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Suzy Klein

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Suzy Klein plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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 – the fourth of our picks of music arranged or premiered by Henry Wood.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 29 Jul 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Carl Stamitz

    Clarinet Concerto no.7 in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Decca.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op.57 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Catherine Montier. Performer: Christophe Gaugué. Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 103.
  • Enrique Granados

    La Maja de Goya 

    Performer: John Williams.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Concert fantasy on 'Carmen'

    Performer: Akiko Suwanai. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Dvorák: Violin Concerto / Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy - Bennett, Suwanai.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in D major for piano duet, K 381 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christoph Eschenbach. Performer: Justus Frantz.
    • Mozart: Music for Piano Duet: Justus Frantz, Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Marx

    Barkarole

    Singer: Christine Brewer. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří BÄ›lohlávek.
    • Marx: Orchestral songs and choral works: ´óÏó´«Ã½SO.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Thomas Dunhill

    Quintet for clarinet, horn, piano and strings in E flat, Op. 3: 2nd mvt

    Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble.
    • Dutton.
  • Heinrich Isaac

    Choralis Constantinus: Haec Dies

    Choir: Ensemble Officium. Director: Wilfried Rombach.
    • CHRISTOPHORUS.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata K. 162 in E Major - Andante - Allegro

    Performer: Bjarke Mogensen.
    • Gateway Music.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Drei Lieder, Op. 64 - I. An die Heimat

    Performer: Christoph Berner. Performer: Camillo Radicke. Singer: Marlis Petersen. Singer: Stella Doufexis. Singer: Werner Güra. Singer: Konrad Jarnot.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Alisa Weilerstein Dvorak.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.
  • Gaspar Sanz

    L'Espagnoletta

    • CENTAUR.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflote K.620 (Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DECCA.
  • Bill Evans

    Blue in Green (Take 3)

    Performer: Bill Evans. Performer: Paul Motian. Singer: Scott LaFaro.
    • RIVERSIDE RECORDS.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Spring (3 Botticelli Pictures)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.
  • Ray Evans

    Mona Lisa

    Composer: Jay Livingston. Singer: Nat King Cole.
  • John Williams

    Escapades - III. Joy Ride

    Performer: Eric Revis. Performer: Richard Motylinski. Orchestra: North Carolina Symphony. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • BIS.
  • Franz Liszt

    Rigoletto - Paraphrase de concert

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Liszt: Liebestraume etc.: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Claude Debussy

    La cathédrale engloutie

    Orchestrator: Henry Wood. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • Orchestrations by Sir Henry Wood: London Philharmonic Orchestra/Braithwaite.
    • Lyrita.
    • 6.
  • Diego Ortiz

    Recercadas on 'Tenores italianos'

    Ensemble: La Ritirata. Director: Josetxu Obregón.
    • Andrea Falconieri: Il Spiritillo Brando.
    • Glossa.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Oboe Concerto in E flat major

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eliahu Inbal.
    • Bellini, Molique etc.: Works for Oboe and Flute: Holliger, Nicolet.
    • Pentatone.
    • 1.
  • Ernesto Nazareth

    Odeon

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • EMI.
  • Henry Purcell

    Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei (Z.135)

    Performer: Laurence Cummings. Singer: Andrew Carwood. Singer: Michael John McCarthy. Choir: Oxford Camerata. Director: Jeremy Summerly.
    • Naxos.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in A minor, D 804, 'Rosamunde' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • Teldec.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, Symphony no.2: Royal Phil, Andre Previn.
    • Telarc.
  • George Gershwin

    A Foggy Day - Love Walked In

    Composer: Stephen Roberts. Ensemble: Pelleas Ensemble.
    • LINN.

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