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Suzy Klein with Beach's Gaelic Symphony and Essential Sea Music

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

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

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five great pieces with a sea theme.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 1 in C major, BWV 1066 (Passepied 1 and 2)

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • CCL.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major, D.899 no.2

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert, Live, Volume 3: Imogen Cooper.
    • Avie.
    • 2.
  • James P. Johnson

    Victory Stride

    Orchestra: The Concordia Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Nimbus.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Baryton Trio in D major

    Ensemble: Hamburger Ratsmusik.
    • Haydn & Friends.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 201.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Overture on Hebrew Themes

    Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • EMI.
  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor 'Gaelic', Op.32 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn.
    • NAXOS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat - 3rd mvt: Rondo

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Cum processit factura digiti Dei

    Ensemble: Ensemble for Medieval Music.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.3 in C major Op.52 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN10809.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Mighty River

    Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Andrew Morley.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Mighty River (Live).
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 101.
  • Anon.

    Galliard and Allemande

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne

    Music Arranger: Renaud Guieu. Ensemble: Les Phil'Art'Cellistes.
    • De la matiere a la couleur.
    • Saphir.
    • 11.
  • Phil Cunningham

    The Gentle Light that Wakes Me

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Aly Bain. Performer: Phil Cunningham.
    • Homecoming: A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • Granville Bantock

    Celtic Symphony (4th and 5th mvts)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Bantock: Celtic & Hebridean Symphonies, The Witch of Atlas: RPO/Handley.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4-5.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Torleif Thed茅en. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • BIS.
  • Claude Debussy

    Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea (La mer)

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in C major, Op 72 No 7

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in E flat major, K.375 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists.
    • Linn.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus vir a 6

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas

    Violin Concerto no.4 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.
  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Copland the Populist: Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 1.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major, Op 53, 'Eroica'

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Fur Elise, Piano Music by Beethoven, Chopin, etc.: Ashkenezy etc..
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Benvenuto Cellini (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bastille Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • DG.

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  • Fri 19 Jun 2020 09:00

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