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Suzy Klein with Essential Murray Perahia, Weber's Ruler of the Spirits Overture

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.

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Wed 9 Dec 2020 09:00
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Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Lennox Berkeley. Performer: Emily Beynon. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • British Flute Concertos - Beynon/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ NOW/Tovey.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • CΓ©cile Chaminade

    Danse paΓ―enne Op.158

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Go, lovely rose (3 Flower Songs)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Cloudburst and other choral works.
    • HYPERION.
    • 5.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Ruler of the Spirits Op.27

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • CPO.

  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Music Arranger: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ray Russell.
    • RCA.

  • Richard Dubugnon

    Hypnos

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Beau Soir: Janine Jansen/Itamar Golan.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • ONYX.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus vir a 6

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Concerto in D major 'Basle Concerto'

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Andreas Hammerschmidt

    Ach! Jesus stirbt

    Choir: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.
    • Ricercar.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Fugue in E flat major Op.81`4

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • ERATO.

  • Geraldine Mucha

    Macbeth Suite (Witches)

    Orchestra: Hradec KrΓ‘lovΓ© Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andreas Sebastian Weiser.
    • Macbeth And Other Orchestral Works.
    • ARCO DIVA.
    • 3.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice (Dance of the Furies)

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: RaphaΓ«l Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Jules Massenet

    Esprits de l'air! (Esclarmonde)

    Singer: Joan Sutherland. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Decca.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Robin Hood and his Merry Men (The Adventures of Robin Hood)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Brindisi (La Traviata)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Roberto Alagna. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Verdi per due.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 19.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major RV.551

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Vivaldi: 'Il Proteo'.
    • Teldec.
    • 004.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.73 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • Brahms: Complete Symphonies.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 203.

  • Gabriela Lena Frank

    Leyendas 'An Andean Walkabout' (Coqueteos)

    Ensemble: Del Sol String Quartet.
    • Dorian Sono Luminus.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie in F minor D.940

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Mozart & Schubert: Works for Two Pianos: Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite no.6 in D major, BWV.1012 (Allemande)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Leos JanÑček

    Youth (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Wind Soloists.

  • George Frideric Handel

    What though I trace each herb (Solomon)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Solomon.
    • Archiv.
    • 10.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no.2 in F major Op.51

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi.
    • Orfeo.

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  • Wed 9 Dec 2020 09:00
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