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Suzy Klein

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 鈥 this week we bring you five great pieces of music by Gustav Holst.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Ferdinando Antonia Lazzari

    Sonata a 6 in D major

    Performer: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • The fam'd Italian Masters: Parley of Instruments/Holman.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in E major, Op 19 No 1

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony.
  • Antonio Salieri

    Cesare in Farmacusa - Overture

    Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker. Conductor: Timo Jouko Herrmann.
  • Arthur Honegger

    Pacific 231

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Fr茅maux.
    • WARNER.
  • William Kroll

    Banjo and Fiddle

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Charles Abramovic.
    • Simply Sarah: Sarah Chang.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Ruth Crawford Seeger

    Risselty rosselty

    Ensemble: Sch枚nberg Ensemble. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Gayan茅 Chebotaryan

    Piano Trio

    Ensemble: Trio de l'卯le.
    • Babadjanian, Chebotaryan & Piazzolla: Piano Trios.
    • Divine Art.
    • 1.
  • Jean鈥怓茅ry Rebel

    Les caracteres de la danse

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rebel/Les Elemens/Les Caracteres de la Danse.
    • Musifrance.
    • 12-25.
  • Peter Gregson

    The Day Before

    Performer: Warren Zielinski. Performer: Magdalena Filipczak. Performer: Meghan Cassidy. Performer: Richard Harwood.
    • Quartets: One.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major Kk.13

    Performer: Ivo Pogorelich.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    In Nature's Realm, Op 91

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • WARNER.
  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Imants Zemzaris

    Piano Sonata No. 3 Kaija (Seagull) (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Daumants Liepi艈拧.
    • SKANi.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachianas Brasileiras No.2 for orchestra - IV. Toccata (O Trenzinho do Caipira)

    Orchestra: Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Fran莽aise. Conductor: Heitor Villa鈥怢obos.
    • EMI CLASSICS: 5099902820224.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 7.
  • Henry Purcell

    Wondrous machine (Hail! Bright Cecilia)

    Singer: Peter Harvey. Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Orchestra. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Chemin de fer Op.27

    Performer: Laurent Martin.
    • MARCO POLO.
  • Billy Strayhorn

    Take the "A" Train

    Performer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Ray Nance.
    • Battle of the Bands.
    • BMG.
    • 18.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Idillo-concertino in A major, Op 15 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Diego Dini Ciacci. Orchestra: Padova e del Veneto Orchestra. Conductor: Zsolt Hamar.
    • CPO.
  • Theodoro Cyro de Souza

    Ascendit Deus

    Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Hyperion.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Perfect Fool

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • EMI.
  • John Dowland

    Fantasia in G major P.1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Pizzicato (Sylvia)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • New Year's Concert 2014.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Tremate, empi tremate, Op. 116

    Singer: Diana Tomsche. Singer: Joshua Whitener. Singer: Kai Preu脽ker. Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker. Conductor: Timo Jouko Herrmann.
    • Salieri & Beethoven in Dialogue.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 4.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Piano Quintet (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Charles Owen. Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.
    • Jonathan Dove - In Damascus.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 2.
  • Aaron Copland

    Morning on the Ranch (The Red Pony - film suite)

    Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Copland, A.: Red Pony Suite (The) / Music for the Theatre Suite / Symphony for O.
    • Delos.
    • 1.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    A Farewell to St Petersburg for voice and piano: no.6 Poputnaya pesnya [Travelling song]

    Performer: Semion Skigin. Singer: Sergei Petrovich Leiferkus.
    • CONIFER.
  • Kala Ramnath

    Aalap and Tarana

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Johan Halvorsen

    Violin Concert, Op 28 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Halvorsen, Nielsen & Svendsen: Music for Violin & Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

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  • Fri 15 Jan 2021 09:00

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