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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 Song of the Day

1100 Essential Five - this week we bring you five great performances by conductor Bernard Haitink.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 21 Apr 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury (The Planets Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Holst: The Planets: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Lilacs Op.21`5

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.
    • SONY.
  • Richard Wagner

    Wesendonck-Lieder (Der Engel)

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • DG.
  • Richard Wagner

    Wesendonck-Lieder (Tr盲ume)

    Orchestrator: Felix Mottl. Singer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • DECCA.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    La vie parisienne (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto in 4 parts for str and bc (Op.9`1) in G major

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
    • Divine Art.
    • 24.
  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto no.2 in E flat major AV.132 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Strauss: Horn Concertos: Britten Sinfonia/Cleobury.
    • EMI.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Abduction from the Seraglio (Overture)

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln. Ensemble: Sarband. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • Archiv.
  • Carl Fr眉hling

    Trio in A minor, Op.40 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Brahms, Fruhling: Clarinet Trios; Schumann: Marchenerzahlungen.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 10.
  • Jean鈥怞oseph Mouret

    Sinfonies de fanfare

    Performer: Hannes L盲ubin. Performer: Wolfgang L盲ubin. Performer: Bernhard L盲ubin. Performer: Simon Preston.
    • DG.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Gran Vals

    Performer: Fernando Espi.
    • Francisco Tarrega: Obras Para Guitarra.
    • VERSO.
    • 28.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto no.2 in G major Op.44 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Tchaikovsky / Khachaturian: Piano Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grunen Wald (6 Early songs [from Lieder und Gesange])

    Music Arranger: Luciano Berio. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Luciano Berio - Orchestral Realisations.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 009.
  • Roderick Williams

    Ave Verum Corpus re-imagined

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', Op.26

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.
  • Haydn Wood

    Paris Suite (Montmatre)

    Orchestra: Studio 2 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Reginald Kilbey.
    • British Composers: Best of British.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 112.
  • Vernon Duke

    April in Paris

    Singer: Ella Fitzgerald. Singer: Louis Armstrong.
    • Ella & Louis.
    • Verve Records.
    • 11.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Marche nuptiale (Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Jean鈥怌laude Casadesus.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Ritirata (Quintet Op.30`6 'Night Music of the Streets of Madrid')

    Orchestra: Les Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major D.899 no.4

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & 142; Murray Perahia.
    • CBS.
    • 4.
  • Tina Davidson

    Blue Curve of the Earth

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • DG.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A Sea Symphony (1st mvt)

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Singer: Jonathan Summers. Choir: Cantilena. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Suite No 3 in E flat major

    Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in A major, Op.118 no.2

    Performer: Arcadi Volodos.
    • Volodos Plays Brahms.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in G major Op.18`2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Beethoven : Revelations, 1.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Zigeunerweisen Op.20

    Performer: Ning Feng. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinf贸nica del Principado de Asturias. Conductor: Rossen Milanov.
    • Apasionado.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 001.

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