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Wednesday - Petroc Trelawny

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with the Best of British Music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Plus neglected composers and amateur music groups.

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Also, including your requests for works by neglected composers, amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Mar 2014 06:30

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in excelsis Deo from Gloria for soloists, chorus and orchestra (RV.589)

    Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria/Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in F sharp minor, Op 23 No 1

    Performer: Andrei Gavrilov.
    • Rachmaninov: Preludes/Moments Musicaux, etc.: Gavrilov.
    • EMI.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 6 in D major, 'Le matin' - 1st movement, - Adagio-Allegro

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Haydn Symphonies 'Morning', 'Noon' and 'Evening'.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Romance, Op. 62

    Performer: Karen Geoghegan. Orchestra: Opera North Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch.
    • Chandos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita for violin solo no. 1 (BWV.1002) in B minor, Tempo di bourree and double

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova.
    • Bach: 6 Sonatas & Partitas.
    • Onyx.
    • 11.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet (D.803) in F major, 3rd movement; Allegro vivace

    Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • Deux-Elles.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Il Giardino di rose - oratorio: Mentr'io godo in dolce oblio

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Cecilia Bartoli: Opera proibita.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks Op.4

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hiroyuki Iwaki.
    • Stravinsky: Petrushka; Agon; Fireworks.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 32.
  • Jules Massenet

    Eau dormante

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy/Ravel: Works For Piano And Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Serenade for flute, violin & viola (Op.25) in D major, 6th mvt; Adagio...

    Performer: Michel Debost. Performer: G茅rard Jarry. Performer: Serge Collot.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium for 40 voices

    Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Tallis: Spem in alium & other choral works: Winchester Cathedral Choir.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric pieces - book 5 Op.54 for piano no.3; Troldtog [March of the trolls/dwarfs

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.
    • Edvard Grieg: Complete Symphonic Works Vol.III.
    • Audite.
    • 5.
  • Philip Glass

    Dance 8

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words book 1, Op.19鈥5 in F sharp minor

    Performer: Martin Jones.
    • NI 5073.
    • NIMBUS.
    • 3.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance - rondo brillant orch. Berlioz [orig. for piano]

    Conductor: Fritz Reiner. Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Reiner Sound.
    • RCA.
    • 7.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Romance in F major Op.36 for horn (or cello) and orchestra

    Performer: Christian Polt茅ra. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Saint-Saens: Cello Sonatas etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Les petits riens (Overture)

    Orchestra: Norwegian National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Mozart: Overtures.
    • Naive.
    • 16.
  • Amy Beach

    Danse des fleurs (3 Morceaux caracteristiques Op.28)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Amy Beach: Piano Music Volume 1 - Johnson.
    • Guild.
    • 21.
  • Francesco Gasparini

    'Forte e lieto a morte andrei' from Il Bajazet

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.
    • Three Baroque Tenors: Ian Bostridge, Bernard Labadie.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op 35a)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite; Dohnanyi: Konzertstuck for Cello.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Howard Ferguson

    Three Sketches, Op 14

    Performer: David Butt. Performer: Clifford Benson.
    • Ferguson: Discovery - Benson/Mordkovitch/Burgess/Ainsley.
    • Chandos.
    • 17-19.
  • Joaqu铆n Turina

    Escena andaluza Op.7 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Nash Ensemble.
    • Turina Chamber Music The Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Debussy and Ravel: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Henry Purcell

    Urge me no more, Z426

    Performer: Susan Gritton. Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Consort. Director: Robert King.
    • CDS 44161/3.
    • HYPERION.

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