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Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Steven Osborne, Mortuos Plango, Vivas Voco, Prokofiev's Battle on the Ice

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 鈥 stories behind the music-making of the British Isles.

1050 Suzy鈥檚 guest is a graduate of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme, celebrating its 20th anniversary.

1110 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five essential nocturnes.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.
  • Claude Debussy

    Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire orch. composer [orig. pf]

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Simon H枚fele. Performer: Sarah-Jane Porsmoguer. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Go from my window

    Performer: Susanna Pell. Performer: Asako Morikawa. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Gibbons: Consorts for Viols.
    • Avie.
    • 21.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78: No. 5, The Battle on Ice

    Conductor: Thierry Fischer. Orchestra: Utah Symphony. Choir: Utah Symphony Chorus. Choir: University of Utah A Capella Choir. Choir: University of Utah Chamber Choir.
    • Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78 & Lieutenant Kij茅 Suite, Op. 60.
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 105.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse: Frondi tenere... Ombra Mai Fu

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Overture in C major Op.24

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mendelssohn: Overtures: LSO/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance Op.46 No.1 in C "Presto"

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Decca.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 6 in E-Flat Major

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
  • Herbert Howells

    Magnificat (The Winchester Service)

    Performer: Simon Bell. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Andrew Lumsden.
    • Howells: The Winchester Service and other late works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Jonathan Harvey

    Mortuos plango, vivos voco

    Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: P茅ter E枚tv枚s.
    • ERATO.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for violin and orch (RV.297) (Op.8`4) in F minor "L'Inverno"

    Performer: Enrico Onofri. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10-12.
  • 脡mile Waldteufel

    The Skaters

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • SONY.
  • Juan Ara帽茅s

    A la vida bona for 4 voices

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Symphony in F sharp minor Op.41 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • Dora Pejacevic Symphony.
    • CPO.
    • 3.
  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestr盲ume (No 3 in A flat major)

    Performer: Valentina Lisitsa.
    • Decca.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Introduction, theme and variations

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.
    • BIS.
  • Marin Marais

    La R锚veuse (Pi猫ces 脿 une et 脿 trois violes - Quatri猫me livre 'Suite d'un Go没t Etranger')

    Performer: Florence Bolton. Performer: Benjamin Perrot. Ensemble: La R锚veuse.
    • Marin Marais: Pi猫ces de viole.
    • Mirare.
    • 18.
  • Henry Purcell

    See, we assemble (King Arthur)

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists.
    • Purcell: King Arthur (excerpts).
    • ERATO.
    • 13.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.
    • Music of Manuel De Falla: Simon Bolivar Symophony Orchestra, Mata, Senn.
    • Dorian.
    • 1.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major, Kk.455

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Piano Trio in G major [1883]

    Ensemble: Trio Ondine.
    • DACAPO.

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  • Thu 30 Jan 2020 09:00

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