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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 Musicians recommend their favourite recordings.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we bring you five settings of poems by Thomas Hardy.

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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 8 Feb 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    L'Inganno felice (Overture)

    Orchestra: M眉nchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Alexander Liebreich.
    • Rossini Overtures: M眉nchner Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Konstantin Vassiliev

    Snowdrops (3 Forest Paintings)

    Performer: Irina Kulikova.
    • My Playlist for Painting & Drawing.
    • Naxos.
    • 1101.
  • Th茅odore Dubois

    Piano Quartet in A Minor: III. Allegro leggiero

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Performer: Nina Karmon. Performer: Anja Kreynacke. Performer: Jakob Spahn.
    • Dubois: Piano Quintet in F Major & Piano Quartet in A Minor.
    • CPO.
    • 203.
  • Andr茅 Previn

    Vocalise

    Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Andre Previn An 80th Birthday Celebration.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 11.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in F major, Op 6 No 2

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Handel: Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op.6 Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Domi emorine

    Temp锚te au Balajo

    Performer: F茅licien Brut. Performer: Edouard Macarez. Ensemble: Quatuor Herm猫s.
    • Neuf.
    • Mirare.
    • 105.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 14 No.2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • WARNER.
  • Hans G谩l

    Triptych, Op.100 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Kenneth Woods.
    • Avie.
  • Trad Sephardic

    Hija m铆a (Arr. for Chamber Ensemble)

    Singer: Viola Blache. Ensemble: Combo CAM.
    • Lorem ipsum.
    • Genuin.
    • 201.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Courtly Dances (Gloriana)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Benjamin Britten: Works for Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in E flat major, Op 74, 'Harp' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Amadeus Quartet.
    • DG.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Since we met (Waltz Suite for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Prokofiev: Waltz Suite: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Vocalise-茅tude en forme de habanera

    Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Warner.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Songs my mother taught me B.104`4

    Music Arranger: Unknown. Performer: Beatrice Harrison.
    • HMV.
  • Meredith Monk

    Travellers 1, 2, 3

    Singer: Robert Een. Singer: Meredith Monk. Singer: Andrea Goodman. Singer: Naaz Hosseini. Singer: Nicky Paraiso. Singer: Ching Gonzalez.
    • ECM.
  • Gustav Holst

    Neptune, the Mystic (The Planets Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
  • Trad.

    On a cold winter's day

    Performer: Nikolaus Newerkla. Ensemble: Quadriga Consort.
    • On a cold winter's day.
    • Carpe Diem.
    • 12.
  • Franz Schubert

    Concertstuck D.345

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Gordon Langford

    Rhapsody on Sea Shanties

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Roy Newsome.
    • Morning Cloud: Black Dyke Mills Band/Newsome/Heath.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Judith Weir

    Written on terrestrial things (The Voice of Desire)

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Susan Bickley.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Gustav Holst

    Egdon Heath

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Teldec.
  • Andrea Falconieri

    Folias echa para mi Senora Dona Tarelilla de Carallenos

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Altre Follie 1500-1750: Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 7.
  • Peter Sculthorpe

    Maranoa Lullaby

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Sculthorpe: String Quartets.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 11.
  • Peter Sculthorpe

    Djilile

    Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Humoreske [for wind quintet]

    Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • French Music for Winds.
    • WARNER.
    • 7.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in E major, Op 19 No 1

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Suffolk Suite: Orford Ness

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

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