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Wednesday - Petroc's classical picks

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and New Year New Music.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 5 Jan 2022 06:30

Music Played

  • Peter Cornelius

    The Three Kings

    Singer: Stephen Varcoe. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin. Ensemble: Leopold String Trio.
    • Brahms: Piano Quartets: Marc-Andre Hamelin, Leopold String Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Giovanni Battista Fontana

    Sonata No. 13

    Performer: William Dongois. Performer: Judith Paquier. Ensemble: Le Concert Bris茅.
    • ACCENT.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, Jesu, Komm

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bach Motets.
    • BIS.
    • 4. 5.
  • Claude Debussy

    Feux d'artifice (Preludes, Book 2)

    Performer: Arturo Michelangeli.
    • Debussy: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Indian Classical

    Raga Bhairav

    Performer: Amjad Ali Khan. Performer: Gurdev Singh.
    • Nawras.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-Scherzo in C major Op.34

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 5.
  • Thomas Morley

    O mistress mine

    Performer: Desmond Dupr茅. Singer: Alfred Deller.
    • EMI.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The rain it raineth every day, Op 65 No 3

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Songs to Shakespeare.
    • Hyperion.
  • John Dankworth

    If Music Be The Food Of Love (Twelfth Night)

    Performer: John Dankworth. Singer: Cleo Laine.
    • Spectrum.
  • Franz Schubert

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

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Schubert: Impromptus: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.
    • 4.
  • John Dowland

    Sweet, stay awhile

    Singer: Catherine King. Performer: Jacob Heringman.
    • NAXOS.
  • John Danyel

    Why canst thou not?

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 103 in E flat major, 'Drum Roll' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 5.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    12 Romances, Op. 14: No. 11, Spring Waters

    Singer: Natalya Romaniw. Performer: Lada Vale拧ov谩.
    • Arion: Voyage of a Slavic Soul.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1101.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Mambo (West Side Story)

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Bernstein: West Side Story: Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Bernstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Guitar Quintet in E minor (4th mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bream. Ensemble: Cremona Quartet.
    • SONY.
  • Kay Cavendish

    Opening Music of Kay on the Keys

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Revue Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Lockyer.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Trio Sonata in F major Op 2 No 7, BuxWV 265

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • ALPHA.
  • Poldowski

    L'heure exquise

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Performer: J茅r么me Ducros.
    • Green - M茅lodies fran莽aises.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 128.
  • James McMillan

    Vidi aquam

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Barcarolle

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Scherzi, Berceuse & Barcarolle.
    • DG.
    • 6.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (Boisterous Bourr茅e)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev/Bizet/Britten: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Duke Ellington

    In A Sentimental Mood

    Performer: John Coltrane. Performer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Elvin Jones. Singer: Aaron Bell.
    • Impulse.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

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