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Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Bridget Kendall, Lenin's Tomb, Pachelbel's canon

Suzy Klein presents potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music, and journalist Bridget Kendall lists her cultural inspirations and influences.

Essential Classics with Suzy Klein

Suzy takes us through the morning with the best in classical music:

0930 Suzy explores potential companion pieces for Pachelbel's canon
1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Bridget Kendall, who as the 91热爆's Moscow correspondent reported on the the break-up of the Soviet Union, talks about the ideas that have inspired and shaped her throughout her life. Part of Radio 3's "Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture".

3 hours

Music Played

  • 袧懈泻芯谢邪泄 袙邪褋懈谢褜械胁懈褔 袗褉褑褘斜褍褕械胁

    Serenade (Les Vendredis)

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • Les Vendredis - Vertavo String Quartet.
    • Simax.
  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Nos 1 and 2 from Six Caprices, Op 43

    Performer: Martin Cousin.
    • Glazunov Sonatas 1 & 2, Liadov Variations etc..
    • SOMM.
    • 18-19.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: IV. Vivace

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Prokofiev: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 104.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in D major, H.15.8

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue in D major

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • TELDEC.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music

    Choir: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music/Sinfonia Antartica: Handley.
    • EMI.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in A flat major, Op.87 no.17

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Shostakovich The Preludes & Fugues Alexander Melnikov Piano.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.297b (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Diethelm Jonas. Performer: Bruno Schneider. Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Hans Vonk.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concertos: Sabine Meyer.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor, Op 57, 'Appassionata' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • JB.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado about Nothing Op.11 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.
    • Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Storgards.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.
    • Nicola Benedetti: Fantasie.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 6.
  • Franz Berwald

    Memory of the Norwegian Alps

    Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • NAXOS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt, Op 23 (No 8, 'In the Hall of the Mountain King')

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Choir: G枚sta Ohlin's Vocal Ensemble. Choir: Pro Musica Chamber Choir.
    • Grieg: Complete music with orchestra: Gothenburg SO/Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Septet in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Glinka: Septet, Trio Pathetique, Serenade & 3 Russian Songs.
    • CPO.
    • 104.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Choir: Chorus of the Kirov Opera. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Tchaikovsky 1812 - Borodin - Glinka - And More - Kirov Orchestra - Gergiev.
    • Phillips.
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    March: The Song of the Lark (The Seasons, Op 37b)

    Performer: Yefim Bronfman.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons / Balakirev: Islamey.
    • Sony.
    • 3.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Wild Bears (The Wand of Youth Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Elgar: The Starlight Express: Welsh National Opera Orchestra/Mackerras.
    • Argo.
    • 13.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Bjorneskytten (The Bear Hunter)

    Ensemble: Die Singphoniker.
    • CPO.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 82 in C major, 'The Bear' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.
    • Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83 & 84: Tafelmusik/Weil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Alissa Firsova

    Stabat Mater

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Spirit, Strength & Sorrow.
    • Coro.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Pushkin waltz no.2 Op.120`2

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Prokofiev - various works.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 8.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in D major Op.6`4

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.

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