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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 pieces of music inspired by stars.

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

3 hours

Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes

    Music Arranger: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Gilbert Kalish.
    • Bernstein/Kirchner/Gershwin: Made in America: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6-8.
  • Jonathan Dove

    The Star-Song

    Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Performer: Jonathan Vaughn. Conductor: Matthew Owens.
    • HYPERION.
  • Henry Purcell

    Three parts upon a ground Z.731

    Ensemble: London Baroque.
    • Purcell: Chamber Music: London Baroque.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Howard Blake

    The Snowman (excerpt)

    Singer: Peter Auty. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Howard Blake.
    • SONY.
  • Orlande de Lassus

    Resonet in laudibus

    Choir: The London Oratory School Schola. Conductor: Charles Cole.
    • HYPERION.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor Op.30 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Cortege de Bacchus (Sylvia)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS MEDIA.
  • Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier

    4 No毛ls sur les instruments H.531, 534

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Christmas Concertos.
    • Archiv.
    • 1-4.
  • Judith Weir

    Drop down ye heavens from above

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • Advent at Merton: Choir of Merton College, Oxford.
    • Delphian.
    • 5.
  • Tieshan Liu

    Yao Dance

    Music Arranger: Yi-Wen Jiang. Ensemble: The Shanghai Quartet.
    • China Song.
    • Delos.
    • 15.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A minor Op.34 no.2

    Performer: Claudio Arrau.
    • Philips.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-Scherzo in C major Op.34

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 5.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Snowman (Serenade)

    Performer: Joseph Lin. Performer: Benjamin Loeb.
    • NAXOS.
  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Musical Toys (Sleigh With Little Bells)

    Performer: Mei Yi Foo.
    • ODRADEK.
  • Henry Purcell

    What pow'r art thou (King Arthur Z.628)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy; Trepak Russian Dance (The Nutcracker)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 18.
  • Sammy Cahn

    Come Fly With Me

    Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen. Singer: Frank Sinatra.
    • CAPITOL.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.5 in D major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • HYPERION.
  • Michael Praetorius

    Wie sch枚n leuchtet der Morgenstern

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments. Conductor: David Hill.
    • HYPERION.
  • Richard Wagner

    Wie Todesahnung... O du mein holder Abendstern (Tannhauser)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • SONY.
  • Cecil Frances Alexander

    Once in Royal David's City

    Music Arranger: Wayne Marshall. Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • 麻豆社 recording.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • WARNER.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major H.7e.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Simon H枚fele. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Standards.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 06.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in A minor Op.25 no.11

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • DG.
  • Trad.

    Now Found is the Fairest of Roses

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM.
    • 16.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Videte miraculum for 6 voices

    Ensemble: Contrapunctus. Director: Owen Rees.
    • Virgin And Child.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 5.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata

    Orchestrator: Lennox Berkeley. Performer: Katherine Bryan. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • LINN.

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  • Tue 22 Dec 2020 09:00

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