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Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Nicholas Crane, Strauss鈥檚 Aus Italien, Mudlarked Hindu Offerings

Suzy Klein with the best in classical music. Her guest is geographer, explorer and writer Nicholas Crane. Part of Along the River, Radio 3's week-long celebration of rivers.

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

Part of Along the River, Radio 3's celebration of rivers as a source of inspiration for artists, writers and composers.

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

1010 Time Traveller 鈥� a quirky slice of history. This week, mudlark Lara Maiklem shares the stories behind five discoveries she has made on the foreshore of the Thames.

1050 Cultural inspirations from this week's guest, the geographer, explorer and writer Nicholas Crane.

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

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Fri 17 May 2019 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Rag-Mazurka (Les biches)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Paris 1920: Orchestre de PAris/Semyon Bychkov.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E flat major, K 252 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: The Wind Concertos: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita in C Minor, BWV 826: Capriccio

    Performer: Robert Levin.
    • J.S. Bach: Six Partitas, BWV 825-830.
    • Le Palais des D茅gustateurs.
    • 13.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Scherzo in D major, Op.16

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Quintet in D major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Marianne Thorsen. Performer: Richard Hosford. Performer: Paul Watkins. Performer: Ian Brown.
    • Ralph Vaughan Williams: the Early Chamber Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Richard Strauss

    Neapolitanisches Volksleben (Aus Italien Op.16)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Richard Strauss: Aus Italien, Four Songs: Jarvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Knut Nystedt

    O Crux

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • BIS.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    L茅gende, Op 17

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Piers Lane. Music Arranger: August Wilhelmj.
    • EMI.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite suite

    Music Arranger: Henri B眉sser. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • NAXOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    "Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori" (Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)

    Singer: Christopher Purves. Orchestra: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice, Vol. 1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 004.

  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Dance - Works for piano: Kathryn Stott.
    • Chandos.
    • 21.

  • Edward Elgar

    In the South

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • SONY.

  • George Fenton

    The Blue Planet Theme

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Choir: Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Conductor: George Fenton.
    • 大象传媒.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43: Finale

    Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Introduction et polonaise brillante Op.3

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • DECCA.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music - suite in D major HWV.349

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Director: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Giovanni Sgambati

    Piano Concerto in G minor: Romanza

    Performer: Francesco Caramiello. Orchestra: Nuremberg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Fabrizio Ventura.
    • ASV.

  • Harold Arlen

    A Sleepin' Bee

    Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: David Finck.
    • Philips.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Overture in E major

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • BIS.

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  • Fri 17 May 2019 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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