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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

Tue 31 Oct 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux. Conductor: Yutaka Sado.
    • Elatus.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In the Bottoms: Morning-Barcarolle

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • Direct to Tape.
  • William Lloyd Webber

    Serenade for Strings

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Lloyd Webber: Invocation.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erbarme dich 'Have mercy' (St Matthew Passion BWV.244)

    Performer: Satomi Watanabe. Singer: Nathalie Stutzmann. Ensemble: Orfeo 55. Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann.
    • DG.
  • Alexander Kopylov

    Polka in C major (Les Vendredis bk.2)

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • SIMAX.
  • Edward MacDowell

    To a wild rose (10 Woodland Sketches Op.51)

    Performer: Dame Moura Lympany.
    • Best-Loved Piano Classics: Lympany.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'oc茅an (Miroirs)

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.
    • Ravel, The Piano Concertos: Aimard/Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 7.
  • Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

    Gigue (Trio sonata in C major)

    Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot.
    • Audax Records.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnop茅die no.1 in D major

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor.
    • The Music of Erik Satie; Joanna MacGregor.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 6.
  • Paule Maurice

    Tableaux de Provence (Le cabridan)

    Performer: Julia Nolan. Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Gigue (Keyboard Suite No. 2 in F major, HWV 427)

    Performer: Colin Tilney.
    • Handel: Harpsichord Suites.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire, Op.21

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.
    • RCA.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Amoroso (Cinderella)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • EMI.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella's Departure for the Ball (Cinderella)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in E major, Op 10 No 3

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • DG.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O Salutaris Hostia

    Ensemble: Cardinall's Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Trio in E flat major K.498 'Kegelstatt' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • BIS.
  • Joanna Gill

    Unfailing Love

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Grace Rossiter.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Za茂s (Prologue: Overture)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • Rameau: Overtures: Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 3.
  • Trad.

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • Chandos.
  • William Bolcom

    The Graceful Ghost (No.1 of his Three Ghost rags)

    Performer: William Bolcom.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Siegfried-Idyll; Overtures.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Waft her, Angels (Jephtha)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Classical Opera Company. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • Signum.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 42

    Performer: Nelly Ben-Or.
    • Chopin Dances: Nelly Ben-Or.
    • Meridian.
    • 14.

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