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Suzy Klein with Essential British choral works and Bruckner's Evening Magic

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

  • Karol Szymanowski

    Study No 1 in E flat minor, Op 4

    Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Szymanowski: Etudes; Masques; Metopes.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sinfonietta in A major Op.5 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Prokofiev Symphonies Vol. II.
    • Onyx.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer": III. Thema (con variazioni) Pria ch'io l'impegno. Allegretto

    Ensemble: Beethoven Trio Bonn.
    • Beethoven: Gassenhauer Trio & Symphony No. 6.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 3.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Agnus Dei: Phoenix

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Beyond All Mortal Dreams: American A Capella: The Choir of Trinity College, Camb.
    • Hyperion.
    • 19.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance No. 9 in B major, Op 72 No 1

    Music Arranger: Patrick Clements. Ensemble: Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • COE RECORDS.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Evening Magic

    Singer: Christoph Prégardien. Ensemble: Camerata Musica Limburg. Conductor: Jan Schumacher.
    • Serenade: Songs of night and love.
    • Genuin.
    • 18.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Dumbarton Oaks

    Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Robert Schumann

    Toccata in C major Op.7

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • PIANO CLASSICS.
  • César Franck

    Symphony (M.48) in D minor

    Ensemble: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • GB³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Pieces

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: José Gallardo.
    • French Cello Sonatas.
    • Naxos.
    • 2-4.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Kyrie (Missa Papae Marcelli)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Live in Rome: The Tallis Scholars.
    • Gimell.
    • 3.
  • Hans Pfitzner

    Palestrina (Prelude to Act 1)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • ORFEO.
  • Josef Rheinberger

    Abendlied

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • A Choral Tapestry.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 14.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    The Enchanted Lake, Op.62

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Lyadov - Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 04.
  • Meredith Monk

    Travellers 1, 2, 3

    Singer: Robert Een. Singer: Meredith Monk. Singer: Andrea Goodman. Singer: Naaz Hosseini. Singer: Nicky Paraiso. Singer: Ching Gonzalez.
    • ECM.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Character pieces (No.5)

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Venti turbini (Rinaldo)

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Valer Barna-Sabadus. Performer: Gianluigi Trovesi. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Erato.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Trio no.1 Op.8

    Ensemble: Trio Karénine.
    • Chostakovitch, Dvořák & Weinberg.
    • Mirare.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Praise to the Holiest in the Height

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Choir: Berlin Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • The Dream of Gerontius.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major Kk.428

    Performer: Christian Zacharias.
    • Domenico Scarlatti: 33 Sonaten.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Fear (5 Tango Sensations)

    Performer: Astor Piazzolla. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Piazzolla: Five tango sensations: Kronos Quartet/Piazzolla.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Violin concerto ii: Chant d'amour

    Performer: Denis Clavier. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: Fernand Quattrocchi.
    • Maguelone.
  • Giovanni Pacoloni

    Passamezzo milanese

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Nigel North. Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • Three, Four and Twenty Lutes, Lindberg etc..
    • BIS.
    • 13.
  • Leó Weiner

    Divertimento no.1 Op.20

    Orchestra: Budapest Strings.
    • CAPRICCIO.

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  • Wed 20 May 2020 09:00

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