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Thursday - Petroc's classical picks

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 24 Aug 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Intermezzo No 2 (The Jewels of the Madonna)

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Len谩rd.
    • OPERA INTERMEZZI AND PRELUDES.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E flat major, Op.7

    Ensemble: London Winds. Director: Michael Collins.
    • Strauss: Complete Music for Winds: London Winds/Collins.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet no.11 in E major, G.275 (Minuet)

    Orchestra: Europa Galante.
    • Boccherini: String Quintets.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 13.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin and keyboard sonata No 3 in E major, BWV 1016 (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Luc Beaus茅jour.
    • Analekta.
  • Frederick Delius

    La Calinda

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Fenby.
    • HERITAGE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano sonata No 11 in A major, K 331 (3rd mvt, 'Alla Turca')

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331, "Alla Turca": III. Alla Turca.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Graham Peel

    In summertime on Bredon

    Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Songs my father taught me: Sir Thomas Allen/Malcolm Martineau.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 82 in C major, 'The Bear' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Haydn: The Paris Symphonies: Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Phyllis Tate

    St James' Park (A lakeside reverie) from London fields

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Sailing By.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 4.
  • Edmund Rubbra

    2 Sonnets by William Alabaster No 1: Upon the Crucifix

    Performer: Brett Dean. Performer: Joseph Havlat. Singer: Lotte Betts-Dean.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Op.27

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Bagatelles Op.1 (no.3)

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud.
    • The Messenger.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Corpus Christi Carol (From A Boy Was Born, Op 3)

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Janet Baker.
    • Janet Baker - Song Recital.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no. 9 "From the New World" (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, A Hero's Song: Bavarian Radio Symphony, Nelsons.
    • BR Klassik.
    • 3.
  • William Sterndale Bennett

    Toccata in C minor, Op 38

    Performer: Jozef de Beenhouwer.
    • William Sterndale Bennett - Piano Works.
    • SWR Digital.
    • 4.
  • Charlotte Bray

    Agnus Dei (a reflection on Byrd's Agnus Dei from the Mass for 5 voices)

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major RV.558

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Teldec.
  • John Williams

    Imperial March (The Empire Strikes Back)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams in Vienna.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Mild Summer Night

    Performer: Igor Gryshyn. Singer: Olena Tokar.
    • Charmes.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 3.
  • Kurt Weill

    September Song (Knickerbocker Holiday)

    Performer: Lotte Lenya. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Maurice Levine.
    • CBS.
  • Vernon Duke

    Autumn in New York

    Performer: Mary Lou Williams.
    • The Mary Lou Williams Collection 1927-59.
    • Fabulous.
    • 48.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet for piano and winds in E flat major K.452 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • CHANDOS.
  • 脡douard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • ERATO.

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