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Suzy Klein with Peter Brathwaite

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

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

1010 Well-known musicians reveal their personal favourite performers.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita in C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia

    Performer: Julien Libeer.
    • Bach Bart贸k.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter (The Planets)

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Holst: The Planets Suite.
    • Chandos.
    • 013.
  • Fazil Say

    Violin Concerto, Op. 25 "1001 Nights in the Harem": IV. -

    Performer: Friedemann Eichhorn. Performer: Aykut Koselerli. Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbr眉cken Kaiserslautern. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Fazil Say: Violin Works.
    • Naxos.
  • Franz Schubert

    Trio in E flat major D.897 (Notturno) for piano and strings

    Ensemble: Rautio Piano Trio.
    • Resonus.
  • Ernest Bloch

    Pastorale and rustic dances (Concerto Grosso no.1)

    Performer: Barton Weber. Orchestra: Amadeus Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Agnieszka Duczmal.
    • Ernest Bloch - Concerti grossi 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 3.
  • Alonso Lobo

    Versa est in luctum (Liber primus missarum)

    Director: Peter Phillips. Choir: Tallis Scholars.
    • Victoria: Requiem: The Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell.
    • 11.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Lullaby for Nick

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska. Performer: Elena Kats鈥怌hernin.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no. 9 in C major H.1.9

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Alpha.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Maskarade (Overture)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt.
    • DaCapo.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Adagio, Op. 97bis (from Cinderella, Op. 87)

    Performer: Boris Pergamenschikow. Performer: Pavel Gililov.
    • Prokofiev & Roslavetz: Works for Cello & Piano.
    • Orfeo.
    • 501.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Care selve (Atalanta)

    Performer: David Garvey. Singer: Leontyne Price.
    • RCA.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Symphonies: 成人快手SO/Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    3 Pieces in Olden Style

    Orchestra: Amadeus Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Agnieszka Duczmal.
    • CONIFER.
  • Johannes Brahms

    2 Rhapsodies Op.79 (no.1 in B minor)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.
  • Thomas Tomkins

    To the shady woods now wend we

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Country Dances

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

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  • Tue 11 Aug 2020 09:00

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