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Thursday - Petroc's classical picks

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 13 Aug 2020 06:30

Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Sacred Veil (The Veil Opens)

    Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale. Performer: Jeffrey Zeigler. Performer: Lisa Edwards. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre: The Sacred Veil.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899, Op.90 (no.3 in G flat major)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Schubert: Impromptus: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.
    • 4.
  • Nigel Hess

    Ladies in Lavender

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • The Silver Violin: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Widerstehe doch der Sunde (Cantata no.54)

    Singer: Alfred Deller. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt. Ensemble: Leonhardt鈥怌onsort.
    • Diapason.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite in B flat major HWV.434 (Minuet)

    Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kempff. Performer: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • Transcriptions for piano: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 23.
  • Le贸 Weiner

    Romanze

    Performer: Ditta Rohmann. Performer: Melinda Fellet谩r. Orchestra: M脕V Szimfonikus zenekar. Conductor: Val茅ria Cs谩nyi.
    • Weiner: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia concertante in B flat major H.1.105 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.
  • Edward Elgar

    As Torrents in Summer (Scenes from The Saga of King Olaf)

    Choir: Cambridge University Chamber Choir. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.
    • NAXOS.
  • Proms Time Capsule

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.55 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)

      Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
      • Beethoven For All.
      • Decca.
      • 2.
  • Hariprasad Chaurasia

    Raga Lalit

    Performer: Hariprasad Chaurasia.
    • Navras records.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    6 Studies Op.135 (Gigue)

    Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Saint-Saens: The complete etudes: Piers Lane.
    • Hyperion.
    • 21.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Vidi Aquam

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Spem in alium. Vidi aquam.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 115.
  • Kenneth J. Alford

    Holyrood

    Ensemble: Band of HM Royal Marines. Conductor: Captain J.R. Mason.
    • Chandos.
  • Richard Wagner

    Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Gunilla S眉ssmann.
    • AVIE.
  • 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.
  • Clive Jenkins

    5 Pieces (no.3)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Performer: Antony Gray.
    • Cala.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    North by Northwest (Overture)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Stephen Sondheim

    Merrily We Roll Along (Our Time)

    Singer: Jim Walton. Singer: Ann Morrison. Singer: Lonny Price. Ensemble: Merrily We Roll Along Ensemble. Orchestra: Merrily We Roll Along Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Gemignani.
    • RCA.
  • Gustav Holst

    Walt Whitman - overture Op.7

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Holst: Cotswolds Symphony.
    • Naxos.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures Op.37 (Where Corals Lie)

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Sea Pictures.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto a 5 in D major Op.9`12

    Performer: Frank de Bruine. Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Decca.

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