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Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.

Featuring the Breakfast Advent Calendar - opening a door every day to reveal winter music and readings chosen by listeners and presenters.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 7 Dec 2012 06:30

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Overture in D major, D.556

    Performer: Prague Sinfonia Performer: Christian Benda (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.570329.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dopo notte from Ariodante - Act 3, sc.8

    Performer: Sarah Connolly (mezzo) Performer: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention Performer: Harry Christophers (conductor)

    • CORO COR16025.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Prelude and Mazurka from Coppelia suite

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • DG 459 445-2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo (3rd mvt) of "Pathetique" Sonata no.8 in C minor, Op.13

    Performer: Steven Osborne (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 67662.
  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger from The Planets Op.32

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Bernard Haitink (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 420 8932.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio (3rd mvmt) of "Gran Partita" Serenade in B flat for13 winds, K.361

    Performer: Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    • EMI 50999 457524 2.
  • John Dowland

    My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe

    Performer: Nigel North (lute)

    • NAXOS 8.556586.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Roses from the South waltz Op.388 from "Das Spitzentuch der K枚nigin"

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Willi Boskovsky (conductor)

    • DECCA 417 7062.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Preludio (Allegro moderato) from Gli Uccelli (The birds)

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • HMV 5 743692.
  • Robert Schumann

    The Two Grenadiers from Romances and Ballads Op.49 no.1

    Performer: Bryn Terfel (baritone) Performer: Malcolm Martineau (piano)

    • DG 447 042 2.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    "La ritirata di Madrid" variations: 4th mvmt of Guitar Quintet in G, Op.453

    Performer: Zoltan Tokos (guitar) Performer: Gyorgy Eder (cello) Performer: Danubius Quartet

    • NAXOS 8.558178.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor brujo

    Performer: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

    • CBS CD44721.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D, Kk.430

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

    • Virgin 50999 6420160 3.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Va Pensiero - Chorus of Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco

    Performer: Chorus & Orchestra of Opera North Performer: David Parry (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 3136.
  • Jarom铆r Weinberger

    Polka from Svanda the Bagpiper

    Performer: Philadelphia Orchestra Performer: Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

    • SONY SBK 63053.
  • Claude Debussy

    Passepied from Suite Bergamasque

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 67898.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Bereite dich Zion" from Christmas Oratorio, BWV.248

    Performer: Angelika Kirschlager (mezzo) Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra Performer: Andrea Marcon (conductor)

    • SONY SK 89924.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.8 - 1st mvt

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras

    • HYPERION CDS 443015.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    On Wings of Song from Six Songs Op.34 no.2

    Arranger: Paul Cassidy Performer: Brodsky Quartet

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10708.
  • Scott Joplin

    Magnetic Rag

    Performer: Joshua Rifkin (piano)

    • Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79159-2.
  • Leopold Mozart

    Cassation in G "Toy Symphony" - 1st movement

    Performer: Orchestra of St John鈥檚 Performer: John Lubbock (conductor)

    • Sanctuary CD RSN 3072.
  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio and Allegro in A flat major for horn and piano, Op.70

    Performer: Wolfgang Tomboeck (Vienna horn) Performer: Madoka Inui (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.557471.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia from Cantata "Ich liebe den Hochsten von ganzem Gemute",BWV.174

    Performer: Accademia Bizantina Performer: Ottavio Dantone

    • Decca 478 2718.

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