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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 pieces of music inspired by great rivers.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 30 Apr 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig August Lebrun

    Oboe Concerto no.2 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Lost and Found.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Pastoral, Op 40 No 6 (Eight Concert Etudes)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Hippolyte et Aricie, Act V: Chaconne

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • ERATO.
  • Arnold Bax

    Mediterranean

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Seascapes.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Alexander Alexandrovich Alyabiev

    Piano Trio in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Brahms Trio.
    • History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 203.
  • Giovanni Battista Bononcini

    Cosi stanco Pellegrino (Crispo)

    Singer: Lawrence Zazzo. Ensemble: La Nuova Musica.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia concertante in B flat major H.1.105 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.
  • Arnold Bax

    Mediterranean

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Seascapes.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Fantasy for Horn Quintet in A Minor

    Performer: D谩niel Ember. Performer: Anne Feltz. Performer: Brigitte Draganov. Performer: Alejandro Regueira Caumel. Performer: Georg Boge.
    • Stanford: Chamber Works.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 201.
  • Valerie Capers

    Portraits in Jazz - Blues for The Duke

    Performer: Maria Corley.
    • SOULSCAPES: PIANO MUSIC BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN.
    • Albany.
    • 6.
  • Duke Ellington

    The Giggling Rapids (The River - suite)

    Orchestrator: Ron Collier. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto serenata (Sarao)

    Performer: Nancy Allen. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique B谩tiz.
    • Rodrigo: Concertos: Moreno, Ara, Cohen, Batiz.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Georges Bizet

    Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers)

    Singer: Jussi Bj枚rling. Singer: Robert Merrill. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Renato Cellini.
    • The Pearl Fishers Duet plus duets and scenes by Puccini & Verdi.
    • RCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in A minor for four keyboards and strings, BWV.1065

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Orchestra: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.
    • J. S. Bach - Keyboard Concertos.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 14.
  • Alain Romans

    Quel temps fait-il 脿 Paris ?

    Performer: Gus Viseur.
    • Stage and Screen.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne Op.78

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.
    • Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Iberia Suite (El Puerto)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • EMI.
  • Trad.

    Are mou rindineddha

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Boutique fantasque (version original) (2006 - Remaster): Tarantella

    Conductor: Eugene Goossens. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Rossini: Overtures - La boutique fantasque.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 208.
  • Louis Vierne

    Organ Symphony no.1 in D major Op.14 (6th mvt)

    Performer: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • PRIORY.
  • Julius Harrison

    Worcestershire Suite: III. Pershore Plums

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Dutton.
  • Kerry Andrew

    Apples, Plums, Cherries

    Choir: Juice Vocal Ensemble.
    • Snow Queens.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Photography (Vivace)

    Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.
    • NMC.
  • Eric Whitacre

    The River Cam

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.
  • Josef Bohuslav Foerster

    Wind Quintet in D major Op. 95 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belfiato Quintet.
    • Supraphon.
  • Bill Evans

    Peace Piece

    Performer: Bill Evans.
    • Everybody Digs Bill Evans.
    • Riverside.
    • 7.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Chandos.
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 4 - II. Allegretto

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Zemlinsky: Complete String Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Joachim Raff

    Symphony No.8 in A major, Op.205 'Fruhlingsklage': ii. In der Walpurgis Nacht

    Orchestra: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel. Conductor: Gy枚rgy Lehel.
    • TUDOR.

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