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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.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Young Prince and the Young Princess (Scheherazade)

    Performer: Elise BÃ¥tnes. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Lawo.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Etudes, Op. 10: 4. Etude in C Sharp Minor

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Four pianos, Four Pieces.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 108.
  • Jean Françaix

    Le gay Paris

    Performer: Sven Geipel. Ensemble: Saxon Wind Philharmonic. Conductor: Thomas Clamor.
    • GENUIN.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Paris Quartet No 8 in A minor

    Performer: Barthold Kuijken. Performer: Sigiswald Kuijken. Performer: Wieland Kuijken. Performer: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • Sony.
  • 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.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Notturno in G minor

    Performer: Judith Pfeiffer.
    • Dreyer Gaido.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Gloria (Missa Puer natus est)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • 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.
  • Cole Porter

    I love Paris

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Verve.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in F major, H.15.6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Haydn: Complete Piano Trios: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Philips.
  • Isabella Leonarda

    Sonata in D minor Op.16`12

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Marcin ÅšwiÄ…tkiewicz.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Howard Skempton

    Well, well Cornelius

    Performer: John Tilbury.
    • Howard Skempton: Well, well, Cornelius: Tilbury.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.6 in F major, 'Pastoral': I. Allegro ma non troppo

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • VIRGIN.
  • 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.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia no.5 in B flat major Z.736

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Henry Purcell The Complete Fantazias Fretwork.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

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  • Mon 25 May 2020 09:00

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