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Suzy Klein with Essential Murray Perahia and West Side Story's Maria

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 performances by the great pianist Murray Perahia.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Michael Haydn

    Serenade in D Major, M.68 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Virtuosi Saxoniae. Conductor: Ludwig Güttler.
    • M. Haydn: Serenade in D Major, P. 87.
    • Capriccio.
    • 101.
  • Fredrik Sjölin

    Naja's Waltz

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Chopin: Journal Intime: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story (Maria)

    Singer: Rolando Villazón. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Daniele Callegari.
    • Rolando Villazon: Tenor.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 3.
  • Frank Bridge

    Seascape (The Sea)

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Trio in E flat major K.498 'Kegelstatt' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • BIS.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Canzon franzese del Principe

    Music Arranger: Christophe Dejour. Performer: Christophe Dejour.
    • The Art of Classical Guitar Transcription.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Jiga (3 Viejos aires de danza)

    Orchestra: Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. Conductor: Josep Pons.
    • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 19.
  • George Frideric Handel

    The King shall rejoice - coronation anthem no. 3 HWV.260

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coronation Anthems.
    • CORO.
    • 11-14.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Barcarolle no.4 in A flat major Op.44

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Hyperion.
  • David Baker

    Calypso (Jazz Suite '3 Ethnic dances')

    Performer: Alan Balter. Orchestra: Akron Symphony Orchestra.
    • American Voices: The African-American Composers' Project.
    • TELARC.
    • 9.
  • Gustav Holst

    Suite no.2 in F major Op.28`2

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • Holst/Vaughan Williams: British Wind Band Classics: Timothy Reynish.
    • Chandos.
  • MieczysÅ‚aw Weinberg

    Waltz (Suite for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: Siberian State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Lande.
    • Weinberg: Symphony No. 17, Op. 137 "Memory" & Suite for Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Adelaide Op.46

    Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • Beethoven: Lieder und Gesange: Ainsley/Burnside.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 9.
  • Nino Rota

    Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • Silva Screen Records.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Gualtier Maldé...Caro nome (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Evelino Pidò.
    • De l'opéra à la chanson.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Oboe d'amore Concerto in E minor, TWV.51:e2

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Berlin Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Rainer Kussmaul.
    • EMI.
  • Vítezslav Novák

    South Bohemian Suite Op. 64 (Reverie. Forests & Ponds)

    Orchestra: Moravská filharmonie Olomouc. Conductor: Marek Štilec.
    • Novák: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.
  • Amy Beach

    Romance, Op.23

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Michael Brown.
    • Echoes.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart; English Chamber Orchestra/Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse chevaleresque Op.96`3

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • The Sibelius Edition - Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Roderick Williams. Performer: Anna Markland. Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Amuse-Bouche - French Choral Delicacies.
    • Decca.
    • 29.
  • Géza Allaga

    Concert study in D minor

    Performer: Viktória Herencsár.
    • HUNGAROTON.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bruckner: Mass in E minor/Motets: Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Holst

    A Winter Idyll

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Lyrique.

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  • Tue 8 Dec 2020 09:00

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