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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 22 Nov 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.17 in D minor 'Tempest' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 7.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 303.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Flute Concertino Op.107

    Performer: Susan Milan. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • La Flute Enchantee.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Music Arranger: Lucas Drew. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repu拧i膰.
    • Puccini: Orchestral Works.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 103.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia in C minor BWV.906

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • MEZHDUNARODNAYA-KNIGA.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Butterworth/Delius: English Rhapsody: Halle, Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 4.
  • Karine Polwart

    Heartwood

    Composer: Robert Macfarlane. Ensemble: Spell Songs.
    • The Lost Words: Spell Songs.
    • Quercus Records.
    • 1.
  • Jean Sibelius

    The Spruce [Fir-tree] (5 Pieces Op.75)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's Dream Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 & 6: RPO/Beecham.
    • EMI.
    • 8.
  • William Byrd

    Occuli Omnium

    Performer: Gerre Hancock. Choir: The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York. Director: Jeremy Filsell.
    • Byrd: Sacred Works.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 107.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.2 in A flat major Op.16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4, Tragic Overture, Double Concerto & Serenade No. 2.
    • Lso Live.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Five Pieces for Two Violins & Piano - no.4 & 5

    Music Arranger: Levon Atovmyan. Performer: Timothy Chooi. Performer: Nikki Chooi. Performer: Clayton Stephenson.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
    • Schoenberg, Messiaen & Ravel: Orchestral Works.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 102.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ode to St Cecilia: The Soft Complaining Flute

    Singer: Heather Harper. Performer: Richard Adeney. Performer: Julian Bream. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • 大象传媒 Legends.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Early Morning Bathe (Holiday diary - suite Op.5)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Britten: Piano works.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 001.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in C major, Op 87 No 1

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio for violin and orchestra (K.261) in E major

    Performer: Noa Wildschut. Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: Gordan Nikolitch.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Hoagy Carmichael

    Skylark

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. Orchestra: Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra.
    • Ella Fitzgerald: the Johnny Mercer Songbook.
    • Verve.
    • 6.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rusalka's Song to the Moon

    Performer: Martin Smith. Performer: Catherine Milledge.
    • The Lyrical Euphonium.
    • Martin Smith.
  • Herbert Howells

    Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.
  • Clara Schumann

    Romance in F sharp minor, Op 28 No 2

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Liebestraum: Various Artists.
    • Decca.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Orchestra: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.
    • CPE Bach: Cello Concertos: Truls Mork.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.

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