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Suzy Klein with Essential pianists, Mary Bevan and Walton's Scapino

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 celebrate the work of five collaborative pianists.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Morning Serenade and Dance with Mandolins (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • CBS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    He knows the right hours of joy (Whoever lets only the dear God reign)

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Clare Baroque Ensemble. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • Reformation 1517-2017.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 120.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major Op.42

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: The Complete Waltzes: Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • William Walton

    Scapino - overture

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made In Britain: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, John Wilson.
    • AVie.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Violin Concerto in C major, H VIIa 1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs鈥惷塴ys茅es.
    • Joseph Haydn - violin concertos.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 3.
  • Andrea Tarrodi

    Lume

    Choir: Allm盲nna S氓ngen. Conductor: Maria Goundorina.
    • Femina moderna.
    • BIS.
    • 301.
  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D minor

    Performer: Paolo Grazzi. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • TELDEC.
  • Santiago de Murcia

    C贸dice Sald铆var No. 4: No. 12, Fandango

    Ensemble: Cembaless.
    • Passacaglia della vita.
    • Naxos.
    • 201.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Ballad and Dance

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Suyeon Kang.
    • Alpha.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Capriccio sinfonico

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Turner Layton

    After you've gone

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Singer: Jeremy Taylor. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta.
    • The Jazz Album: London Sinfonietta/Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in D major, TWV.55:D18

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Telemann: Orchestral Suites.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Richard Strauss

    Suite in B flat major for Winds, Op. 4: 1st mvt Praeludium

    Performer: Fran莽ois Leleux. Ensemble: Ensemble Paris-Bastille.
    • Sony.
  • John Williams

    Escapades I: Closing in

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Northey.
    • Sony.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Tutto nel mondo 猫 burla (Falstaff)

    Singer: Tito Gobbi. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Charlie Chaplin

    Limelight (The Terry Theme)

    Music Arranger: Jarkko Riihim盲ki. Performer: Daniel R枚hn. Orchestra: W眉rttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Case Scaglione.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite: Minuetto & Finale

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.
    • MDG.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In the Bottoms: Morning-Barcarolle

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Direct to Tape.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Sterne D. 939

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
    • Hyperion.
  • Max Bruch

    String Quintet in A minor (4th mvt)

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Performer: Sandis Steinbergs. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Ilze K募ava. Performer: Reinis Birznieks.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 etc..
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

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

    Ensemble: Trio Kar茅nine.
    • Faur茅, Ravel & Tailleferre.
    • Mirare.
    • 102.
  • William Byrd

    Domine, secundum actum meum for 6 voices

    Ensemble: The Cardinall鈥檚 Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
    • Byrd: Complete works Vol.4: The Cardinall's Musick/Carwood.
    • ASV.
    • 11.
  • Erwin Schulhoff

    5 脡tudes de Jazz: No. 5, Toccata sur le shimmy "Kitten on the Keys" de Zez Confr

    Performer: Jeanne Golan.
    • It Takes One to Tango.
    • Steinway and Sons.
    • 705.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
    • Janacek: Sinfonietta - Taras Bulba.
    • TUDOR.
    • 5.

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