is Chopin's Waltz in D flat major, Op 64 No 1, also known as 'The Minute Waltz'. Elsewhere in today's programme there's chamber music by Brahms re-imagined for orchestra by Schoenberg, a cantata celebrating the morning by Telemann, and 'Suburbis': Frederic Mompou's evocative portrayal of suburban Barcelona.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history, today with Helen Arney and the world's first webcam.
1050 Suzy's guest this week is the conductor Jane Glover, who'll be revealing the people, places and ideas that have inspired her throughout her life and career.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's contemplation, today featuring music by Alexander Glazunov.
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Antonio Vivaldi
L'Olimpiade (Sinfonia)
Ensemble: Orfeo 55. Director: Nathalie Stutzmann.- Vivaldi: Prima Donna.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 15-17.
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Johan Halvorsen
Norwegian Dance No 6
Performer: Harald Aadland. Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Raisilainen.- Suite Ancienne & Mascarade Suite.
- NKF.
- 007.
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Samuel Barber
Ballade, Op 46
Performer: Sean Kennard.- American Classics: Barber & Copland.
- Delos.
- 5.
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Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Tesla Quartet.- Haydn, Ravel, Stravinsky.
- Orchid Classics.
- 002.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Performer: Melvyn Tan. Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Ivor Bolton.- Mozart: Airs D'Operas et de Concert, Veronique Gens.
- Virgin Veritas.
- 9.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
'Minute' Waltz in D flat major (3 Waltzes Op.64)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- The World of The Piano: Ashkenazy, Schiff, Lupu.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
Overture on Three Russian Themes
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.- Hyperion.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in E flat major, Op 70 No 2 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Gryphon Trio.- Gryphon Trio - Beethoven.
- Analekta.
- 005.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 22 in E flat major, 'The Philosopher'
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Paul Webster
Black Coffee
Composer: Sonny Burke. Ensemble: The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones.- The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones.
- Impulse.
- 7.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Op.71 (Coffee 'Arabian Dance')
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
- EMI Classics.
- 4.
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William Kroll
Banjo and Fiddle
Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Charles Abramovic.- Simply Sarah: Sarah Chang.
- EMI Classics.
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Hector Berlioz
Le Corsaire (Overture)
Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- Naxos.
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Niccol貌 Paganini
Moto perpetuo for violin and guitar, Op 11
Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutshe Grammophon.
- 22.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Scherzo (Vivace) - 2nd movement from Piano concerto no.2 in G minor, Op.16
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Prokofiev - Piano Concertos Nos 1-5.
- Chandos.
- 6.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Flight of the Bumblebee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Donald Hunsberger.- SONY.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet, Op 25 (orch. Arnold Schoenberg) (2nd mvt - Intermezzo)
Orchestrator: Arnold Schoenberg. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.- Brahms & Schoenberg.
- Pentatone.
- 002.
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George Frideric Handel
Keyboard Suite in D minor, HWV 437: Saraband
Performer: Michael Borgstede.- BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Romance and Pastorale
Performer: Marianne Thorsen. Performer: Ian Brown.- Vaughan Williams: Early Chamber Music: The Nash Ensemble.
- Hyperion.
- 10-11.
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Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Op.40 (Gavotte - Musette)
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Soloists.- Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: Serenade: Philharmonische Virtuosen Berlin.
- Teldec.
- 7.
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Amy Beach
Gavotte fantastique
Performer: Kirsten Johnson.- Amy Beach - Piano Music Vol. 2 (The Turn of the Century).
- Guild.
- 021.
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Federico Mompou
Suburbis
Orchestrator: Manuel Rosenthal. Orchestra: Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure. Conductor: Josep Pons.- Mompou - Suburbis, Los improperios, Combat del somni, Scenes d'enfants.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 001.
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Tarquinio Merula
Ciaccona
Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
- Virgin Classics.
- 14.
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Alexander Glazunov
Pas d'action (Scenes de ballet)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Glazunov - From the Middle Ages etc..
- Chandos.
- 010.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Morning (The Times of Day)
Singer: Monika Mauch. Choir: Basel Madrigalists. Orchestra: L鈥檃rpa festante. Conductor: Fritz N盲f.- Telemann: Die Tageszeiten.
- Carus.
- 002.
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Erik Satie
Je te veux
Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.- ERATO.
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Benjamin Britten
Courtly Dances (Gloriana)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Benjamin Britten: Works for Orchestra.
- CHANDOS.
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