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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 pieces of music that look forward to Spring.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 5 Mar 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major D.899 no.2

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Schubert: Impromptus: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Pande Shahov

    Filka, moma (Plait 3)

    Composer: Trad.. Performer: Simon Trpceski. Performer: Hidan Mamudov. Performer: Aleksander Krapovski. Performer: Alexander Somov. Performer: Vlatko Nushev.
    • Makedonissimo.
    • Linn.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Florentino Calvo. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Alexandre Desplat.
    • Airlines.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Running Set

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto: Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker, Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduzione teatrale in D Major, Op. 4 No. 1

    Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • Hidden Gems.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 101.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Piano Quintet (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Barnab谩s Kelemen. Performer: Katalin Kokas. Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Alexander Lonquich.
    • ALPHA.
  • Charlie Chaplin

    Smile

    Performer: Richard H茅ry. Performer: Jim Tomlinson. Author: Geoffrey Parsons. Author: John Tuner. Singer: Stacey Kent. Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Brazil.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 112.
  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz No.1 'The Dance in the Village Inn'

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Hazel Scott

    Peace Of Mind

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Phenomenal Women.
    • Rising Sun Records.
    • 103.
  • Nora Douglas Holt

    Nora's Dance

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Phenomenal Women.
    • Rising Sun Records.
    • 109.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major, D. 956 - ii) Adagio

    Performer: Cleveland Quartet. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • SONY.
  • Ferenc Farkas

    Ugros (Ancient Hungarian Dances)

    Ensemble: Galliard Ensemble.
    • Deux-Elles.
  • Kate Rusby

    Underneath the Stars

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.
  • Trad.

    Mouth Music and Tunes Set

    Performer: Duncan Chisholm. Performer: James MacIntosh. Performer: Ewen Vernal. Performer: Phil Cunningham. Performer: 脡amon Doorley. Performer: Tony Byrne. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Music Arranger: Phil Cunningham. Music Arranger: Iain MacDonald. Singer: Julie Fowlis.
    • DECCA.
  • Ron Goodwin

    The Trap

    Orchestra: Ron Goodwin and His Concert Orchestra.
    • EMI.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto in D minor for violin, piano and strings (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Richard Tognetti. Performer: Polina Leschenko. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Trio in D Minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Laure Favre-Kahn.
    • DG.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Voices of Spring, Op.410

    Singer: Sumi Jo. Orchestra: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolph Bibl.
    • Warner.
  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet no.5 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 3.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    In Nature's Realm, Op 91

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • WARNER.
  • Thomas Dunford

    Improvisation and Variations on La Folia

    Composer: Nicola Matteis. Performer: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte.
    • Harmonia mundi.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op 66

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • CBS.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quintet No 4 in D major, G 448 (Grave assai, Fandango)

    Performer: Carles Trepat. Performer: Daniel Tummer. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Boccherini: La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 15.

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