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Essential Classics with Suzy Klein and Steven Devine

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

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

1010 Well known musicians reveal their personal favourite performers.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Hymn of the Cherubim (Liturgy of St John Chrysostom)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    Passacaglia in D Major

    Music Arranger: Danijel Cerovi膰. Performer: Danijel Cerovi膰.
    • Weiss: Lute Works (Arr. D. Cerovi膰 for Guitar).
    • Naxos.
    • 401.
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    String Quartet no.1 in A major Op.4 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.
    • Zemlinsky: String Quartets 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Kullervo Op.7 (Kullervo leaves for the war)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7, Kullervo, Pohjola's Daughter, The Oceanides.
    • Lso Live.
    • 13.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance in F major, Op 50

    Performer: Thomas Zehetmair. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • The Teldec Recordings: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Teldec.
    • 8.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Improvisation on Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)

    Music Arranger: Duran & Turri. Performer: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Performer: Christina Pluhar.
    • Erato.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major H.16.1

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas III: Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5-7.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Scherzo in D major, Op.16

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Carizon Septimi Toni No. 2

    Ensemble: Chicago Trombone Consort.
    • ALBANY.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Storioni Trio.
    • Ars Produktion.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor BWV.232 (Agnus Dei; Dona Nobis Pacem)

    Singer: Michael Chance. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Archiv.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Op.38 (nos. 8,6,7)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Grand Sonata (Romanza)

    Music Arranger: Misc.. Performer: Julian Bream.
    • RCA.
    • 2.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    O Soave Fanciulla (La Boh猫me)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Kristine Opolais. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Sony.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major, RV 204

    Conductor: Fabio Biondi. Orchestra: Europa Galante.
  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Stars

    Choir: VOCES8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major, K.136 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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  • Thu 20 Aug 2020 09:00

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