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Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: De Falla's Serenata andaluza, essential autumnal music, Wayne Marshall

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Well known musicians reveal their personal favourite performers.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we bring you five pieces of music inspired by Autumn.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive overture Op.96

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.
  • Scott Joplin

    Ragtime Dance

    Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Matthew Trusler. Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • Blues: Matthew Trusler, Wayne Marshall.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O nata lux

    Performer: Christian Forshaw. Music Arranger: Christian Forshaw. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Serenata andaluza

    Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Picasso and Music.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Pas de deux)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Trio in B flat major D.471

    Ensemble: Trio Zimmermann.
    • Trio Zimmermann plays Mozart鈥檚 Divertimento.
    • BIS.
    • 7.
  • Johannes Ockeghem

    Deo Gratias

    Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Utopia Triumphans.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 004.
  • An-Lun Huang

    Prelude in C Major Op.5 no.1

    Performer: Xing Rong.
    • An-lun Huang: Piano Music.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Overture, Op.21)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Eug猫ne Ysa每e

    Solo Violin Sonata no.5, Op.27`5 'L'Aurore' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tai Murray.
    • Six Sonatas for Solo Violin Op.27.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 13.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Joie Du Sang Des Etoiles (Turangalila Symphony)

    Performer: Jeanne Loriod. Performer: Yvonne Loriod. Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Trio in D minor, Op.120 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Akira Eguchi. Performer: Brinton Smith.
    • Canary Classics.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Deh, vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Greg Lawson. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Tutto Mozart!: Bryn Terfel/Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • The Guitar: Milos Karadaglic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Enrique Granados

    Quejas o la Maja y el Ruise帽or (Goyescas)

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Granados: Goyescas: Ohlsson.
    • Hyperion.
  • Fran莽ois-Joseph Gossec

    Symphonie in 17 parts (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Gossec: Symphonie 脿 dix-sept parties.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 8.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Sextet in C minor Op.40 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Les Vents Fran莽ais - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 104.
  • Richard Strauss

    4 Last Songs (September)

    Singer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Decca.
  • Xaver Scharwenka

    Spanish Serenade

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Spanish Album: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

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

    Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.
    • Zemlinsky: String Quartets 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Robert Schumann

    Mondnacht (Liederkreis Op.39)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Performer: Gerold Huber.
    • Schumann: Lieder: Christian Gerhaher.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 6.
  • Sir George Dyson

    Violin Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 6 (S.23) [1615 no.4]

    Performer: Stephen Layton. Performer: Richard Farnes. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Gabrieli: The Glory of Venice - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The Phil.
    • Decca.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Carnival in Paris Op.9

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

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  • Wed 23 Sep 2020 09:00

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