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Wake up with classical music

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

Wed 27 Sep 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep river (24 Folk melodies Op.59)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major, Op. 20 - II Andante

    Ensemble: Merel Quartet. Ensemble: Castalian String Quartet.
    • Solo Musica.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance no.2 in F major, Op.50

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Preludes No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, BWV 873, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II

    Performer: Ewa Pob艂ocka.
    • Frederick Chopin Institute.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Birthday ode for Queen Anne)

    Singer: Lea Desandre. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Jupiter. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.
    • Eternal Heaven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48, J. 204 - I Allegro con fuoco

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Weber: Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48, J. 204: 3. Rondo. Allegro.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Frederick Delius

    On hearing the first cuckoo in spring

    Music Arranger: John Rutter. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium Records.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor RV.356, Op.3`6

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Norman, Giacomini.
    • Philips.
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Cello Sonata in E major, Op.47 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Chopin: Cello Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Marmion Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Royston Nash.
    • DECCA.
  • Moondog

    Viking I

    Ensemble: Moondog. Performer: Louis Thomas Hardin.
    • Moondog in Europe.
    • Koff.
    • 1.
  • Grace Williams

    Tarantella (The Dancers)

    Choir: Richard Hickox Singers. Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 2 (Suite no.2 for jazz band)

    Orchestra: Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.
    • NAXOS.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat mater in F minor (opening)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Christopher Lowrey. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • PERGOLESI - Stabat Mater.
    • ALPHA.
    • 1.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 9, Op. 95 "From the New World" - III Scherzo (Molto vivace)

    Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos.8 & 9 - "From The New World".
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Robert Schumann

    Humoreske in B flat major, Op 20 (No 2)

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein.
    • Myrios.
  • Alfredo Duarte

    Estranha Forma De Vida

    Singer: Am谩lia Rodrigues.
    • Edi莽玫es Valentim de Carvalho.
  • Herman Bellstedt

    Napoli

    Performer: Roger Webster. Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas J Childs.
    • Essential Dyke Vol. III: Black Dyke Band, Nicholas J Childs.
    • Doyen.
    • 3.
  • John Rutter

    There is a flower

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • What Sweeter Music.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 7.
  • Elmer Bernstein

    To kill a mockingbird - music for the film: Main Title

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elmer Bernstein.
    • Varese Sarabande.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    'Etude en forme de valse' from 6 Studies for piano, Op.52

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • ERATO.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer - III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer

    Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • Debussy: La Mer, Printemps - Ravel: Trio in A Minor.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

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