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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

Thu 4 Jan 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy, Op.46 - 3. Andante sostenuto

    • Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wind Octet in E flat major, Op 103 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: George Caird. Performer: Victoria Wood. Performer: Angela Malsbury. Performer: Michael Harris. Performer: Peter Francomb. Performer: Simon Morgan. Performer: Gareth Newman. Performer: Robin Kennard. Performer: Martin Field. Ensemble: Albion Ensemble.
    • Hummel/Beethoven/Gluck: Wind Music: Albion Ensemble.
    • Helios.
    • 10.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: I. Prelude

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Bach, JS: English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: VII. Sarabande

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Bach, JS: English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: VIII. Bourr茅e I

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Bach, JS: English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: IX. Bourr茅e II

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Bach, JS: English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: X. Gigue

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Bach, JS: English Suites Nos 1, 3 & 5.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Marcia Crayford. Performer: Roger Chase. Performer: Christopher van Kampen. Performer: Rodney Slatford. Performer: Ian Brown. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet/The Shepherd on the Rock; Nash Ensemble.
    • I.M.P..
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No.1 in G minor, "Winter Dreams" Op.13 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Onyx.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Sinfonia in F major for cello and continuo: IV. Presto

    Performer: Jennifer Morsches. Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite (Duetto)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, Apollon musag猫te & Concerto for Strings in D Major.
    • BIS.
    • 107.
  • Josef Suk

    When mother was still a little girl (About Mother Op.28)

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.
    • Suk: Piano Works: Margaret Fingerhut.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin, Op 15 No 2, arr for string quartet

    Music Arranger: Brodsky Quartet. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Petits-Fours: Favourite Encores: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Da Vinci Requiem: IV. Sanctus and Benedictus

    Composer: Anonymous. Conductor: Neil Ferris. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Ensemble: Wimbledon Choral.
    • Da Vinci Requiem: IV. Sanctus and Benedictus.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Concerto No. 3 in G Major, 3 "Lyra organizzata" (Arr. for Flute, Oboe & Strings)

    Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Haydn, A. Stamitz & C. Stamitz: Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 401.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Suite Op.6: Waltz - Alla valse, vivace e rubato

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • CHANDOS CHAN.
  • Isolina Carrillo

    Dos Gardenias

    Music Arranger: Jorge Arag贸n. Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Antonio M茅ndez Padr贸n.
    • ALPHA.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Virgin.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in A minor, Op 17'4

    Performer: Tom Borrow.
    • GB大象传媒.
  • Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann

    Bossa-Nova-Philharmonica

    Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • South American Getaway.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Josef Suk

    A Summer's tale [Pohadka leta] (Op.29), 3rd mvt; Intermezzo - Blind players

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Suk: Asrael Symphony: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op.101 no.7

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Sony.
  • Claude Debussy

    F锚tes (Nocturnes)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy and Ravel: Pierre Boulez conducts.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Thomas Hewitt Jones

    Incarnation: VII. Epiphany

    Performer: Harriet Hougham Slade. Performer: Christine Stevenson. Performer: James Sherlock. Lyricist: Paul Williamson. Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London. Choir: Sloane Square Chamber Choir. Conductor: Oliver Lallemant. Singer: Mary Bevan. Singer: Samuel Evans.
    • Thomas Hewitt Jones - Incarnation.
    • Regent Records.
    • 7.
  • 罢谤盲诲

    Suite Monette, Mvt 2

    Ensemble: Quinteto Brassil.
    • Nimbus.
  • Carl Davis

    Pride and Prejudice: Main Title

    Performer: Melvyn Tan. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Pride and Prejudice.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • George Gershwin

    Prelude No 1 arr for clarinet and piano

    Composer: James Cohn. Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Chandos.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Tutto nel mondo 猫 burla (Falstaff)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Thomas Hampson. Singer: Daniil Shtoda. Singer: Enrico Facini. Singer: Anthony Mee. Singer: Anatoly Kocherga. Singer: Adrianne Pieczonka. Singer: Dorothea R枚schmann. Singer: Larissa Diadkova. Singer: Stella Doufexis. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

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