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Classical music to brighten your morning

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 14 Nov 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major, D.956 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Heinrich Schiff. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise Op.34 no.14

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, etc.: BFO, Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in E flat major ("St Anne"), BWV 552/2

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • J. S. Bach - Alio modo - Fretwork.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K 216 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Director: David Oistrakh.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Introduction and Capriccio in B minor

    Performer: Martina Frezzotti.
    • Piano Classics.
  • Frederick Delius

    By the River (Florida Suite)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Essential Delius - Various.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op.18

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Schumann: Fantasie/Kreisleriana/Arabeske: Jonathan Biss.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Michael Tippett

    A Birthday Suite for Prince Charles

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Michael Tippett.
    • Tippett: Ritual Dances.
    • Nimbus.
    • 11.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concerto in B flat, Op.4, No.6, HWV 294

    Performer: Marisa Robles. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Iona Brown.
    • Harp Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concerto in B flat, Op.4, No.6, HWV 294

    Performer: Marisa Robles. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Iona Brown.
    • Harp Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

    Violet Tulloch Queen of Lerwick

    • The Best of Aly and Phil.
    • Compass Records.
    • 5.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No 2 in B minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ging heut' Morgen 眉ber's Feld (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)

    Performer: Leonard Bernstein. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.
    • Sony.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    Wind Octet no.1 in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: L鈥橭rfeo Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Carin van Heerden.
    • Myslivecek: Complete Wind Octets & Quintets: L'Orfeo Blaeserensemble/van Heerden.
    • CPO.
  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Little Serenade

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • CDS44261.
    • 15.
  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Stars

    Choir: VOCES8.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    The Street Leading to the Castle (Sinfonietta)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Janacek: Sinfonietta: Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Anon.

    Saltarello II

    Performer: Luca Brunelli Felicetti. Performer: Gaspare Antonio Bartelloni.
    • Tactus.
  • Jacques Cast茅r猫de

    Tuba Sonatine: II. Serenade

    Performer: Jeff Funderburk. Performer: Iva Navratova.
    • Mark Records.
  • Ivor Novello

    Leap Year Waltz (The Dancing Years)

    Orchestra: Stanley Black & His Orchestra. Conductor: Stanley Black.
    • DECCA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Trio in D Major Op.9`2 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Boccherini.
    • Beethoven: String Trios, Op. 9 Nos. 1-3.
    • Genuin.
    • 8.
  • Mischa Spoliansky

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles Suite: II. Scherzo

    Performer: Ileana Ruhemann. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Mischa Spoliansky.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Johann Strauss

    Radetzky-Marsch, Op 228

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Kaleidoscope: An Orchestral Extravaganza: Mackerras, LSO.
    • Mercury.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A major D.664 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Radu Lupu plays Schubert.
    • Decca.
    • 36.

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