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Ease into the day 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 17 Jan 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine (Officium Defunctorum)

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Lux Aeterna.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Silent woods

    Performer: Marc Coppey. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • AUDITE.
  • Scott Joplin

    Bethena

    Performer: William Albright.
    • Music Masters.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Woferne du den edlen Frieden (Cantata no.41)

    Singer: Emiliano Gonzalez鈥怲oro. Performer: Oph茅lie Gaillard. Ensemble: Pulcinella.
    • APARTE.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Prelude in D flat major, Op.28 no.15 'Raindrop'

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Madeleine Dring

    7 Shakespeare Songs: Take, O take those lips away

    Orchestrator: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Halle.
  • Herbert Murrill

    Two Songs from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: O Mistress Mine

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No.3 in F major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Brahms - Symphony no.3 and Haydn Variations.
    • NAXOS.
    • 2.
  • Alma Deutscher

    When the Day Falls into Darkness (From "Cinderella")

    Performer: Alma Deutscher.
    • From My Book of Melodies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue in D major

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Director: Reinhard Goebel.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian serenade

    Ensemble: Amphion Quartet.
    • NIMBUS.
  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccio Brillante in B minor, Op.22

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti Trot, Op 16

    Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rodelinda (Dove sei, amato bene)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Linn.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 2: Waltz)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes: New York Philharmonic: Masur.
    • Teldec.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String quartet in F major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Ravel, Debussy & Faur茅 String Quartets.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March. Folk Songs from Somerset (English Folk Song Suite)

    Music Arranger: Philip Littlemore. Ensemble: Tredegar Band. Conductor: Ian Porthouse.
    • Albion Records.
  • Antonio Caldara

    Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo: No. 10 Aria Maddalena "In un bivio 猫 il mio volere

    Performer: Maria Christina Kiehr. Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.6 in F major Op.68, 'Pastoral' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6: Tonhalle Orchestra, Zinman.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 5.
  • Jules Massenet

    Toccata

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Ravel/Debussy/Massemet: Various works: Bavouzet/大象传媒 SO/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
  • Steve Reich

    Mallet Quartet (Fast)

    Ensemble: Colin Currie Group.
    • Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton.
    • Colin Currie Records.
    • 105.

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