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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, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

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 our starter today.

1100 Essential Five – our final choice of pieces this week relating to Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 6 Aug 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Francesco Patavino

    Un cavalier di Spagna

    Ensemble: ALTA Early Music Ensemble.
    • Ayros.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Duo Jatekok. Orchestra: Orchestre Nationale de Lille. Conductor: Lucie Leguay.
    • ALPHA.
  • William Lawes

    Royal Consort Sett no.4 in D: Paven

    Ensemble: Phantasm. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.
    • LINN.
  • Franz Waxman

    Carmen Fantasy

    Composer: Georges Bizet. Performer: Bomsori. Orchestra: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • DG.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Regina Caeli (3 Latin Motets, No 3)

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Carlo Arrigoni

    Mandolin Sonata in D Major

    Performer: Davide Ferella. Ensemble: Accademia degli Erranti.
    • Tiranni affetti.
    • Dynamic.
    • 1-4.
  • Anna Clyne

    Masquerade

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Anna Clyne: Mythologies.
    • Avie.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (arr. piano trio)

    Music Arranger: Linos Piano Trio. Ensemble: Linos Piano Trio.
    • C-AVI.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No 10 in B flat, K 361 (7th mvt)

    Performer: Mark Simpson. Performer: Fraser Langton. Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Emma Feilding. Performer: Amy Harman. Performer: Dom Tyler. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Angela Barnes. Performer: James Pillai. Performer: Fabian van de Geest. Performer: David Stark.
    • Mark Simpson: Geysir - Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran par.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 207.
  • Anonymous

    Violin Concerto in B flat major (reconst. Gernot Sussmuth from BWV 983)

    Performer: Gernot Süssmuth. Music Arranger: Gernot Süssmuth. Ensemble: Thüringer Bach Collegium.
    • Audite.
  • Najib Hankash

    Aatini Al Naya Wa Ghanni

    Performer: Tim Allhoff. Performer: Itamar Doari. Performer: Henning Sieverts. Performer: Burcu KaradaÄŸ. Singer: Fatma Said.
    • Warner.
  • Léon Boëllmann

    Variations symphoniques for cello and orchestra

    Performer: Henri Demarquette. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse. Conductor: Patrick Davin.
    • Fuga Libera.
  • François Couperin

    Gavotte (Pièces de clavecin - ordre no. 8)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Couperin: Keyboard Music 1: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 21.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Zigeunerweisen

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Erato.
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
  • Vladimir Horowitz

    Variations on a Theme from Bizet's Carmen

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Heinrich Isaac

    Judaea et Jerusalem

    Choir: Cinquecento Renaissance Vokal.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Hamlet, Op 67

    Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-6; Ballet music, etc.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 714.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Rigaudon (Holberg Suite, Op.40)

    Music Arranger: Jon Faukstad. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • Fairy Tales.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 14.
  • Leonardo Vinci

    Chi temea Giove regnante (Farnace)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Sacrificium.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Gavin Bryars

    3 Laude dolce (no.1)

    Performer: Matthew Barley.
    • Around Britten.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Moment Musical No 1 in B flat minor, Op 16

    Performer: Sonya Bach.
    • Rubicon Classics.
  • Franz Schubert

    Tantum ergo, D962

    Singer: Barbara Bonney. Singer: Brigitte Poschner. Singer: Dalia Schaechter. Singer: Margareta Hintermeier. Singer: Jorge Antonio Pita. Singer: Andreas Schmidt. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 1 (Op. 21) in C major, 4th mvt; Finale

    Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Philippe Jordan.
    • Wiener Symphoniker.

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