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Suzy Klein

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 favourite performers.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we bring you five great pieces of music by Gustav Holst.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 12 Jan 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G major BWV.1048 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Six Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Linn.
    • 8.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Character Piece no.3 in B major

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    La muerte del 谩ngel

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Music Arranger: G枚ran Fr枚st. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans)

    Choir: Strasbourg Philharmonic Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Berlioz: Les Troyens.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 144.
  • Florence Price

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (5 Folksongs in Counterpoint)

    Performer: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.
    • Navona Records.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Lute Concerto in D major RV.93

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Nils鈥怑rik Sparf. Performer: Tullo Galli. Ensemble: Drottningholms Barockensemble.
    • BIS.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.5 in F major Op.76 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Symphony No 5.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 101.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Lindenbaum (Winterreise D.911)

    Singer: Florian Boesch. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Schubert: Winterreise: Boesch/Martineau.
    • Onyx.
    • 5.
  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Amy Dickson. Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mikel Toms.
    • Amy Dickson. Glass Tavener Nyman.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Entf眉hrung aus dem Serail (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Johann Went. Ensemble: Bl盲ser der Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, K. 588 & Die Entf眉hrung aus dem Serail, K. 384.
    • Orfeo.
    • 601.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Entf眉hrung aus dem Serail (Ha, wie will ich triumphieren)

    Music Arranger: Johann Went. Ensemble: Bl盲ser der Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, K. 588 & Die Entf眉hrung aus dem Serail, K. 384.
    • Orfeo.
    • 804.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Dialogues des Carmelites (Finale scene)

    Singer: Sally Matthews. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bertrand de Billy.
    • OEHMS.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Trio in E flat Op.33 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.73 in D major 'La Chasse' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Una vela! (Otello)

    Singer: Simon O鈥橬eill. Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Verdi: Otello.
    • Lso Live.
    • 101.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: N煤ria Rial. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Monteverdi: Teatro d'amore.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in A major Op.3`12

    Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina.
    • Europa Music.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Ash Grove

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • Naxos.
  • Gustav Holst

    Beni Mora Suite Op.29`1

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major Kk.427

    Performer: Federico Colli.
    • Chandos.
  • Franz von Supp猫

    Poet and Peasant (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Sony.
  • Sigurdur Saevarsson

    Nunc dimittis

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson.
    • Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir.
    • BIS.
    • 801.
  • 脫lafur Arnalds

    This Place is a Shelter

    Performer: 脫lafur Arnalds.
    • Erased Tapes Records.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Pastourelle (Chants d'Auvergne - set 2)

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Serge Baudo.
    • Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 05.
  • Max Richter

    Vivaldi Recomposed: Winter 1

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • DG.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.80 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • British Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

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