Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Suzy Klein with Essential British choral works and Honegger's Pastorale d'茅t茅

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

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

1010 Essential Symphony 鈥 a movement from the 大象传媒 archive, plus the whole performance available online.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five great British choral works.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Danse macabre

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Performer: David Nadien. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • French and Russian Orchestral Works: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 33.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    6th Order: Les bergeries

    Performer: Jory Vinikour.
    • Cedille.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze

    Music Arranger: John Barbirolli. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Chandos.
  • Bernhard Crusell

    Divertimento, Op.9

    Performer: Sarah Francis. Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet.
    • Oboe Quintets: Sarah Francis, The Allegri String Quartet.
    • Helios.
    • 1-4.
  • Arthur Honegger

    Pastorale d'ete

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G major for 2 mandolins, RV 532

    Performer: Giovanni Scaramuzzino. Performer: Sonia Maurer. Orchestra: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: Concert Per Mandolini: Europa Galante, Gabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Veritas.
  • Judith Weir

    Piano Trio: 1st movement

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • NMC.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 1 in B flat major, 'Spring'

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
  • Clara Schumann

    Le ballet des revenants, Op.5 no.4

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, BWV 564

    Performer: Marie鈥怌laire Alain.
    • Erato.
  • Gabriel Dupont

    Undergrowth (Summer's Day)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li猫ge. Conductor: Patrick Davin.
    • FUGA LIBERA.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Pace, pace, mio Dio (La forza del destino)

    Singer: Josephine Barstow. Orchestra: The English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Josephine Barstow: Verdi Arias.
    • That's Entertainment.
    • 1.
  • George Enescu

    Wind Decet, Op 14 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Director: Lawrence Foster.
    • Georges Enesco, Symphonie de chambre op.33, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne...
    • CLAVES.
    • 7.
  • Hubert Parry

    I was glad

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • PARRY.
    • Chandos.
    • 012.
  • Robert Schumann

    Allegro, op.70

    Performer: Annemarie Federle. Performer: Marie-Noelle Kendall.
  • Claude Debussy

    La cath茅drale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite

    Orchestrator: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Naxos.
  • Maurice Durufl茅

    Requiem: In Paradisum

    Choir: Corydon Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • HYPERION.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (5th mvt)

    Performer: Marcia Crayford. Performer: Roger Chase. Performer: Christopher van Kampen. Performer: Rodney Slatford. Performer: Ian Brown. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet/The Shepherd on the Rock; Nash Ensemble.
    • I.M.P..
    • 5.
  • William Lawes

    Royall consort suite no. 8 in C major

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm. Director: Laurence Dreyfus.
    • LINN.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    贰蝉辫补帽补

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 May 2020 09:00

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.