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Monday with Suzy Klein - Arban's Carnival of Venice, Ty Unnos, Al Murray

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein, with guest Al Murray.

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

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

1010 Time Traveller 鈥 a quirky slice of history.

1050 Cultural inspirations from comedian, actor and write Al Murray, best known as The Pub Landlord.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • Antonio Salieri

    Falstaff (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Salieri: Symphonies, Ovtures and Variations.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • William Walton

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue arr Fernie - Fugue

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Symphonic Brass.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.
  • Henry Purcell

    Now that the sun hath veiled his light, Z. 193, "An Evening Hymn on a Ground"

    Composer: Silas Wolston. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • If: Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 13.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor Op.39

    Performer: Nikolai Demidenko.
    • Hyperion.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 8 in G: Allegretto grazioso (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Sony.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nacht und Tr盲ume D.827

    Singer: Ilker Arcay眉rek. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • Franz Schubert: Der Einsame.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
    • 16.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture in E minor, Op.23

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Louise Farrenc: Symphony no.2, Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 5.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Capriccio for two pianos

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅. Performer: Jean鈥怭hilippe Collard.
    • Poulenc: Piano music and chamber works: Pascal Roge.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Albioni/Pachelbel/Bach: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Hamlet - suite from the incidental music Op.32a

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Shostakovich: Symphonies nos. 5, 8, 9, Hamlet (suite).
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacr茅e et danse profane

    Music Arranger: Fabrice Pierre. Performer: Chris Laurence. Performer: Sioned Williams. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Debussy: String Quartet etc: Brodsky Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5-6.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Robert Schumann

    Tr盲umerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Kinderszenen / Kreisleriana.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Calme des nuits (2 Choruses Op.68)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Aaron Copland

    Billy the Kid (Waltz)

    Performer: Paul Watkins. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Kurt Weill

    September Song

    Music Arranger: Paul Bateman. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jacques Ammon. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Daniel Hope For Seasons.
    • DG.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Fantaisie-tableaux, Op.5 (Barcarolle)

    Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rachmaninov: Suites 1&2: Ashkenazy/Previn.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major: IV. Vif et agit茅

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • String Quartets: Belcea Quartet.
    • EMI Classic.
    • 20.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • RCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E flat major, K.252

    Orchestra: Consortium Classicum.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 13.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Tsarina in a barrel at sea)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade: Philharmonia/Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Po猫me Op.41

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • HYPERION.
  • William Byrd

    Browning, 'The leaves be green' 脿 5

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Richard Strauss

    Festliches Pr盲ludium, Op 61

    Performer: Peter Solomon. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Strauss: Orchestral Works: Zinman.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 23.

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