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Suzy Klein with Essential British choral works

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 – a movement from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ archive, plus the whole performance available online.

1100 Essential Five – 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

  • Henry Purcell

    Three Parts upon a Ground, Z.731

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major 'Italian' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Phillips.
  • Philip Glass

    Metamorphosis No. 2

    Performer: Jenny Lin.
    • Glass: Piano Works.
    • Steinway and Sons.
    • 301.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Violin concerto in G major, Op2 No.1 - 3rd mvt: Rondeau

    Performer: Miroslav Vilímec. Orchestra: Pilsen Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: František Preisler.
    • Saint-Georges: Symphonies and Violin Concertos Vol 2.
    • AVENIRA.
    • 9.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem)

    Choir: MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig. Orchestra: MDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.4 in D Minor (Juba Dance)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 203.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue

    Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor Op.37 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Beethoven: The Piano Concertos.
    • HYPERION.
    • 2.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Fandango (Guitar Quintet no. 4 in D major G.448)

    Performer: Giangiacomo Pinardi. Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Boccherini: Quintets: Europa Galante.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 4.
  • Ilan Eshkeri

    Nureyev (The White Crow)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Dudana Mazmanishvili.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 3 in C major, Op 52

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic. Conductor: John StorgÃ¥rds.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor for lute and viola d'amore, RV 540

    Performer: Nigel North. Performer: Trevor Jones. Director: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • David Bruce

    Gumboots: Dance V

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Signum.
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    La Savane, Op.3

    Performer: Cécile Licad.
    • Gottschalk: Piano Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Duke Ellington

    Black, Brown, and Beige - suite

    Orchestrator: Maurice Peress. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Mozart, Brahms: Clarinet Quintets: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 3 in B minor, BWV 814 (Menuett and Trio)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.
  • William Walton

    Then sing aloud to God (Belshazzar's Feast)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Warner Apex.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Summer shimmers across the glass of green ponds

    Performer: Gary Graffman. Ensemble: Lark Quartet.
    • Jennifer Higdon: An Exaltation of Larks.
    • BRIDGE.
    • 3.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    3 Dance episodes from 'On the town'

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Barber/Bernstein/Gershwin/Copland: Great American Showpieces.
    • Angel.
    • 7.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Der Rosenkranz, Op 9 No 3

    Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: Susan Gritton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Karl Goldmark

    Violin Concerto - 2nd mvt

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Korngold & Goldmark: Violin Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 108.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major D.899 no.4

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Grande messe des morts - Lacrimosa

    Choir: Chór NFM. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Chetham's School of Music Symphonic Brass Ensemble. Orchestra: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Orchestra: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Berlioz: Grande messe des morts (1837).
    • Signum Classics.
    • 106.

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