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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. Winner of Best Audio Arts and Music Programme (Voice of the Listener and Viewer Awards).

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3 hours

Last on

Tue 28 May 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Promenade 'Walking the Dog'

    Music Arranger: Hal Borne. Performer: Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • Gershwin/Kern etc: That certain feeling: Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Saxophone Concerto 'Cyber-bird', Op. 59 (2nd movement - Bird in Grief)

    Performer: Nobuya Sugawa. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Yoshimatsu: Saxophone Concerto etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for Strings Op.6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Suk: Serenade fro Stings, Martinu: Sinfonietta Giocosa.
    • Conifer.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations BWV. 988; Variation 25

    Composer: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • Goldberg Variations.
    • RIOJA Records.
    • 26.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major, K 595 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Director: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Os justi

    Choir: Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. Conductor: Duncan Ferguson.
    • Bruckner Motets.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 16.
  • Grace Williams

    Calm Sea in Summer (Sea Sketches)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Grace Williams: Fantasia On Welsh Nursery Tunes, Carillons, Penillion, Trumpet C.
    • Lyrita.
    • 17.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Sonata in A major, Op 3 No 1

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes.
    • DG.
    • 28.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concertino in E flat major, Op 26

    Performer: Maximiliano Mart铆n. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Linn.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    In monte oliveti (Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday, 1st Nocturne)

    Choir: Les Arts Florissants. Director: Paul Agnew.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Thomas Tomkins

    Fantasia I

    Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols.
    • Tomkins: Consort Music for Viols and Voices.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Wedding March (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61)

    Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs鈥惷塴ys茅es. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream: Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo in B flat major for piano and orchestra, WoO 6

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Choral Fantasy, etc..
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Alma Redemptoris Mater

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Kara Karayev

    The Seven Beauties - Suite from the ballet: No 1 Waltz

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Chandos.
  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Schone Mullerin: Des Baches Wiegenlied

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • MVE.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • The Best 大象传媒 Proms Album in the World... Ever!.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Thea Musgrave

    Canta, Canta!

    Music Arranger: Anna Vidovich. Ensemble: Marsyas Trio.
    • In the Theatre of Air.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 101.
  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction & Allegro

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Semtimental Romance in F minor, Op.28 no.2

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Nicola Eimer.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn/Hummel/Neruda/Torelli: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Nigel Hess

    A Celebration Overture

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
    • The Way of Light - The Music of Nigel Hess.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 01.

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