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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

Thu 22 Apr 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Gloria (Mass in C major, K 317, 'Coronation')

    Singer: Teresa Wakim. Singer: Paula Murrihy. Singer: Thomas Corneille. Singer: Sumner Thompson. Choir: Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Mozart: Mass in C major: Handel and Haydn Society/Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 10.
  • Georges Bizet

    Danse Boh猫me (Carmen Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • The Best of Bizet.
    • Philips.
    • 14.
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Barcarolle (Chants Set 3, Op 65)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Alkan: Grande Sonate, Sonatine, Le festin d'esope.
    • HYPERION.
    • 9.
  • Judith Weir

    All the Ends of the Earth

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble. Conductor: David Hill.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Iolanthe (Overture)

    Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 4.
  • Nicola Matteis I

    Variations on La Folia

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • The Mad Lover.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 107.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in E, Op.109 - 3rd mvt

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Beethoven 32, Vol. 9: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30-32.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il Trovatore: Di quella pira

    Performer: Roberto Alagna. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Choir: London Voices. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • William Grant Still

    Africa - Symphonic Poem (Land of Supersition)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony/In Memoriam/Africa (Symphonic Poem).
    • NAXOS.
    • 4.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Wind Serenade in D minor Op.44 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Mignon [Kennst du das Land] (Goethe-Lieder)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • Reason in Madness.
    • BIS.
    • 801.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.2 in E Major BWV.1053 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Masato Suzuki. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan.
    • Bach: Concertos for Harpsichord & Strings, Vol. 1.
    • BIS.
    • 401.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Pitter Patter

    Performer: Goldner String Quartet. Performer: Diana Doherty. Performer: Elena Kats鈥怌hernin.
    • ABC.
  • Jean鈥怓茅ry Rebel

    Le chaos (Les 茅l茅mens)

    Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Rebel: Die Elemente; Gluck: Alessandro.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Das Lied von der Erde: 3. Von Der Jugend

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
  • Joseph Haydn

    With verdure clad (The Creation)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Decca.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Quintet no.2 in E major Op.31 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Farrenc: Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 204.
  • Richard Alison

    The Batchelar's Delight (Morley's First Booke)

    Music Arranger: Thomas Morley. Ensemble: The Dowland Consort. Director: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Heavenly Noyse: Download Consort/Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4: Perahia/Haitink.
    • CBS.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    There Is Sweet Music (4 Choral Songs Op.53)

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • McCreesh: Silence & Music.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • The Sound of Sibelius: Lahti SO, Vanska.
    • Bis.
    • 10.
  • Philip Glass

    Etudes, Book 1: No. 5

    Performer: Jenny Lin.
    • Glass: Complete 脡tudes for Piano.
    • Steinway and Sons.
    • 105.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 156

    Ensemble: Bach Consort Wien. Conductor: Rub茅n Dubrovsky.
    • Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Gloria & Other Works (Live).
    • Gramola Records.
    • 101.
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Die Seejungfrau (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Marc Albrecht. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest.
    • Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau (After H. Andersen) [Live].
    • PENTATONE.
    • 3.

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