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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 - this week we bring you five great performances by pianist Martha Argerich.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 1 Apr 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Sonata No. 3, Op. 20: Finale. Presto

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Now the green blade riseth (Live)

    Performer: D贸nal McCann. Lyricist: Anonymous. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Daniel Hyde.
    • Easter From King's (2021 Collection).
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 108.
  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for Strings in E flat major Op.6 (1st mv)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • BR Klassik.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    A Musical Joke, K.522: IV. Presto

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa. Conductor: Robert Trevino.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 201.
  • Alissa Firsova

    Stabat Mater

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Spirit, Strength & Sorrow.
    • Coro.
    • 2.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Concerto in D major 'Basle Concerto'

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Marche Triomphale, Op. 27

    Performer: Mark Viner.
    • Piano Classics.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Magic Flute Dances; I. Light (Tentative, getting faster and bolder)

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-10718.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O viridissima virga

    Choir: Gothic Voices. Director: Christopher Page.
    • HYPERION.
  • Edmund Finnis

    Parallel Colour: I. -

    Conductor: Richard Baker. Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
    • Edmund Finnis: The Air, Turning.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 301.
  • Edmund Finnis

    Parallel Colour: III. -

    Conductor: Richard Baker. Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
    • Edmund Finnis: The Air, Turning.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 303.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.5 in F minor BWV.1056

    Music Arranger: Avi Avital. Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Performer: Shalev Ad-El. Performer: Ophira Zakai. Performer: Ira Givol.
    • Avi Avital Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • John Dowland

    The Frog Galliard

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • My Favourite Dowland.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 008.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle, D.550

    Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Geoffrey Parsons.
    • Schubert: Lieder: Barbara Bonney, Geoffrey Parsons.
    • Teldec.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major, Op 33 No 2, 'The Joke' (Finale)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Chandos.
  • George Frideric Handel

    L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato: Haste Thee, Nymph, and Bring with Thee

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Singer: Jeremy Ovenden.
    • Signum.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Souvenirs de Bayreuth

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • ALPHA.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Tutto nel mondo 猫 burla (Falstaff)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Thomas Hampson. Singer: Daniil Shtoda. Singer: Enrico Facini. Singer: Anthony Mee. Singer: Anatoly Kocherga. Singer: Adrianne Pieczonka. Singer: Dorothea R枚schmann. Singer: Larissa Diadkova. Singer: Stella Doufexis. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Dudley Moore

    And The Same To You

    Performer: Dudley Moore Trio.
    • British Comedy Classics.
    • EMI.
  • Orlande de Lassus

    In monte Oliveti 脿 6

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Passion and Resurrection: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring

    Music Arranger: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Ensemble: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • Recomposed by Max Richter.
    • Deutsche Grammmophon.
    • 1-4.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Argerich Plays Chopin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Jan Koetsier

    Brass Symphony Op.80 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: tenThing.
    • 10.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 115.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rondo in G minor, Op 94

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Lorenzo Allegri

    Canario

    Orchestra: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 16.
  • Franz Schubert

    Adagio in E flat major for piano trio, D.897 'Notturno'

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Go from my window

    Performer: Susanna Pell. Performer: Asako Morikawa. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Gibbons: Consorts for Viols.
    • Avie.
    • 21.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 2.

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