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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 more of the best wedding music.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 25 Aug 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    Danza de jalisco (Three Latin-American Sketches)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring, 2 Latin-American sketches: Orpheus Chamber Orchestr.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Gaspar Cassad贸

    Requiebros

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Rina Dokshinsky.
    • Music for Cello and Piano: Alban Gerhardt.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 15.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Alma redemptoris mater

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Leviathan Op.59

    Performer: Peter Wesley. Performer: Liivi Arder.
    • PDW.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto no.5 in A major K.219 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Warner.
  • Victor Ewald

    Brass Quintet No 1 in B flat minor, Op 5 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Center City Brass Quintet.
    • Collins Classics.
  • Frank Bridge

    Fantasy Piano Quartet in F sharp minor

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • James Whitbourn

    Pure river of water of life

    Choir: Commotio. Conductor: Matthew Berry.
    • Whitbourn: Luminosity and other choral works.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Sh茅h茅razade, ouverture de f茅erie

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ravel: Ma M猫re l'Oye, Le tombeau de Couperin & Sh茅h茅razade, ouverture de f茅erie.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.
  • Peter Warlock

    Cradle Song

    Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Songs by Peter Warlock.
    • Hyperion.
    • 30.
  • Giovanni Pacoloni

    Passamezzo della battaglia, transc. for 3 lutes

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Robert Meunier. Performer: Nigel North.
    • BIS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.4 in C minor D.417 'Tragic' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: B鈥橰ock Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 104.
  • Michel Corrette

    Le Phenix Concerto

    Performer: Kim Walker. Performer: Roger Birnstingl. Performer: Carlo Colombo. Performer: Cl茅na Stein. Performer: Darryl Nixon.
    • Sonates Baroques.
    • GALLO.
    • 5.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Elephant (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Georg H枚rtnagel.
    • Saint-Saens: Carnaval des Animaux: Argerich/Frerie/Kremer.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Nocturne: The Kraken (Tennyson)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio for glass harmonica, K 356

    Performer: Thomas Bloch.
    • Naxos.
  • Giovanni Bottesini

    Gran Duo concertante for violin, double bass and orchestra

    Performer: Thomas Martin. Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Jos茅鈥怢uis Garc铆a. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Giovanni Bottesini - A Showcase - Thomas Martin/Emma Johnson/ Jose-Luis Garcia/.
    • ASV.
    • 1.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    The place where the rainbow ends (Magnolia Suite)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 5.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Sinfonia di concerto grosso no.12 in C minor 'La Geniale'

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Performer: Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding-cake Op.76

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Holy Sonnets of John Donne (Since she whom I loved)

    Music Arranger: Matthew Barley. Performer: Matthew Barley.
    • Around Britten.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 019.
  • Juan Garc铆a de Z茅spedes

    Convidando est谩 la noche

    Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Hyperion.
  • Darius Milhaud

    La cr茅ation du monde

    Performer: John Harle. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • The Jazz Album: London Sinfonietta/Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sarabande for Guitar, FP 179

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 701.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Vasara [Summer]

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.
    • Vasks: Plainscapes etc.
    • ONDINE.
    • 008.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Menuet in the style of Porpora

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.
    • DECCA.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    Concert Overture in E major Op.12

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • CHANDOS.

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