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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 the story of Romeo and Juliet.

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

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Last on

Fri 21 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G major, RV 150

    Orchestra: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi: The French Connection 2.
    • Avie.
    • 17-19.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove (Allegretto)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 19.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor, Op 73 - 3rd mvt 'Rondo'

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • DG.
  • Robert Schumann

    Genoveva (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Recorder Sonata in F Major, Op. 1 No. 11, HWV 369

    Performer: Ruth Wilkinson. Performer: Miriam Morris. Performer: John O'Donnell.
    • Handel's Recorder.
    • Divine Art.
    • 504.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.5 in E flat major, Op.82 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Sibelius: Symphony no.5&7: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Segerstam.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Th茅odore Dubois

    Piano Quintet in F Major: I. Allegro

    • Dubois: Chamber Music.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 101.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works.
    • Onyx.
    • 04.
  • Philip Glass

    Metamorphosis V

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Glass: Glassworlds, Vol. 3.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 501.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.101 in D major 'The Clock' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.
  • Harold Arlen

    Stormy Weather

    Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: David Finck.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans)

    Choir: Strasbourg Philharmonic Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Berlioz: Les Troyens.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 144.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    I'll bid my heart be still

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Performer: John York.
    • LYRITA.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Genevieve de Brabant: Overture - Act III Entracte

    Orchestra: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Offenbach: Opera Ouvertures.
    • CPO.
    • 701.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Crudelissima doglia

    Choir: Les Arts Florissants. Director: Paul Agnew.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Ave Maria (Otello)

    Singer: Cheryl Studer. Orchestra: Bastille Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • DG.
  • Larry Adler

    Genevieve Waltz

    Performer: Larry Adler. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Gamley.
    • The Genius of Larry Adler.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in B flat major, Op.97 'Archduke' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trios Op.70 No.2 and Op.97.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.
  • Marin Marais

    Passacaille in E minor (Pi猫ces en trio, 1692)

    Performer: William Hunt. Ensemble: Purcell Quartet.
    • Marin Marais 'La folia' & other music for viols and violins The Purcell Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 19.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Tonight (West Side Story)

    Singer: Marni Nixon. Singer: Jimmy Bryant. Conductor: Johnny Green.
    • Columbia.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 33

    Performer: Gabriel Schwabe. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • Saint-Saens: Works for Cello and Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 001.
  • John Dowland

    Now, oh now I needs must part / The Frogg Galliard

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Hyperion.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andante in C major, K.315

    Performer: Juliette Bausor. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Jaime Mart铆n.
    • Signum.
  • Clara Schumann

    Soirees musicales Op.6 (Ballade)

    Performer: Marie Vermeulin.
    • Clara & Robert Schumann.
    • Paraty.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.4 in E Flat Major, BWV 1010: Bourrees I & II

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Six Evolutions.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Julian Joseph

    Carry That Sound

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Wayne Marshall.
    • Spark Catchers.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 601.

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