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Classical music to set you up for the day

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

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Mon 4 Dec 2023 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Butterworth

    A Shropshire Lad

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Flowers of the Field.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • HYPERION.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    On Wings of Song, Op 34 No 2 arr Langford

    Performer: Tommy Reilly. Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Orchestra.
    • Serenade: Tommy Reilly/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude (Cello Suite No. 6 in D, BWV 1012)

    Music Arranger: Erik Rydvall. Music Arranger: Max Baillie. Music Arranger: Olav Lukseng氓rd Mjelva. Ensemble: Lodestar Trio.
    • Bach to Folk.
    • Naxos World Music.
    • 15.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    13 Preludes Op.32 for piano; no.5 in G major

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Fantasia para un gentilhombre (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Milos Aranjuez.
    • DG.
    • 8.

  • Trad.

    Gabriel's Message

    Composer: Edgar Pettman. Lyricist: Sabine Baring鈥怗ould. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Georges Bizet

    Danse boheme (Carmen Suite No.2)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Bizet: Carmen/L'Arlesienne Suites: Ulster Orchestra/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Britten: Prelude and Fugue, Op. 29

    Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • English Music for Strings.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 3.

  • Trevor Duncan

    Little suite for orchestra: March

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.27 in B flat K.595 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 25 & 27.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 106.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    Les Chansons des Roses

    Lyricist: Rainer Maria Rilke. Conductor: Nicol Matt. Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe.
    • Light Eternal 鈥� The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in F major, Op.4`5

    Performer: Matthew Halls. Ensemble: Sonnerie. Director: Monica Huggett.
    • AVIE.

  • Franz Schubert

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

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • HYPERION.

  • Henry Cotter Nixon

    Dance of the Sea Nymphs

    Orchestra: Kod谩ly Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Nixon: Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 2.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 6.

  • John Ireland

    Sea Fever

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • NAXOS.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La Mer)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Charles Wesley

    Lo, he comes with clouds descending

    Singer: Maddy Prior. Ensemble: The Carnival Band.
    • Sing Lustily And With Good Courage.
    • SAYDISC.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43 (Finale)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • SONY.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Geschichten von Strauss, Op. 21

    Performer: Rorianne Schrade.
    • Centaur.

  • Imogen Holst

    Weathers for voice and piano

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Robin Tritschler.

  • Jean-Baptiste Arban

    Variations on a Cavatina from Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Music Arranger: William Foster. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

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