Suzy Klein with essential clarinet music and Gershwin's An American in Paris
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 pieces for clarinet.
1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Music Played
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Young Prince and the Young Princess (Scheherazade)
Performer: Elise BÃ¥tnes. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- Lawo.
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Frédéric Chopin
Etudes, Op. 10: 4. Etude in C Sharp Minor
Performer: Alexander Melnikov.- Four pianos, Four Pieces.
- harmonia mundi.
- 108.
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Jean Françaix
Le gay Paris
Performer: Sven Geipel. Ensemble: Saxon Wind Philharmonic. Conductor: Thomas Clamor.- GENUIN.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Paris Quartet No 8 in A minor
Performer: Barthold Kuijken. Performer: Sigiswald Kuijken. Performer: Wieland Kuijken. Performer: Gustav Leonhardt.- Sony.
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George Gershwin
An American in Paris
Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.- GERSHWIN Lincoln Mayorga - Harmonie Ensemble/NY - Steven Richman.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 8.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Notturno in G minor
Performer: Judith Pfeiffer.- Dreyer Gaido.
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George Frideric Handel
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Messiah)
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.- The Essential Emma Kirkby.
- Virgin Veritas.
- 16.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550
Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue and C minor, BWV 562
Performer: Peter Hurford.- J. S. Bach: Great Organ Works: Peter Hurford.
- Decca.
- 8.
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Thomas Tallis
Gloria (Missa Puer natus est)
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- GIMELL.
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Gioachino Rossini
L'Italiana in Algeri: Overture
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Rossini: Complete Overtures: Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marriner.
- Philips.
- 9.
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Cole Porter
I love Paris
Performer: Ella Fitzgerald.- Verve.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in F major, H.15.6 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.- Haydn: Complete Piano Trios: Beaux Arts Trio.
- Philips.
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Isabella Leonarda
Sonata in D minor Op.16`12
Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Marcin ÅšwiÄ…tkiewicz.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (1st mvt)
Performer: Thea King. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.- Mozart; Clarinet Quintet in A major, Jeffrey Tate and the ECO with Thea King.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Astor Piazzolla
Libertango
Performer: Fang Zhang. Music Arranger: Fumito Nunoya. -
Benjamin Britten
Courtly Dances (Gloriana)
Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Benjamin Britten: Works for Orchestra.
- CHANDOS.
- 3.
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Howard Skempton
Well, well Cornelius
Performer: John Tilbury.- Howard Skempton: Well, well, Cornelius: Tilbury.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.6 in F major, 'Pastoral': I. Allegro ma non troppo
Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- VIRGIN.
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Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata (Act 1: opening)
Singer: Renata Scotto. Singer: Gianni Raimondi. Singer: Giuliana Tavolaccini. Singer: Giuseppe Morresi. Singer: Franco Ricciardi. Singer: Silvio Maionica. Singer: Virgilio Carbonari. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra, Milan. Conductor: Antonino Votto.- DG.
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Henry Purcell
Fantazia no.5 in B flat major Z.736
Ensemble: Fretwork.- Henry Purcell The Complete Fantazias Fretwork.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Broadcast
- Mon 25 May 2020 09:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3