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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

Thu 14 Jan 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra: Stephen Hough, CBSO, Or.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ma quando tornerai (Alcina)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Conductor: Alan Curtis. Orchestra: Il Complesso Barocco.
    • Joyce DiDonato: Drama Queens.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.
  • Gerardo Matos Rodr铆guez

    La Cumparsita

    Music Arranger: Stephen Goss. Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Milos Karadaglic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Drake's Drum (Songs of the Sea, Op.91)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Piano Quintet in F minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Dania Tchalik. Ensemble: Tchalik Quartet.
    • Alkonost Classic.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
    • Onyx.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Ave Maria - Virgo serena

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Decca.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo alla Turca (Piano Sonata in A major K.331)

    Music Arranger: Arcadi Volodos. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Pieces

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Jos茅 Gallardo.
    • Naxos.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • Warner.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2: IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Beethoven : Revelations, 1.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Roderick Williams

    Douce Dame Jolie

    Composer: Guillaume de Machaut. Performer: SDASA Chorale of Soweto. Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Erato.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14

    Ensemble: Hermitage Piano Trio.
    • Reference Recordings.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Drake's Drum (Songs of the Sea, Op 91)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Choir: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Stanford: Orchestral Songs.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Bob Chilcott

    The making of the Drum - The Skin

    Choir: Grex Musicus. Conductor: Marjukka Riihim盲ki.
    • Alba.
  • Charles Dibdin

    Tom Bowling

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • Naxos.
  • Orlando Gough

    Berimbau (The World encompassed)

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • The World Encompassed - Sir Francis Drake's Circumnavigation of the Globe, 1577-.
    • 14.
  • Anon.

    Hanacpachap cussicuinin

    Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • New World Symphonies - Baroque Music from L:atin America: Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey S.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor for oboe, violin and strings, BWV 1060

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Kennedy plays Bach with the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Gustav Holst

    Hymn to Vena (Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Set 3)

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Choir: Royal College of Music Chamber Choir. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns Rig Veda.
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.49 in F minor H.1.49 'La Passione' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Ludwig Orchestra. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.
    • La Passione: Nono, Haydn & Grisey.
    • Alpha.
    • 3.
  • Fazil Say

    Cello Concerto (Song of Hope)

    Performer: Camille Thomas. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve.
    • DG.
  • Pietro Torri

    Perch茅 pi霉 franco (from Abramo)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse.
    • Erato.
  • Scott Joplin

    Original Rag

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: J茅r么me Ducros. Music Arranger: Dieter F枚rster.
    • Intuition.
    • ERATO.
    • 112.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.5 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 13 in B flat major, K 333 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major, D.956 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Schubert: String Quintet - Lieder.
    • Erato.
    • 4.

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