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Suzy Klein - Wednesday

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Suzy Klein plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

0915 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to today’s starter.

1100 Essential Five – another in our series of the finest fandangos this week.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 7 Jul 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Ercole su'l Termodonte (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: Ercole: Europe Galante/Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    Etude in E flat minor Op.4 no.1

    Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Tango (The Bolt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: Cheryomushki; The Bolt; etc.
    • Decca.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Caprice basque Op.24

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • DECCA.
  • Paul Taffanel

    Wind Quintet in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Op.112

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major H.16.1

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Maurizio Cazzati

    Ciaccona

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • All'Improviso.
    • ALPHA.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    An die Nachtigall (4 Songs Op.46)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Andrew West.
    • Birdsong.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 101.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    And birds are still... Op.72

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

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

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Weber: Concertante Works for Clarinet and Horn: Michael Collins.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Suite Española no.1 (Cuba)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espanola - Larrocha.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Moto Perpetuo (Bluegrass version)

    Performer: Béla Fleck.
    • Perpetual Motion.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.
  • Alfonso X el Sabio

    O que en Santa Maria de corazón [Cantigas de Santa Maria no.344]

    Ensemble: Martin Best Mediaeval Ensemble.
    • Cantigas of Santa Maria of Alfonso X El Sabio: Martin Best Ensemble.
    • Nimbus.
    • 16.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Tzigane

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI.
  • Lera Auerbach

    Lullaby Op.66

    Choir: Allmänna Sången. Conductor: Maria Goundorina.
    • Femina moderna.
    • BIS.
    • 401.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Turco in Italia (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Enrique Granados

    El fandango de candil (Goyescas)

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Hyperion.
  • Alfred Schnittke

    Pantomime (Suite in Olden Style)

    Music Arranger: Igor Bogouslavski. Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Olga Martynova. Performer: Andrey Doynikov. Performer: Dmitri Vlassik.
    • Schnittke: Works For Violin And Piano.
    • QUARTZ.
    • 5.
  • Josef Suk

    Fantastic scherzo Op.25

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Martinu: Symphony No.6 Czech Phil Orch / Belohlavek.
    • Chandos.
    • 009.
  • Andrzej Panufnik

    Landscape - interlude [rev.1965]

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrzej Panufnik.
    • UNICORN-KANCHANA.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen - suite

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Fontalis.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in C sharp minor Op.25 no.7

    Music Arranger: Auguste Franchomme. Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • DECCA.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa. Conductor: Robert Trevino.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.

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