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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 Musicians recommend their favourite recordings.

1100 Essential Five - this week we bring you five great performances by pianist Martha Argerich.

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

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Wed 31 Mar 202109:00
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Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vago augelletto, che cantando vai

    Singer: Zsuzsi Tóth. Singer: Lauren Armishaw. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: Cyril Auvity. Singer: Jan Van Elsacker. Singer: Nicolas Achten. Singer: João Fernandes. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ERATO.
    • 15.

  • M. Camargo Guarnieri

    Brazilian Dance (Dances for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Minczuk.
    • Dancas Brasileiras.
    • BIS.
    • 9.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in C sharp minor Op.131 (7th mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Prism III.
    • ECM.
    • 7.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Song of the Flea

    Singer: John Tomlinson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • Great Operatic Arias.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.2 in A flat major Op.16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4, Tragic Overture, Double Concerto & Serenade No. 2.
    • Lso Live.

  • Johann Walter

    Antiphona Super Nunc Dimittis 'Da Pacem Domine'

    Choir: Amarcord.
    • Tenebrae.
    • Raumklang (edition apollon).
    • 12.

  • Charles‐Valentin Alkan

    Alleluia

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Alkan - Symphony for Solo Piano etc..
    • Hyperion.
    • 006.

  • Augusta Holmès

    Recitatif et chant (from La vision de la reine)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih. Music Arranger: Steven Isserlis.
    • Cello Music from Proust's Salons.
    • BIS.
    • 9.

  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major S.124

    Performer: Zoltán Kocsis. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Philips.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in E major Op.2`10

    Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • Derek B. Scott

    Kirkliston Waltz Op.31

    Orchestra: Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Derek B. Scott: Orchestral Music.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 12.

  • Jules Massenet

    Manon (final scene)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Marco Uccellini

    Sonata XXVI sopra la Prosperina

    Performer: Maurice Steger.
    • Venezia 1625.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Leos Janáček

    Serbian Reel

    Orchestra: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: František Jílek.
    • Leos Janacek - Orchestral Works vol.2.
    • Supraphon.
    • 011.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Song of the Flea Op.75 no.3

    Singer: Louis Berkman. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Meridian.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Decca.

  • George Frideric Handel

    He Spake The Word (Israel in Egypt)

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in F minor Op.25 no.2

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.

  • Traditional Mexican

    La Cucaracha

    Music Arranger: Louis Armstrong. Ensemble: Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra.
    • Les 100 Plus Grands Succes Latinos CD4.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Oboe concerto in E flat major

    Performer: Christoph Hartmann. Orchestra: Ensemble Berlin.
    • Bella Napoli - Oboe Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Frank Horvat

    Vibraphone

    Performer: Richard Moore.
    • Music for self-isolation.
    • Canadian Music Centre.
    • 24.

  • Frank Horvat

    Accordion

    Performer: Joseph Petric.
    • Music for self-isolation.
    • Canadian Music Centre.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Quartet in C major WoO.36`3 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Lyda Chen. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Live from the Lugano Festival 2005.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Helena Munktell

    Menuetto à l'antique (Suite for large orchestra, No 2)

    Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.
    • Sterling.

  • Trad.

    There's a Man Goin' Round

    Music Arranger: Moses Hogan. Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Choir: Moses Hogan Chorale. Conductor: Moses Hogan Chorale.
    • Barbara Hendricks: Spirituals.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 212.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in E flat major Op.87`19

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Shostakovich The Preludes & Fugues Alexander Melnikov Piano.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 13.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.104 in D major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn - 12 London Symphonies.
    • Naive.
    • 9.

  • Barbara Thompson

    Green - moderato (Saxophone Quartet no.2 'From Darkness into Light')

    Ensemble: Apollo Saxophone Quartet.
    • Celestial Harmonies.

  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    Danza napolitana (I gioielli della Madonna Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Italia!.
    • ASV.
    • 15.

  • Daniel Bacheler

    Pavane No 18

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Nocturnal.
    • BIS.
    • 8.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Gullberg Jensen.
    • Nielsen / Tchaikovsky violin concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.

Broadcast

  • Wed 31 Mar 202109:00
    BBC Radio 3