Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Sony Walkman, Piazzolla's Libertango, Gabriela Montero
Suzy Klein with the best in classical music, plus this week's guest, the pianist Gabriela Montero.
Suzy Klein with Essential Classics - the best in classical music.
0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.
1010 Our Classical Century - 100 key moments in the last century of classical music.
1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the pianist and improviser, Gabriela Montero.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection
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Luciano Berio
Quattro versioni originale della ritirata notturna di Madrid di Luigi Boccherini
Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep may safely graze
Music Arranger: Gabriela Montero. Performer: Gabriela Montero.- Gabriela Montero - Bach and Beyond.
- EMI Classics.
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Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)
Music Arranger: Safri Duo. Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.- 'Striking a Balance'.
- EMI Classics.
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Benedetto Marcello
Che dolce foco in petto (from Arianna abbandonata)
Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Conductor: V谩clav Luks. Ensemble: Collegium 1704.- Il giardino dei sospiri.
- PENTATONE.
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Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring Suite (7th section)
Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.- Copland Orchestral Works 1 - Ballets.
- Chandos.
- 17.
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Astor Piazzolla
Libertango
Music Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: N茅stor Marconi. Performer: Antonio Agri. Performer: Horacio Malvicino. Performer: Leonardo Marconi. Singer: H茅ctor Console.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Gerald Finzi
Dies Natalis (The Salutation)
Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Decca.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto in D minor for violin, piano and strings (3rd mvt)
Performer: Richard Tognetti. Performer: Polina Leschenko. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.- BIS.
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Claude Debussy
Petite suite
Ensemble: Katia Lab猫que. Ensemble: Marielle Lab猫que.- The Debussy Album.
- Philips.
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Rokia Traor茅
Kolokani
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 and 8.
- CHANDOS.
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Juan Garc铆a de Z茅spedes
Convidando est谩 la noche
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- New World Symphonies - Baroque Music from L:atin America: Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey S.
- Hyperion.
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Bedrich Smetana
Vltava (Ma vlast)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- LSO.
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Carlos Gardel
Por una cabeza
Ensemble: Carlos Gardel and his Orchestra.- RECORDING ARTS.
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Kurt Weill
Youkali Tango
Performer: The Armadillo String Quartet.- A and M.
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Agust铆n Magaldi
Alfilador
Singer: Agust铆n Magaldi.- Chispazos de Tradici贸n.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade No 2 in A major, Op 16 (5th mvt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1&2: LSO/Michael Tilson Thomas.
- Sony Classical.
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Zbigniew Preisner
Tu Viendras - from The Double Life Of Veronique OST
Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit. Choir: Silesian Philharmonic Chorus.- SID.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Overture)
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Soren Nils Eichberg
Symphony no.3 - mvts 7-8
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Spano.- Da Capo.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Tango (The Bolt - suite Op.27a)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61 (3rd mvt)
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Onyx.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky. -
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Nicola Matteis
Ground after the Scotch humour
Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jonathan Cohen. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Hans-Kristian Kjos Sorensen. Performer: Stephan Rath. Performer: Stephan Maass.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Antonio Valente
Gagliarda napolitana
Performer: Daniel Hope. Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- Air, A Baroque Journey: Daniel Hope.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Jean鈥怣arie Leclair
Tambourin
Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Sergey Prokofiev
March (The Love for Three Oranges)
Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk. Music Arranger: Peter Limonov.- Onyx.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No 1 in B flat major for keyboard, BWV 825 (Allemande)
Performer: James Rhodes.- James Rhodes: Five.
- SIGNUM.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Performer: Robert Jordan. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.- Peter Maxwell Davies - An Orkney Wedding With Sunrise and other works.
- LINN.
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Amy Beach
Je demande 脿 l'oiseau, Op 51 No 4
Performer: Martin Dub茅. Singer: H茅l猫ne Guilmette.
Broadcast
- Fri 3 May 2019 09:00成人快手 Radio 3
Our Classical Century
Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.
Time Travellers: the podcast
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.