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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 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 our starter today.

1100 Essential Five – this week we pick five of Claude Debussy's masterpieces.

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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 16 Aug 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`2 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d'Este.
    • ´¡±è²¹°ù³Ùé.
    • 110.
  • George Gershwin

    Blue Monday (Part 3)

    Music Arranger: François Jeanneau. Ensemble: Katia & Marielle Labèque.
    • Gershwin: Piano Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 112.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op.71`1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.
    • LINN.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Iolanthe (Overture)

    Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 4.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Sonata pimpante (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Eva León. Performer: Olga Vinokur.
    • Rodrigo: Chamber Music with Violin.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.
  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic dances Op.64 (no.3)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 etc..
    • ERATO.
    • 12.
  • Philip Glass

    Dance 9

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.
    • CBS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor Op.37 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos: Perahia/Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Haitink.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Bazzini

    La Ronde des Lutins, Op 25

    Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Performer: Caspar Frantz.
    • Naxos.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie no.1 in D major

    Orchestrator: Claude Debussy. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • Satie: Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 106.
  • Amy Beach

    Chanson d'amour (3 Songs Op.21)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Performer: Charles Medlam. Performer: James Lisney.
    • BIS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.29 in A major K.201 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
    • 1.
  • William Byrd

    O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • Paul Dukas

    La Péri (Fanfare)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
  • Anthony Holborne

    The Fairie-Round Galliard

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Music for Viols.
    • Virgin.
    • 14.
  • Rutland Boughton

    How beautiful they are (The Immortal Hour)

    Choir: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alan G. Melville.
    • Rutland Boughton: The Immortal Hour.
    • Hyperion.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Singer: Anna Netrebko. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Opera Arias: Anna Netrebko/Wiener Philharmoniker/Noseda.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Trad.

    Fairy Dance

    Ensemble: The Mellstock Band.
    • Saydisc.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Élégie Op.24

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Pascal Devoyon.
    • RCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major BWV.1049 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano/Alessandrini.
    • Naive.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    De l'aube à midi sur la mer (La mer)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Debussy: La Mer etc.: Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas

    Violin Concerto no.4 in D major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege.
    • CEDILLE.
  • John Dowland

    Can she excuse my wrongs

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Dowland - The Art of Melancholy.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Hannah Kendall

    The Spark Catchers

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ellens Gesang 3 'Ave Maria' D.839

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Valentina Lisitsa.
    • DECCA.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Maria (West Side Story)

    Music Arranger: Henk Huizinga. Performer: Gwendolyn Masin. Ensemble: Melisma Saxophone Quartet.
    • Bernstein: West Side Story (Arr. H. Huizinga for Violin & Saxophone Quartet) [Li.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1001.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Brilla nell'alma (Alessandro)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Complesso Barocco. Conductor: Alan Curtis.
    • Drama Queens Joyce DiDonato.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 8.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor Op.18 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tedd Joselson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fagen.
    • Tedd Joselson's Companionship of Concertos: Grieg: Piano Concerto – Rachmaninov:.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 203.

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