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Suzy Klein with an essential Opus 1 and Rimsky-Korsakov's Three Wonders

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

0930 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist. Today's starter is the finale Rimsky-Korsakov's exotic Tale of Tsar Sultan suite.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five composer鈥檚 Opus Ones.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Come, ye sons of art, away, Z.323 (extract)

    Performer: Michael Chance. Performer: Timothy Wilson. Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Butterflying

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 6 in C major, D 589 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Franz Schubert: Symphony No.6; Hans Gal - Symphony No.1.
    • Avie.
    • 3.
  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    Guitar Quintet - 2nd mvt

    Performer: Marisa Minder.
    • Hans Haug & Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Chamber Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 303.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Five Variations on 'Rule Britannia', WoO 79

    Performer: Olli Mustonen.
    • Beethoven: Piano Variations: Olli Mustonen.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Tale of Tsar Saltan Op.57 (The Three Wonders)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in G major Op.3`6

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • Linn.
  • Michael Tippett

    Deep River (5 Spirituals from 'A Child of our Time')

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Collins Classics.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto No.4 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Romain Descharmes. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.
  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet No. 5 - 4th mvt

    Ensemble: The Smith Quartet.
    • Glass, P.: String Quartets Nos. 1-5.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 204.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No.5 in D minor (Op.47)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • GB成人快手.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet no.2 in A major Op.81 (Dumka)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Alexander Kerr. Performer: Wolfram Christ. Performer: Georg Faust.
    • Dvor谩k: Violin Concerto - Piano Quintet.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 105.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    The Three Worlds of Gulliver - Overture

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Spring (3 Botticelli Pictures)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor RV.565, Op.3`11

    Performer: Georg Kallweit. Performer: Elfa R煤n Kristinsd贸ttir. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Franz Schubert

    Erlk枚nig D.328

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Andreas Haeifliger.
    • Schubert Lieder Volume 7: Erlk枚nig.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Edward Elgar

    Bavarian Dance No 1

    Performer: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Performer: James Judd.
    • Elgar - Orchestral Minatures.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Danza (Les Soirees musicales)

    Music Arranger: Erich Schagerl. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Ernst Ottensamer. Ensemble: Vienna Virtuosi.
    • The Clarinotts.
    • DG.
    • 6.
  • Nigel Hess

    The Catskills; New York (from East Coast Pictures)

    Ensemble: London Symphonic Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Hess.
    • Chandos.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Character Piece no.3 in B major

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Concerto for violin and small orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Finzi: Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzona seconda 脿 6

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • King's College.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le Nozze di Figaro: Act 2 (conclusion)

    Performer: Thomas Hampson. Performer: Sonya Yoncheva. Performer: Christiane Karg. Performer: Angela Brower. Performer: Luca Pisaroni. Performer: Philippe Sly. Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Rolando Villaz贸n. Performer: Maurizio Muraro. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 001.

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  • Thu 30 Apr 2020 09:00

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