Friday with Suzy Klein - Bowdlerisation, Sue MacGregor, War Requiem
Suzy Klein presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, and Sue MacGregor lists her cultural inspirations and influences.
Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music.
1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Writer and broadcaster Sue MacGregor on the things that have inspired and influenced her throughout her life and career.
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Claude Debussy
L'Isle joyeuse
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
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Percy Grainger
The Lads of Wamphray
Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.- Grainger: Works for Wind Orchestra vol. 4: Reynish/Rundell.
- Chandos.
- 4.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons: Winter
Performer: Francesca Vicari. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano.- 狈础脧痴贰.
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Isaac Alb茅niz
Sevilla (Suite espagnola)
Music Arranger: Pepe Romero. Music Arranger: Francisco T谩rrega. Performer: Pepe Romero. -
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Benjamin Britten
Dies Irae (War Requiem)
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Peter Pears. Singer: Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Choir: Bach Choir. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- DECCA.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)
Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.- Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
- DG.
- 2.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Nicola Benedetti: Fantasie.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
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Johannes Brahms
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem)
Choir: San Francisco Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt. -
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream transc for piano
Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov. Performer: Simon Trpceski.- Simon Trpceski plays Rachmaninov.
- EMI Classics.
- 12.
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Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto no.1 in E flat major Op.11
Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.- EMI.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem e Kyrie (Requiem)
Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Daniela Barcellona. Singer: Roberto Alagna. Singer: Julian Konstantinov. Choir: Eric Ericsons Kammark枚r. Choir: Radiok枚ren. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Choir: Orfe贸n Donostiarra.- EMI.
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Edvard Grieg
成人快手ward (Lyric pieces - book 7 Op.62)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Grieg Lyric Pieces.
- EMI.
- 6.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in B flat major, K.361, 'Gran Partita' (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Linn.
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Ethel Smyth
The Wreckers (Overture)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.- EMI Classics.
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Maurice Ravel
Violin Sonata in G major
Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.- Janine Jansen: Beau Soir: Itamar Golan.
- Decca.
- 11-13.
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Alessandro Stradella
La Susanna - Da chi spero aita, o cieli
Singer: Emanuela Galli. Ensemble: Ensemble Aurora. Conductor: Enrico Gatti.- Glossa.
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Clara Schumann
Konzertsatz in F minor
Performer: Lucy Parham. Orchestra: 成人快手 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- CIRRUS CLASSICS.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in C major, Op 10 No 1
Performer: Louis Lortie.- CHANDOS.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in A flat major, Op 25 No 1
Performer: Louis Lortie.- Chandos.
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