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Start the day 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

Thu 5 Oct 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op 44 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Diana Ambache. Performer: Joan Enric Lluna. Performer: Naomi Butterworth.
    • 大象传媒 Music.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune orch Caplet

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Debussy: Orchestral works: Ulster Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934 III. Andantino

    Performer: Stella Chen. Performer: Henry Kramer.
    • platoon.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV136 Aria - Uns treffen zwar der Sunden

    Director: Masaaki Suzuki. Singer: Makoto Sakurada. Singer: Peter Kooij. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan.
    • BIS.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Rose Garden (The Sea Hawk)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold: 大象传媒 Phil / Gamba.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    Sure on this shining night (Nocturnes)

    Choir: Polyphony. Performer: Morten Lauridsen. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Lauridsen: Nocturnes, Mid-Winter Songs, Les Chansons des Roses: Polyphony, Layto.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Ina Boyle

    Psalm

    Performer: Nad猫ge Rochat. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • DUTTON EPOCH.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.13 'Path茅tique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8,15,27 & 30: Jonathan Biss.
    • EMI.
    • 2.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Serenade (Harold en Italie, Op 16)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Hamadi Ferjani. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Johann Gottlieb Graun

    Trio sonata in A Major, GWV Av:XV:41 (3rd mvt)

    Director: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot.
    • The Berlin Album.
    • Audax Records.
    • 106.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Poulenc: Voyage a Paris: Felicity Lott/Graham Johnson.
    • Helios.
    • 30.
  • Trad.

    The Water of Tyne

    Composer: Elizabeth Poston. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.
  • Joseph Phibbs

    Sonata for cello and piano - final mvt: Vocalise

    Performer: Guy Johnston. Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Darrell Ang.
    • Smetana: Triumphal Symphony & Overture and Dances from The Bartered Bride.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite in D major HWV.349 (Alla hornpipe)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Handel: Water Music: The English Concert, Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto in B flat major, K595 (3rd mvmt, Allegro)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Tunde Jegede

    The Waters

    Performer: Tunde Jegede.
    • XIOM.
  • John Fletcher

    Flight of the Bumble Bee

    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Conductor: Philip Jones. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Lollipops.
    • Claves Records.
    • 7.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Un bel d矛 vedremo (Madam Butterfly)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Edward Downes.
    • CONIFER.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No 2, Op 16 (FS29) 'The Four temperaments': IV. Allegro sanguinero

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabio Luisi.
    • Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6.
    • DG.
    • 4.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    3 Shakespeare songs for chorus, no.2; The Cloud-capp'd towers

    Choir: The Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
    • Chandos.
  • Lars鈥怑rik Larsson

    A Winter's Tale, Op 18 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Stockholm Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jan鈥怬lav Wedin.
    • A Swedish Pastorale.
    • BIS.
    • 11.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.204 (La stravaganza)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori.
    • Channel Classics.

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