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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 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

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

1030 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 another of Claude Debussy's best compositions.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 18 Aug 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Samuel Arnold

    Polly (Overture)

    Orchestra: Aradia Ensemble. Director: Kevin Mallon.
    • Naxos.
  • Peter Philips

    Gaude Maria virgo

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • In a Strange Land.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Young Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)

    Music Arranger: Vadim Borisovsky. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Frank Dupree.
    • A Poet's Love.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Berceuse

    Performer: John Williams.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in D major RV.428 'The Goldfinch'

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • EMI.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Lou Coucut (Chants d'Auvergne, set 4)

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Jean鈥怌laude Casadesus.
    • Naxos.
  • Morton Feldman

    Madame Press died last week at ninety

    Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: John Adams.
    • John Adams: American Elegies.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 8.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.1 in E minor Op.39 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Sibelius: Symphonies 1 -7.
    • RCA.
    • 3.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sonata in C major Wq.55`1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mikl贸s Sp谩nyi.
    • C.P.E Bach: The Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 31.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Violin Concerto in D Major

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Prokofiev & Stravinsky.
    • Naive.
    • 01.
  • Johann Melchior Molter

    Sonata grossa in D major

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Conductor: Daniela Dolci.
    • Johann Melchior Molter: Concertos for Trumpets & Horns.
    • Accent.
    • 2.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Urlicht (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Performer: Irwin Gage.
    • Jessye Norman, Schubert & Mahler, Irwin Gage.
    • Philips.
    • 8.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Magnificat in C major W.E22

    Singer: Jo茅lle Harvey. Singer: Olivia Vermeulen. Singer: Thomas Walker. Singer: Thomas E. Bauer. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ralph Towner

    Always by your side

    Performer: Ralph Towner.
    • Time Line.
    • ECM.
    • 3.
  • Ivan Larionov

    Kalinka

    Ensemble: Zaporog Balalaikas.
    • Caravage.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Berceuse (Dolly Suite)

    Orchestrator: Henri Rabaud. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Faure: Orchestral works: 大象传媒 Philharmonic/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major Op.57

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.
  • George Shearing

    Lullaby of Birdland

    Lyricist: George David Weiss. Singer: Sarah Vaughan.
    • Take a Girl Like You.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 7.
  • Ferenc Farkas

    Sonatina no.3

    Music Arranger: Lajos Lencs茅s. Performer: Lajos Lencs茅s. Performer: Bal谩zs Szokolay.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Claude Debussy

    F锚tes (Nocturnes)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Die alten, bosen Lieder (Dichterliebe)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Frank Dupree.
    • A Poet's Love.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 23.
  • Helmer Alexandersson

    Symphony no.2 in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Uppsala Kammarorkester. Conductor: Paul M盲gi.
    • Sterling.
  • Giovanni Bottesini

    Gavotte (Introduction and Gavotte)

    Performer: Leon Bosch. Performer: Sung-Suk Kang.
    • Virtuoso Double Bass.
    • Meridian.
    • 4.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Spring (3 Botticelli Pictures)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.
  • Karen Tanaka

    3 Water Dances (no.1)

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • 2L.
  • Michael Tippett

    String Quartet no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Heath Quartet.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
  • Niccol貌 Jommelli

    Sprezza il furor del vento (Attilio Regolo)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Erato.
  • William Byrd

    O lux, beata Trinitas

    Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.
    • Tallis & Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1575: Alamire, David Skinner.
    • Obsidian.
    • 12.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no.3 in G minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Erato.

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  • Wed 18 Aug 2021 09:00

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