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Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Louis XIV and the fig leaves, Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave Op.31, Lily Cole

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein, with guest, the actress and model Lily Cole.

Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Time Traveller 鈥 a quirky slice of history.

1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week , the actress and model Lily Cole.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    L'Olimpiade (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Orfeo 55. Director: Nathalie Stutzmann.
    • Vivaldi: Prima Donna.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15-17.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: 2. Un bal (Transcribed for Piano Duet by Jean-Fra

    Performer: Jean鈥怓ran莽ois Heisser. Performer: Marie鈥怞os猫phe Jude.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Introduction, Theme and Variations

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Philharmonia Z眉rich. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • A Night at the Opera: Sabine Meyer.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Michel Farinel

    Faronell's Division on a Ground (1684)

    Music Arranger: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Altre Follie 1500-1750: Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 9.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Marche Slave, Op.31

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • ORFEO.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in D minor, K.397

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonatas/Fantasies: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Buss und Reu (St Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

    Singer: Marie鈥怌laude Chappuis. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Bach: Matthaus-Passion.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Aaron Copland

    Danz贸n cubano

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Aaron Copland: The World of Aaron Copland.
    • Decca.
    • 18.
  • Johan Halvorsen

    Passacaglia in G Minor (after G.F. Handel's Keyboard Suite No. 7)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott.
    • Duo Sessions.
    • Orfeo.
    • 1.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Ga卯t茅 parisienne (Overture)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Michel鈥怰ichard de Lalande

    Chaconne (Concert pour les f锚tes sur le canal de Versailles)

    Orchestra: Jean-Fran莽ois Paillard Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean鈥怓ran莽ois Paillard.
    • Erato.
  • Marin Marais

    Muzettes I-II (Pi猫ces de violes, Book 3)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Pierre Hanta茂. Performer: Rolf Lislevand.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Max Bruch

    Romance for viola and orchestra Op.85

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Franz Schubert

    St盲ndchen (Zogernd, leise) D.920

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Performer: Philip Mayers. Director: Marcus Creed.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor orch Schmeling

    Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Istv谩n Bog谩r.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances: Budapest Symphony Orchestra/Bogar.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer

    La Marche des Scythe (Pi猫ces de clavecin, 1746)

    Performer: Skip Semp茅.
    • A French Collection, Pieces de Clavecin: Skip Sempe.
    • Paradizo.
    • 17.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Dance of Nymphs and Reapers (Suite from The Tempest)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Turkish March (Rondo alla Turca from Piano sonata no.11)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski.
    • Stokowski Encores.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.
  • Serge Revzani

    Jamais je ne t'ai dit que je t'aimerai toujours (Pierrot Le Fou)

    Singer: Jeanne Moreau.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Battalia

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Teldec.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O felix anima

    Choir: Anonymous 4.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture 'Leonore' no.3, Op.72b

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Waft her, Angels (Jephtha)

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • Handel Arias - Padmore / The English Concert / Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 017.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major, D 899 No 2

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & 142; Murray Perahia.
    • CBS.
    • 2.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Sextet in A major Op.48 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quintet, Op. 97 & String Sextet, Op. 48.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.

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