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Classical music to start the day

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

Tue 29 Aug 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Dario Marianelli

    Dawn

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Pride & Prejudice (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Decca.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Sonatina for cello and piano

    Performer: Andrei Ioni牛膬. Performer: Lilit Grigoryan.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silence and Music

    Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Ich habe genug, BWV 82: III. Aria. Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (

    Lyricist: Anonymous.
    • Bach: Anna Magdalena Notebooks, 1722 and 1725.
    • Hyperion.
    • 30.
  • Claude Debussy

    Deux Arabesques L. 66: i. Andantino con moto

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Debussy: Clair De Lune (CC).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Claude Debussy

    Deux Arabesques L. 66: ii. Allegretto scherzando

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Debussy: Clair De Lune (CC).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.
  • Rufus Wainwright

    A woman's face (5 Shakespeare Sonnets)

    Singer: Anna Prohaska. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jayce Ogren.
    • Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Joan Trimble

    Suite for Strings (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Fionnuala Hunt.
    • Black Box.
  • George Gershwin

    Variations on 'I got rhythm'

    Performer: Werner Haas. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • Philips.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Florence Price

    Elfentanz

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Brighton to Brooklyn.
    • Chandos.
  • Edvard Grieg

    March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces Op.54)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto No.2 in D major; 1. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: W眉rttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Ruben Gazarian.
    • Horn Concertos.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Henry Purcell

    If Love's a Sweet Passion (The Fairy Queen)

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Deux-Elles Limited.
  • Howard Ferguson

    Concerto Op.12 for piano and strings (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Ferguson/Gerhard: Piano Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Lake Isle

    Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Ola Gjeilo. Performer: Kristian Kvalvaag. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Ciaran McCabe. Performer: Jon Thorne. Performer: Matthew Sharp.
    • Decca.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op.70 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Camerata de Lausanne.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Souvenir de Florence.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Joe Hisaishi

    Merry-Go-Round of Life (Howl's Moving Castle)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • A Symphonic Celebration - Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 1.
  • Ronald Binge

    Cornet carillon

    Performer: Hannaford Street Silver Band. Conductor: James Curnow.
    • CBC.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Danses espagnoles 'La vida breve' arr Samazeuilj

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que. Music Arranger: Gustave Samazeuilh.
    • Piano Fantasy/Music for two pianos: Katia and Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 1-2.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Orchestra: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12 No. 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Performer: Martin Helmchen.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4.
    • BIS.
    • 201.
  • Dooley Wilson

    As Time Goes By

    • Casablanca (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Top Tracks.
    • 20.

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