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Suzy Klein with Essential British choral works and Holst's The Perfect Fool

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 – a movement from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ archive, plus the whole performance available online.

1100 Essential Five – 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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (Cantata no.51 BWV.51)

    Singer: Nancy Argenta. Ensemble: Sonnerie. Conductor: Monica Huggett.
    • Bach: Cantatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Robert Schumann

    Phantasiestücke, Op 88 No 4, Finale

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Renaud Capuçon.
    • Live from the Lugano Festival 2009, Martha Argerich and friends.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • Nico Muhly

    Senex puerum portabat

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Performer: Merton Brass. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • Delphian.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Bassoon Concerto in F Major Op.75 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Bram van Sambeek. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alexei Ogrintchouk.
    • Mozart, Weber & Du Puy: Bassoon Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Teresa Carreño

    Vals gayo

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Nimbus.
    • 13.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Perfect Fool

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • EMI.
  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony a 4 in G minor Z.730

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Blow/Corelli/Muffat/Pezel/Purcell: Chaconne: Musica Antiqua Koln/Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4.
  • Claude Debussy

    Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano

    Performer: Franziska Pietsch. Performer: Josu de Solaun.
    • audite.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Danse espagnole No 1 (La vida breve)

    Performer: Emmanuel Rossfelder. Performer: Guy-Loup Boisneau. Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.
    • Carnets de voyage.
    • Mirare.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 94 in G major, 'The Surprise'

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Robertson.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Una voce poco fa (The Barber of Seville)

    Performer: Pretty Yende. Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Sony.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dumka, Op 59

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Tchaikovsky: Solo Piano Works.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 07.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Storm (King Lear)

    Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • RCA.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O quam mirabilis est

    Choir: Anonymous 4.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde (Entr'acte no.3 in B flat major)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.
  • Franz Lehár

    A vision, My Youth

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klauspeter Seibel.
    • CPO.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Glorious Majesty.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude (Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846)

    Music Arranger: Jacques Loussier. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • DECCA.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cello Concerto in B minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Alisa Weilerstein Dvorak.
    • DECCA.
    • 2.
  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas No. 1 in D minor/major arranged for mandolin and accordion

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Richard Galliano.
    • Avi Avital - Between Worlds.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in A minor Op.132 (3rd mvt, ending)

    Ensemble: Tetzlaff Quartett.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets, Opp. 132, 130 & 133.
    • Ondine.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lucio Silla (Overture)

    Orchestra: Mozart Orchestra. Conductor: Leopold Hager.
    • DG.

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  • Tue 19 May 2020 09:00

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