Ease into the day with classical music
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and music that captures the mood of the morning.
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Alexander Borodin
String Quartet no. 2 in D major (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.- DECCA.
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Evelyn Glennie
Light in darkness for marimba
Performer: Evelyn Glennie.- RCA Victor.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: B鈥橰ock Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- Pentatone.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (Cantata No 110)
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.- J.S. Bach - Cantatas 43.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
March: Seventeen come Sunday
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- DECCA.
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Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.- The Mystery of Christmas.
- harmonia mundi.
- 19.
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Claude Debussy
Fantaisie (1st mvt)
Performer: Barry Douglas. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Marek Janowski.- Debussy: Fantasy for piano and orchestra: Douglas/Janowski.
- RCA.
- 1.
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Richard Rodgers
Little Girl Blue
Singer: Nina Simone.- CHARLY.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Happiness (Waltz Suite Op.110)
Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 - Waltz Suite.
- Naxos.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Concertante Quartet in C major, Op 15 No 3: second movement (Rondeau)
Ensemble: Levare String Quartet. -
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Robat Arwyn
Arwyn: Anfonaf Angel
Lyricist: Hywel Gwynfryn.- Anfonaf Angel.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
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Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op.120 no.1 (3rd mvt)
Orchestrator: Luciano Berio. Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.- Belle 茅poque.
- PENTATONE.
- 404.
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FRIDAY POEM
"Snow in the Suburbs" by Thomas Hardy, Read by Jonjo O'Neill
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Jonathan Wikeley
Nunc gaudet Maria
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers.- 大象传媒 RECORDING.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kije - suite Op.60 (Troika)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Chandos.
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Louise Farrenc
Sextet in C Minor, Op.40 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.- Les Vents Fran莽ais - Winds & Piano.
- Warner Classics.
- 105.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in A minor RV.356 Op.3 no.6
Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.- Vivaldi - L'Estro Armonico, Op.3.
- Warner Classics.
- 109.
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Nigel Hess
A Christmas Overture
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.- John Rutter - A Christmas Festival.
- COLLEGIUM.
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Giuseppe Verdi
La Donna e Mobile (Rigoletto)
Singer: Juan Diego Fl贸rez. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.- Decca.
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Nigel Eaton
Halsway Carol
Ensemble: Neighbours.- DMG GERMANY.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Symphony No 3 in C minor (Finale)
Performer: Olivier Latry. Orchestra: Liege Philharmonic. Conductor: Pascal Roph茅.- CYPRES.
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D贸nal McCann
Cantemus in omni die
Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Ashley Grote. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.- 大象传媒 RECORDING.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Romance (Suite No 2 for two pianos, Op 17)
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Performer: Martin Roscoe.- RACHMANINOV: Music for 2 Pianos.
- NAXOS.
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Irving Berlin
White Christmas
- A Festival of Christmas Carols.
- Metro.
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