Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Handel in Stanmore, Glenda Jackson, Scriabin's Nocturne for Left Hand
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.
1010 Musical Time Travellers – stories behind the music making of the British Isles.
1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, Glenda Jackson.
1110 Essential Five – this week we suggest five essential piano preludes.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Music Played
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto no. 1 in A minor Wq.166 (3rd movement 'Allegro assai')
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- CPE Bach Flute Concertos.
- Warner.
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Misha Mullov-Abbado
The Infamous Grouse
Performer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: James Davison. -
Carl Nielsen
An Imaginary Journey to the Faroes - rhapsodic overture (FS.123)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Sonata in A major RV.31, Op.2`2 for violin and continuo
Performer: Ismo Eskelinen. Performer: Karen Gomyo.- BIS.
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Richard Wagner
Morgendlich leuchtend (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg)
Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.- DECCA.
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Gabriela Montero
Improvisation on Vivaldi's Winter
Performer: Gabriela Montero.- EMI.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Ego sum panis vivus qui
Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Johan Svendsen
Norwegian rhapsody no.2 Op.19
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Svendsen: Orchestral Works, Vol.1: Thorsen, BPO, Jarvi.
- Chandos.
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Maurice Ravel
Blues (Violin Sonata in G major)
Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.- CHANDOS.
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Pietro Mascagni
Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Norman, Giacomini.
- Philips.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasia in C minor K475
Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.- WARNER.
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Georges Bizet
La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (Carmen)
Singer: Joseph Calleja. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Mercurio.- Decca.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Amoroso (Cinderella)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.- EMI.
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Jocelyn Pook
Song for Bassanio (The Merchant of Venice)
Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet. Singer: Ben Crawley.- DECCA.
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William Byrd
The Bells
Music Arranger: Mark Kroll. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.- Canadian Brass: English Renaissance Music.
- CBS.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev. -
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No.4 in C minor (Op.43); Moderato con moto
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- DG.
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Benedetto Marcello
Come mai puoi vedermi piangere (Arianna)
Singer: Patricia Petibon. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.- Rosso Italian Baroque Arias: Patricia Petibon.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
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George Gershwin
Prelude No 2 (Three Preludes for piano)
Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Gershwin : The 1920's & the 1930's: Tilson Thomas.
- CBS.
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Jean Sibelius
The Oceanides
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI.
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Jacques Offenbach
La Belle Hélène, ACTE I: Couplets: Amours divins (Hélène/Choeur des jeunes fille
Choir: Sébastien Rouland. Choir: Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Offenbach Opera Highlights.
- Warner Classics.
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Olivier Messiaen
O sacrum convivium
Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.- BIS.
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Albert de Rippe
La Seraphine
Performer: Paul O’Dette.- Rippe: Works for lute 'Un perfaict sonneur de Leut'.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Trio in D major, Op 9 No 2 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Trio Zimmermann.- Bis.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Trumpet Overture, Op.101
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Felix Mendelssohn
No. 6 Duett in A flat major from Lieder Ohne Worte - Book 3, Op. 38
Performer: Howard Shelley.- Hyperion: CDA68059.
- Hyperion.
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Broadcast
- Fri 29 Nov 2019 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3