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Suzy Klein with Essential British choral works and Debussy's Premi猫re rhapsodie

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

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

1010 Essential Symphony 鈥 a movement from the 成人快手 archive, plus the whole performance available online.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we suggest five great British choral works.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic Dances Op.64 (no.3)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Grieg: Complete Music with Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    20 Irish Songs, WoO 153: No.13 - Tis Sunshine at Last

    Performer: Josef Herzer. Performer: Bertin Christelbauer. Performer: Bernadette Bartos. Singer: Paula Sophie Bohnet. Singer: Daniel Johannsen.
    • Beethoven: Folk Songs.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite suite de concert Op.77

    Conductor: Paul Freeman. Performer: Chicago Sinfonietta.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 2.
  • Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

    Nisi Dominus

    Ensemble: Magnificat Baroque Ensemble. Conductor: Warren Stewart.
    • Musica Omnia.
  • Claude Debussy

    Premiere Rhapsody

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Bradley Moore.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor (Overture)

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.
    • RCA Living Stereo.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Violin Sonata in A major, Op 5 No 9, arr Geminiani

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Paul Nicholson. Ensemble: Locatelli Trio.
    • Corelli: Violin Sonatas: The Locatelli Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 24.
  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No 3

    Composer: Anthony Payne. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 (Gavotte 1 and 2)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Manuel de Falla

    El Sombrero de tres picos - suite no. 2

    Orchestra: Orchestre national d'脦le-de-France. Conductor: Enrique Mazzola.
    • Manuel de Falla.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 19-21.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Clarinet Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 18.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Impromptu in B flat major, Op 32b

    Performer: Nata拧a Veljkovi膰.
    • Peja膷evi膰: Complete Piano Works.
    • CPO.
    • 701.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.36 in C major K.425 'Linz' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
    • 8.
  • Michael Tippett

    Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Singer: Carys Lane. Singer: Sally Bruce-Payne. Singer: Neil MacKenzie. Singer: Robert Evans. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • a la Gloire de Dieu: The Sixteen.
    • Coro.
    • 6.
  • George Enescu

    Romanian rhapsody no. 1, Op.11`1

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Liszt And Enesco Rhapsodies.
    • MERCURY.
    • 1.
  • Thomas Tomkins

    Fantasia a 6 no.17

    Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • OPUS ARTE.
  • Johannes Brahms

    3 Intermezzi Op.117 (no.1 in E flat major 'Schlummerlied')

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in E flat major, RV 483

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Ensemble: L'Aura Soave Cremona.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto II: Sergio Azzolini, L'Aura Soave Cremona.
    • Naive.
  • Philip Glass

    Metamorphosis three

    Performer: Bruce Brubaker.
    • glass cage, music for piano by Philip Glass and John Cage. Bruce Brubaker (pno).
    • Arabesque recordings.
    • 5.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade in C Major for Strings (Op.48): 1. Pezzo in forma di sonatina

    Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • SONY.

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  • Thu 21 May 2020 09:00

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