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Wednesday with Suzy Klein and Stephen Fry

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein with guest Stephen Fry.

Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Time Traveller - A quirky slice of cultural history.

1050 Suzy鈥檚 guest this week is Stephen Fry, who reveals some of the great music, film and literature that means the most to him.

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

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Wed 7 Nov 2018 09:00
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Music Played

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Dawn over the Moscow River (Khovanshchina)

    Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Erik Satie

    Poudre d'or

    Performer: Duanduan Hao.
    • Satie: Piano Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 30.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Transylvanian Dances Sz.96

    Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • HUNGAROTON.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Gondellied (Songs Op.1)

    Singer: Susan Gritton. Performer: Eugene Asti.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn - Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Claude Debussy

    La mer: Dialogue du vent et de la mer

    Orchestra: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno.
    • Debussy: La mer, Ib茅ria, Images & 6 脡pigraphes antiques.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 3.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Caprice Viennois Op.2

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: P茅ter Nagy.
    • Favourite Encores: Kavakos/Nagy.
    • Delos.
    • 9.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini OverturesThe Chamber Orchestra Of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 7.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor, RV 156

    Performer: Midori Seiler. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • Vivaldi: Double Concertos: Academie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    The Sea Op.28

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • Glazunov - Complete Syphonies and Concertos.
    • Warner.
    • 5.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pelleas et Melisande

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Pelleas et Melisande.
    • LSO Live.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pelleas et Melisande (extracts)

    Singer: Charles Panz茅ra. Singer: Yvonne Brothier. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Coppola.
    • Pearl.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Trio in B flat major D.471

    Ensemble: Trio Zimmermann.
    • Trio Zimmermann plays Mozart鈥檚 Divertimento.
    • BIS.
    • 7.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Impromptu no.3 in A flat major Op.34

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Faure - The Complete Music for Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op.17 for violin and piano

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • DECCA.

  • Anton Karas

    Harry Lime Theme (The Third Man)

    Music Arranger: Roby Lakatos. Ensemble: Roby Lakatos Ensemble.
    • OLD GOLD.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Circus Polka

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Stravinsky in America: London Symphony Orchestra, Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.

  • 脡douard Lalo

    Scherzo for orchestra

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.
    • Ernest Ansermet L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

  • Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

    Regina terrae, cantate Deo

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.
    • Dialogues with Heaven.
    • Linn.
    • 1.

  • Conlon Nancarrow

    Study for Player Piano No 21 Canon X

    • MDG.

  • Thomas Arne

    Overture No 5 in D major

    Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • Arne: Overtures: Collegium Musicum 90/Standage.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 16.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Les Djinns

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Kenilworth March

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Peter Parkes.
    • Life Divine: Black Dyke Mils Band.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Hans-Georg H眉bsch

    Herr Hofrat, erinnern Sie sich noch?

    Singer: Fritz Wunderlich.
    • Fritz Wunderlich - Vocal recital.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.2

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deustche Grammophon.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Performer: Nardo Poy. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 55 No 2 arr Heifetz

    Performer: Nikolaj Znaider. Performer: Daniel Gortler.
    • Bravo! Virtuoso and Romantic Encores For Violin.
    • RCA Red Seal.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No 1 in G major, Op 7 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • BIS.

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