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Classical music to start the day

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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3 hours

Last on

Thu 18 Apr 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes Op.62 (no.1 in B major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: Piano works: Maria Joao Pires/Pavel Gomziakov.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Joan Trimble

    Suite for Strings (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Fionnuala Hunt.
    • Black Box.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in B flat, Op.97 'Archduke' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trios Op.70 No.2 etc..
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 07.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue a la Gigue, BWV577

    Music Arranger: Gustav Holst. Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op 101 No 7

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • Little Pearls of Czech Classics: Czech Philharmonic Orch/Neumann.
    • Supraphon.
    • 2.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Laudate Pueri (Vespers of 1610)

    Director: Rapha毛l Pichon. Ensemble: Pygmalion.
    • Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Gershwin, Ravel: Piano Concertos: Grimaud, Zinman.
    • Erato.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op 55 No 3 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Salomon Quartet.
    • Haydn: "Tost II" Quartets Op.55.
    • HYPERION.
    • 12.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Perpetuum mobile Op.257

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.
  • Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco

    Concerto in G major Op.6`5

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln.
    • WARNER.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Er ist's (Morike Lieder)

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Benjamin Appl.
    • Heimat.
    • Sony Music Classical Local.
    • 3.
  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes (no.1)

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • A Gershwin Songbook & Improvisations.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97, 'Rhenish' (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Leopold Godowsky

    The Gardens of Buitenzorg (Java Suite)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hough - 'My Favourite Things': Virtusos Encores and Transcriptions.
    • Nimbus.
    • 16.
  • Charles Gounod

    Faust (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.
    • Icon: Rudolf Kempe.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1004.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • Beethoven: The Late Quartets.
    • Signum Records.
    • 23.
  • Anon.

    Cachua

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.17 in G Major, K.453 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 005.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walk眉re)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Wagner - Dudamel.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Jocelyn Pook

    Wild Side

    Ensemble: Jocelyn Pook Ensemble.
    • NAIVE.
  • Richard Rodgers

    People Will Say We're in Love (Oklahoma!)

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Nathaniel Hackmann. Singer: Sierra Boggess. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! (Complete original score).
    • Chandos.
    • 13.
  • Pietro Baldassare

    Sonata in F major for cornett, strings and continuo

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Ensemble: I Musici.
    • Baroque Trumpet Concertos: Hakan Hardenberger/I Musici.
    • Philips.
    • 27-29.
  • Albert de Rippe

    Gaillarde "La Milanoise"

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • Rippe: Works for lute 'Un perfaict sonneur de Leut'.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 103.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Overture, Op.21)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no.1 'African-American' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Naxos.
  • Frank Bridge

    Spring Song (4 Short Pieces)

    Performer: Madeleine Mitchell. Performer: Andrew Ball.
    • Mitchell, Madeleine: Violin Songs.
    • Divine Art.
    • 1201.
  • Frederic Austin

    Spring (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • British Tone Poems vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Arthur Young

    It was a lover and his lass

    Singer: Cleo Laine. Ensemble: The Johnny Dankworth Seven.
    • Wordsongs: Cleo Laine.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello Sonata Op.17 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • HYPERION.

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