Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Shostakovich鈥檚 'Leningrad' Symphony, Ben Schott
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Suzy Klein's guest is the writer Ben Schott.
Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today, Tchaikovsky's great ballet music for his romantic tragedy Swan Lake. Plus, one of Mozart's effortlessly sunny horn concertos, and part of Berlioz's colossal Te Deum.
1010 Our Classical Century - 100 key moments in the last century of classical music. Kate Molleson on Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony.
1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the photographer, writer and 鈥渕iscellanist鈥�, Ben Schott.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection to the slow movement of Elgar's Violin Sonata.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite in F major, HWV 348, 'Water Music' (Bourr茅e)
Orchestra: London Classical Players. Director: Sir Roger Norrington.- Handel: Water & Fireworks Music: London Classical Players, Norrington.
- Virgin Veritas.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite in F major, HWV 348, 'Water Music' (Hornpipe)
Orchestra: London Classical Players. Director: Sir Roger Norrington.- Handel: Water & Fireworks Music: London Classical Players, Norrington.
- Virgin Veritas.
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Amy Beach
Romance, Op.23
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Michael Brown.- Echoes.
- BIS.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet no.1 in G Minor Op.25 (4th mvt)
Orchestrator: Arnold Schoenberg. Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jaime Mart铆n.- Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor (Orch. A. Schoenberg) - Parry: Elegy for Brahms.
- Ondine.
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Hector Berlioz
Danse des sylphes transc for piano (La damnation de Faust)
Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Leslie Howard.- Liszt: The complete music for solo piano - Volume 5: Leslie Howard.
- Hyperion.
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John Adams
Tromba lontana
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.- John Adams: The Chairman Dances, Two Fanfares, Other Works.
- Elektra Nonesuch.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake (Act 2, No 10: Scene)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
- EMI Classics.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake (Act 4 Finale)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- EMI.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in C major, no 58, H.16.48 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol. 7.
- CHANDOS.
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Gioachino Rossini
La Cenerentola (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.- TELDEC.
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Orlande de Lassus
Timor et tremor
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- The Earth Resounds: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
- Coro.
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Edmund Rubbra
Symphony No.5 in B flat - 2nd mvt: Allegro moderato
Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Songs of Travel: 7. Whither Must I wander?
Performer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.- DG.
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Our Classical Century: Kate Molleson on Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No 7 in C major, Op 60, 'Leningrad'
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.![]()
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (5th mvt)
Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett. Performer: Christian Zacharias.- Schubert: Piano Qunitet D 667.
- MD&G.
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Percy Grainger
Shepherd's Hey
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Grainger: The Grainger Edition: Various Artists.
- Chandos.
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Orlando Gibbons
The Silver Swan
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.- English and Italian Renaissance Madrigals.
- Virgin.
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Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Suite)
Conductor: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.- Winter with Sibelius.
- ONDINE.
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Celius Dougherty
Love in the Dictionary
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Joyce and Tony.
- Erato/Warner Classics.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in A major for 2 violins, RV.519
Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
Ben Schott on his passion for the Oxford English Dictionary
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat major, K.447
Performer: Roger Montgomery. Performer: Margaret Faultless. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.- Mozart: Complete Horn Concertos.
- Signum Classics.
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Philip Glass
Evening Song (Satyagraha)
Singer: Douglas Perry. Orchestra: New York City Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Keene.- Sony Classical.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Triple Concerto - 3rd mvt: Rondo all Polacca
Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Mark Zeltser. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Edward Elgar
Violin Sonata in E minor Op.82
Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.- Debussy, Elgar, Respighi - Violin Sonatas.
- ONYX.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (4th mvt)
Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists.
- Soli Deo Gloria.
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Hector Berlioz
Te Deum, Op. 22, H. 118: II. Tibi omnes (Hymne)
Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. Choir: Choir of Eltham College.- Berlioz Odyssey: The Complete Colin Davis Recordings.
- Lso Live.
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