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Classical music to set you up for 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 12 Sep 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet no.12 in F major Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Une Journee, Op 269: L'aube & La Matinée

    Performer: Françoise Choveaux.
    • Saphir Productions.
  • Franz Schubert

    Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D 821 (3rd mvt), arr for cello and guitar

    Performer: Boris Andrianov. Performer: Dimitri Illarionov. Music Arranger: Konrad Ragossnig. Music Arranger: Walter Feybli.
    • Cello and Guitar Music - Bach, J.S. / Schubert, F. / Falla, M. / Bellafronte (Cl.
    • Delos.
    • 203.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri Op.70

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Bis.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 (1st mvt, Coro)

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • PHI.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Juliet as a Young Girl (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Minuet and Trio (Fantasiestücke, Op 5 No 4)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ave Maria, o auctrix vitae

    Ensemble: Sequentia.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI .
  • George Gershwin

    Three Preludes: No 2, arr for orchestra

    Music Arranger: Nelson Riddle. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' - mov. 5 Air

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
    • Challenge Classics.
  • Antônio Carlos Jobim

    Só Danço Samba

    Performer: Stan Getz. Performer: Luiz Bonfá.
    • Jazz Samba Encore!.
    • Verve.
  • Clara Schumann

    Liebst du um Schönheit

    Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Performer: Gerold Huber.
    • Challenge Classics.
  • Robert Schumann

    O Sonn', o Meer, o Rose (Zwölf Gedichte aus Liebesfrühling Op 37)

    Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Raoul Steffani.
    • Challenge Classics.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Oboe Concerto in A minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Oboe Concertos/Nicholas Daniel.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces - book 8 Op.65)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Leif Ove Andsnes: Ballad for Edvard Grieg.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    La gallina (The Birds)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Marriner.
    • HMV Classics.
    • 15.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Archduke Trio, Op 97 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Pinchas Zukerman. Performer: Jacqueline du Pré.
    • His Master's Voice.
  • Harry Dacre

    Daisy Bell

    Ensemble: The Robert DeCormier Singers and Ensemble.
    • The Man on the Flying Trapeze.
    • Arabesque Recordings.
  • Gareth Wood

    Mist of the Afan Forest (Brass Triumphant)

    Performer: Cory Band. Conductor: Robert Childs.
    • Triumphant Brass: Cory Band, Dr Robert Childs.
    • Doyen.
    • 8.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.5: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Honeck.
    • Exton.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 4 in D major, K 19

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro torna (Scherzi musicali)

    Singer: Nigel Rogers. Singer: Ian Partridge. Performer: Colin Tilney. Director: Jürgen Jürgens.
    • Monteverdi - Caccini - Peri - Saracini: Canti Amorosi.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 5.

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