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Suzy Klein with Essential South American music, Peter Brathwaite, Sakura Variations

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Well known musicians reveal their favourite performers.

1100 Essential Five – this week we bring you five great pieces of music by South American composers.

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Polonaise in E flat major

    Performer: Antal Doráti. Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Dvorak: Czech Suite, Prague Waltzes etc: Detroit SO, Dorati.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata in E flat major BWV.1031 (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Andrew Balio. Performer: Andrew Balio. Performer: Bruce Bengtson.
    • Soli Deo Gloria: Bach transcriptions for Trumpet and Organ.
    • Delos.
    • 503.
  • John Ireland

    Bagatelle

    Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • Ireland: Piano Trios.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.
  • Yuquijiro Yocoh

    Sakura Variations

    Performer: John Williams.
    • John Williams: The Seville Concert.
    • Sony.
    • 7.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony no.2 in D major

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Lev Markiz.
    • BIS.
  • Christopher Tyler Nickel

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mary Lynch. Orchestra: Northwest Sinfonia. Conductor: David Sabee.
    • AVIE.
  • °Õ°ùä»å

    I Once Loved A Lass / Jig

    Performer: Garth Knox. Performer: Agnès Vesterman. Music Arranger: Garth Knox.
    • ECM.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Manfred Symphony Op.58 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Decca.
  • Franz Schubert

    Marche militaire in D major, D.733 no.1

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Schubert: Marches Militaires: Daniel Barenboim/Radu Lupu.
    • Teldec.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Quintet in B Minor Op.115 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Thorsten Johanns. Ensemble: Aris Quartett.
    • Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51 No. 1 & Clarinet Quintet in B Mi.
    • Genuin.
    • 501.
  • Trad.

    Tarantella del Gargano

    Singer: Alfio Antico. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ALPHA.
  • Luigi Cherubini

    L'hôtellerie portugaise (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major Op.20 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Berlin Soloists.
    • Apex.
  • Trad.

    Sakura [Cherry Blossoms]

    Music Arranger: Toru Takemitsu. Choir: Shinyukai Choir. Conductor: Shin Sekiya.
    • Takemitsu: Choral Works.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Keiko Abe

    Dream of the Cherry Blossoms

    Performer: Daniella Ganeva.
    • Time for Marimba.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.
  • George Butterworth

    Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)

    Singer: Christopher Maltman. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad: Maltman, Vigno.
    • Hyperion.
    • 27.
  • Gottfried Keller

    Ciaccona in G Major

    Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot. Conductor: Johannes Pramsohler.
    • The London Album.
    • Audax Records.
    • 115.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Mass in D (Kyrie)

    Choir: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Moondog

    Für Fritz [Chaconne in A minor]

    Performer: Dominique Ponty. Performer: Stefan Lakatos.
    • Shiiin.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.97 'Rhenish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Schumann: Complete Symphonies.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 5.
  • Anonymous

    Sonata 'Chiquitana' no.4

    Music Arranger: Piotr Nawrot. Ensemble: Florilegium. Director: Ashley Solomon.
    • Florilegium and Arakaendar Bolivia Choir: Bolivian Baroque, Vol. 3.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.
  • Hilary Kleinig

    Great White Bird

    Ensemble: Zephyr Quartet.
    • Navona Records.
  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Viola Sonata in B flat major Op.36 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Bel Canto: The Voice of the Viola.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mentre dormi, Amor fomenti (L'Olimpiade RV.725)

    Singer: Lea Desandre. Ensemble: Jupiter. Director: Thomas Dunford.
    • Alpha.
  • Claude Debussy

    Gigues (Images)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata no.14 in C minor K.457 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonatas/Fantasies: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Granville Bantock

    Pagan Symphony (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Bantock: Pagan Symphony; Fifine at the Fair; Heroic Ballads.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

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  • Mon 12 Oct 2020 09:00

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