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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 12 Aug 2021 06:30

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    The Sea and the Seagulls (5 Etudes Tableaux)

    Orchestrator: Ottorino Respighi. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • NOSEDA, Gianandrea: Rossiniana ETC.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 9.
  • Frank Bridge

    The Sea (Sea Foam)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425

    Performer: Gertrud Tr枚ster-Weyhofen. Orchestra: Bavarian State Mandolin Orchestra. Conductor: Gerhard Vogt.
    • Carneval Di Mandilino.
    • Thorofon.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, BWV 867 (Well-tempered Klavier, Book 1)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier 1: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
  • Robert Schumann

    Four Pieces from Carnaval

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.
    • Denon.
  • Maurice Greene

    O clap your hands together for 5 voices

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Director: Edward Higginbottom.
    • CRD.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco)

    Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Colour Suite: i. Pink Minor; iv. Blue Air;

    Performer: Paul Guinery.
    • Dicky Bird Hop.
    • EM RECORDS.
    • 16.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56, 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 902228.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Kenilworth - suite for brass band: ii. Serenade on the Lake

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Donna del Lago: Fra il padre, e fra l'amante

    Performer: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Conductor: Edoardo M眉ller.
    • ERATO.
  • Richard Strauss

    Romanze in F major

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Strauss: Don Quixote Op.35; Romanze F-dur; Cellosonate Op.6.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 14.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The heavens are telling (The Creation)

    Singer: Arleen Aug茅r. Singer: Philip Langridge. Singer: David Thomas. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Warner.
  • John Field

    Piano Sonata No 4 in B major (1st mvt)

    Performer: M铆膵e谩l O'Rourke.
    • John Field: Four Piano Sonatas: Miceal O'Rourke.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie

    The Cricket on the Hearth, Op.62: Overture

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • HELIOS.
  • Benjamin Britten

    War Requiem: Lacrimosa; Move him into the sun

    Singer: Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya. Singer: Peter Pears. Choir: Bach Choir. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • DECCA.
  • Billy Strayhorn

    Take the 'A' Train

    Performer: Ray Nance. Performer: Duke Ellington. Orchestra: Duke Ellington Orchestra.
    • The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: Duke Ellington.
    • World Music Network.
    • 4.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances, Op 59

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 2: "Chi mi frena in tal momento?" (Edgardo,

    Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos. Orchestra: M眉nchener Opernorchester. Singer: Diana Damrau. Singer: Marie McLaughlin. Singer: Joseph Calleja. Singer: David Lee. Singer: Nicolas Test茅. Singer: Ludovic T茅zier. Choir: Munich Opera Chorus.
    • Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 122.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Hungarian Sketches (Evening in the Village)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin (The) (Complete Ballet) / Hungarian Pictures / Dance.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.
  • Gertrude van den Bergh

    Rondeau Op.3

    Performer: Frans van Ruth.
    • NM Classics.

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