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Wednesday - Petroc's classical commute

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

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 21 Jun 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (Hymn to the Sun)

    Singer: Paul Esswood. Ensemble: Chor der Staatsoper Stuttgart. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Stuttgart State Opera. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • Sony.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto for 2 Pianos in A Flat Major, MWV O6 (II. Andante)

    Performer: Benjamin Frith. Performer: Hugh Tinney. Orchestra: RT脡 Sinfonietta. Conductor: Proinns铆as 脫 Duinn.
    • Mendelssohn: Concertos for Two Pianos in A-Flat Major and E Major.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • 脫lafur Arnalds

    Near Light

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Nordic Noir.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale Prelude 'Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ' BWV.639

    Performer: Milo拧 Milivojevi膰.
    • NIMBUS.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Bailero (Songs of the Auvergne)

    Singer: Victoria de los 脕ngeles. Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux. Conductor: Jean鈥怭ierre Jacquillat.
    • EMI.
  • Trad.

    Da Day Dawn/Greenland Man's Tune

    Performer: Chris Stout.
    • GREENTRAX.
  • Veljo Tormis

    Jannilaulud: "Jaanilaul" (St John's Song)

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic dance Op.64 no.1

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Grieg - Norweigan Dances; Lyric Suite etc..
    • The Barbirolli Society.
    • 9.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony in E flat major, Sieber 1773

    Orchestra: The Hanover Band. Conductor: Anthony Halstead.
    • CPO.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Midsummer Moon

    Performer: Jonathan Rees. Performer: Kathron Sturrock.
    • Rebecca Clarke.
    • Gamut Classics.
    • 7.
  • Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" read by Bill Wallace

  • Nils Lindberg

    Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

    Choir: Swedish Chamber Choir. Conductor: Simon Phipps.
    • Naxos.
    • 8572539.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon quarti toni a 15

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • A New Venetian Coronation 1595.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1901.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    'Moonlight' Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • In the Night - Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Ravi Shankar

    Sitar Concerto (Raga Adana)

    Performer: Ravi Shankar. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • EMI.
  • William Byrd

    Mass for 5 voices; 4. Sanctus, 5. Benedictus & 6. Agnus Dei

    Choir: Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.
  • Josef Suk

    Serenade in E flat major, Op.6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Sony.
  • Frifot

    Sommarvalsen

    • Flyt.
    • Amigo.
    • 13.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Behold, I tell you a mystery; The trumpet shall sound (Messiah)

    Performer: Peter Franks. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Handel: Arias: Bryn Terfel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 19-20.
  • Ronnie Hazlehurst

    Theme (From "Allo 'Allo!")

    Ensemble: London Music Works.
    • Allo 'Allo! Theme.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 1.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    La f锚te infernale; Les d茅mons (Suite from Alceste)

    Orchestra: Concert Des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 28.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Chanson d'amour, No. 1 Op. 27

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Singer: Sabine Devieilhe.
    • Warner.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor, Op 1

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 4, etc: Simon Trpceski, RLPO, Petrenko.
    • Avie.

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