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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

Wed 26 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Gabriel Piern茅

    脡tude de concert Op.13

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Brass Quintet no.1 Op.73 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass.
    • BIS.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    The Gallant Weaver

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    The Magic Opal - suite (Overture)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Adagio in E flat major WoO.43`2

    Music Arranger: Not credited. Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts.
    • DG.
  • Hector Berlioz

    R锚verie et caprice Op.8

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.
  • L眉 Wencheng

    Autumn moon over a calm lake

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Dragon Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Franz Schubert

    String quartet In C minor D.703

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Chandos : CHAN 10931.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Marin Marais

    Cloche ou Carillons

    Performer: Paolo Pandolfo. Performer: Mitzi Meyerson. Performer: Thomas C. Boysen.
    • The Labyrinth and other stories.
    • Glossa.
    • 03.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Adagio

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Dream Variation (3 Dream Portraits)

    Singer: Will Liverman. Performer: Paul Sanchez.
    • Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 402.
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Serenade in F major Op.31 (Finale)

    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • BIS.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Souvenir de Boh猫me Set 2 Op.13 (no.2)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Andras Schiff - Smetana: Polkas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Jazeps Vitols

    Amethysts (Dargakmeni Op.66)

    Orchestra: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 6.
  • Henry Purcell

    If music be the food of love

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Richard Campbell.
    • bis.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    The Jewels of the Madonna (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI CLassics.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Sorcerer (My name is John Wellington Wells)

    Singer: Peter Pratt. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey.
    • Eloquence.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Concerto in 7 parts no.6 in E major

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • A & D Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 27-30.
  • Galina Grigorjeva

    In Paradisum

    Choir: Allm盲nna S氓ngen. Conductor: Maria Goundorina.
    • Femina moderna.
    • BIS.
    • 14.
  • Emile Bernard

    Divertissement Op.36 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: c/o chamber orchestra.
    • Divertissement!.
    • BIS.
    • 202.
  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine - improvisation (Officium defunctorum)

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Performer: Jan Garbarek.
    • ECM.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Soir de f锚te Op.32

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • Pentatone.
  • John Playford

    The Virgin Queen Set (The English Dancing Master)

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 07.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Tu del Ciel ministro eletto)

    Singer: Julia Lezhneva. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Decca.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Second Essay: Echo

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • Babel: Schumann, Shaw, Shostakovich.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in E major RV.269 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Arthur Frackenpohl. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • Best of The Canadian Brass.
    • CBS.
    • 10.
  • Aaron Copland

    3 Latin American Sketches

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Copland - Appalachian Spring, Quiet City, Short Symphony.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 006.

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