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Start the day right 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 15 Nov 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance in F major, Op 50

    Performer: Thomas Zehetmair. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • The Teldec Recordings: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Teldec.
    • 8.
  • Joby Talbot

    Transit of Venus

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • TIME.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Autumn; Petit adagio (The Seasons, Op.67)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern (Cantata no.1, BWV.1)

    Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir. Choir: Chorus Viennensis. Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Director: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Bach: Cantatas, BWV 1-3.
    • TELDEC.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Nimrod (Enigma Variations, Op. 36)

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Warner.
  • Claude Debussy

    Premiere rhapsodie

    Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Belle 茅poque.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.
  • William Byrd

    Haec dies (Cantiones sacrae, 1591)

    Choir: Hereford Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Geraint Bowen.
    • GRIFFIN.
  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Robert Schumann

    Tr盲umerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Kinderszenen / Kreisleriana.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • John Rutter

    Black Sheep

    Composer: Trad.. Choir: Cadenza. Director: Jenny Sumerling.
    • Voices of Joy: Cadenza.
    • Cadenza.
  • Trad.

    Five sheep, four goats

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Performer: Mads la Cour. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • dacapo.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Rondo brillant, 'Invitation to the Dance'

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Conductor: Fritz Reiner. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Reiner Sound: Fritz Reiner.
    • RCA.
  • Ben Nobuto

    Sol

    Choir: National Youth Choir Fellowship. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • NMC Recordings.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Melodie (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Music Arranger: Giovanni Sgambati. Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud.
    • Resonances.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne Op.78

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.
    • Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations (Benediction)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 15 in D major, Op 28, 'Pastoral' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • EMI.
  • Josephine Stephenson

    Comme l'Espoir/You might all disappear [ excerpt ]

    Performer: Laura Snowden. Singer: H茅lo茂se Werner.
    • DELPHIAN RECORDS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Agnus Dei (Missa in Angustiis 'Mass for troubled times' or 'Nelson Mass')

    Singer: Susan Gritton. Singer: Pamela Helen Stephen. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Stephen Varcoe. Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Haydn: Nelson Mass etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Imogen Holst

    Leiston Suite (No 5, March, to the tune of Kettle-Drum)

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Onyx Brass Plays Fanfares.
    • Chandos.
    • 38.
  • Teodoro Cottrau

    Santa Lucia

    Singer: Roberto Alagna. Performer: Julien Martineau. Orchestra: Orchestre national d'脦le-de-France. Conductor: Yvan Cassar.
    • Sony.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.74 'Path茅tique' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Path茅tique": Philadelphia Orchestra/Eschenbach.
    • Ondine.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O Sacrum Convivium (for 5 voices)

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Andante, Piano Trio in D minor

    Ensemble: Chagall Trio.
    • MERIDIAN CDE.

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