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Suzy Klein

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Suzy Klein plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

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 pick of the best music for or about weddings.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 24 Aug 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Mattinata

    Singer: Juan Diego Fl贸rez. Orchestra: Filarmonica Gioachino Rossini. Conductor: Carlo Tenan.
    • Italia.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata in F major Op.5`1 for cello and piano: 2nd mvt; Rondo (Allegro vivace)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • SONY.
  • Kentara Sato

    Tsuna'ngari arr. for brass quartet

    Music Arranger: Jonathan Bates. Ensemble: A4 Brass Quartet.
    • Mosaic.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 10.
  • Jessie Montgomery

    Strum

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin (Pr茅ludes, Book 1 No 8)

    Performer: Elo茂se Bella Kohn.
    • Debussy: Pr茅ludes.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 8.
  • 艩imon Brixi

    Mass in D (Gloria)

    Singer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Singer: Kamila Mazalov谩. Singer: Jaromir Nosek. Singer: Ond艡ej Holub. Ensemble: Hipocondria Ensemble. Director: Jan Hadek.
    • Supraphon.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde, D.797 (Entr'acte in B flat major)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Danza (from Notturno e Danza)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Nordic Rhapsody.
    • BIS.
    • 501.
  • Giovanni Antonio Guido

    Concerto Op.3 no.2 'Summer' (opening)

    Performer: Andr茅s Gabetta. Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Op茅ra Royal.
    • Chateau de Versailles.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito (Live)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 2 & Academic Festival Overture (Live).
    • PENTATONE.
    • 104.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    None but the Lonely Heart (6 Songs, Op 6 No 6)

    Performer: Gaston Marchesini. Performer: Alexandre Labinsky. Singer: Boris Christoff.
    • HMV.
  • George Gershwin

    Oh, Lady Be Good (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet)

    Ensemble: Clair-Obscur.
    • Memorias, Astor Piazzolla Memories in 6 Tableaux.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 116.
  • Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

    Trio Sonata in C major, DurG 13 (attrib. JS Bach as BWV1037)

    Director: Evgeny Sviridov. Ensemble: Ludus Instrumentalis.
    • Ricecar.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No 3 in E major for violin, BWV 1006 (Gavotte en rondeau)

    Performer: Andr茅s Segovia.
    • The Legendary Andres Segovia.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • John Adams

    Rag The Bone (John's Book of Alleged Dances)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Gnarly Buttons; John's Book of Alleged Dances.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 5.
  • William Kroll

    Banjo and Fiddle

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Peter Nagy.
    • Leonidas Kavakos plays鈥.
    • Delos.
    • 1.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Loquebantur variis linguis

    Ensemble: Cardinall's Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
    • Hyperion.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Music Arranger: William Primrose. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Cantilena.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 114.
  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Toccata (Organ Symphony No 5 in F minor)

    Performer: Simon Preston.
    • Widor/Vierne: Symphony no.5/Carillon de Westminster: Simon Preston.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.31 in D major K.297 'Paris'

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • LINN.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 34 No 1

    Performer: Anna Fedorova.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Philip Herbert

    Elegy [In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence]

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio Sonata No 2 in G Minor, ZWV 181 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Die Freitagsakademie.
    • Winter and Winter.
  • Georges Bizet

    Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers)

    Singer: Jussi Bj枚rling. Singer: Robert Merrill. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Renato Cellini.
    • RCA.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 77 (2nd mvt, Scherzo)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Hyperion.

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  • Tue 24 Aug 2021 09:00

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