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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 choose five great pieces of music composed for saxophone.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 25 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Nobody's Jig (Country Dances, Book 1)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Ensemble: Helios Trio.
    • D'un matin de printemps.
    • Mirare.
    • 10.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto no.2 in E flat major Op.74 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Hoeprich. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Guy Van Waas.
    • Glossa.
  • Thomas Arne

    The Morning

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • HYPERION.
  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
  • John Adams

    Shaker Loops (Shaking and Trembling)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • NAXOS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk (Fest- und Gedenkspr眉che Op.109)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Brahms & Bruckner: Motets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 603.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Concerto in G major (D deest)

    Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Director: Andrea Marcon.
    • ALPHA.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture Op.96

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Shostakovich: Symphony No.2 etc: Royal Philhamonic Orchestra/Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Let Us Break Bread Together

    Music Arranger: William Lawrence. Singer: Robert McFerrin. Performer: General Johnson.
  • Jacques Bosch

    Brimborion Op.11

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.
    • Delphian.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no. 4 in A major Op.90 "Italian" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op.76`4 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Schumann Quartett.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Erik Satie

    Aubade a Paul Dukas (Avant-dernieres pensees)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Picasso and Music.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • James Hook

    The Lass of Richmond Hill

    Singer: Joseph Cornwell. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • Fairest Isle - A New National Songbook: Bott/Cornwell/Parley of Instruments/Holm.
    • Hyperion.
  • Dolores White

    Blues Dialogues (Moderately Fast)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine.
    • Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers.
    • Cedille.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse Triste (Kuolema Op.44)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Carlo Monza

    Salterio Sonata in C major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Margit 脺bellacker. Performer: J眉rgen Banholzer.
    • 搁补尘茅别.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    The Old Castle (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ravel: La Valse - Mussorgsky: Les Tableaux d'une exposition (Orch. Ravel).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vandini

    Cello Concerto in D Major

    Performer: Francesco Galligioni. Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco.
    • Vandini: Complete Works.
    • Dynamic.
    • 10-12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in C major for piano duet K.521 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Performer: Ferenc Rados.
    • Myrios.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Mille Regretz

    Singer: Clare Wilkinson. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
    • Obsidian Records.
  • Kalevi Aho

    Theremin Concerto "Eight Seasons" (Midnight Sun)

    Performer: Carolina Eyck. Orchestra: Lapin kamariorkesteri. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.
    • Kalevi Aho - Theremin Concerto, Horn Concerto.
    • Bis.
    • 013.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major D.803 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Danusha Waskiewicz. Performer: Kristin von der Goltz. Performer: James Munro. Performer: Lorenzo Coppola. Performer: Teunis van der Zwart. Performer: Javier Zafra.
    • Schubert: Oktett.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.
  • John Ireland

    The Peaceful Western Wind

    Conductor: George Parris. Choir: The Carice Singers.
    • Ireland & Moeran: Choral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 401.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

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