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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.

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Last on

Wed 13 Jan 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Signor Bruschino (Overture)

    Orchestra: M眉nchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Alexander Liebreich.
    • Rossini: Overtures: Munchener Kammerorchester/Liebreich.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Francis Poulenc

    3 Mouvements Perpetuels

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Poulenc: Piano Music.
    • DECCA.
    • 16-18.
  • Anon.

    Tres morillas m'enamoran

    Performer: Jan Garbarek. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • Officium Novum: Hilliard Ensemble/Jan Garbarek.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 7.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Plat茅e (Prologue: Overture)

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Rameau: Ballet Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op.18

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Schumann: Fantasie/Kreisleriana/Arabeske: Jonathan Biss.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Snow (2 Partsongs Op.26)

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Performer: Julita Smole艅. Performer: Max Hanft. Performer: Radoslaw Szulc. Conductor: Howard Arman.
    • Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27 & Partsongs.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 7.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Overture on Hebrew themes Op.34

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Performer: Shirely Laub. Performer: Samuel Nemtanu. Performer: Marc Sabbah. Performer: Bruno Philippe. Performer: Lucas Blondeel.
    • Weinberg - Prokofiev.
    • GENUIN.
    • 8.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Whispered lullaby

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Evelyn Chang.
    • AVIE.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    Concert Overture in E major Op.12

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Szymanowski: Violin concertos, Concert Overture.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio no. 2 in C major Op.87 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Pau Casals. Performer: Myra Hess. Performer: Joseph Szigeti.
    • Sony.
  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (Act 2: Dance)

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • CBS.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Little Hen (Czech Dances, Set 2)

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Smetana: Czech Dances / On the Seashore.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal Source of Light (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.
  • Claude Debussy

    Ondine (Preludes, Book 2)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Frank Loesser

    Ugly Duckling

    Singer: Danny Kaye. Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra and conductor.
    • No CD details available.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    The Gnome (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • DG.
  • Gavin Bryars

    The Fifth Century (Eternity Magnifies Our Joys Exceedingly)

    Choir: The Crossing. Ensemble: PRISM Quartet. Conductor: Donald Nally.
    • ECM.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.50`6 'Frog' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Hanson.
    • Haydn: String Quartets "All shall not die".
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 104.
  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's suite Op.29`2

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen (First music - Prelude)

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 1-5.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand March (Aida)

    Music Arranger: Alan Fernie. Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Symphonic Brass: Black Dyke Band, Nicholas Childs.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Pace for chorus

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 3.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Piano Trio in D major Op.1 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Korngold; Zemlinsky: Piano Trios.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Liebesbotschaft (Schwanengesang D.957)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Performer: Gerold Huber.
    • Schubert: Schwanengesang & 4 Lieder: Gerhaher/Huber.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor for 2 violins and cello RV.578

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Performer: Alba Roca. Performer: Marco Ceccato. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Vivaldi: Festival de Sable.
    • ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES.
    • 1-4.

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