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Wake up with classical music

Hannah French presents Radio 3鈥檚 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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Wed 5 Jun 2024 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.6 in D major 'Le matin' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Haydn: Symphonies no. 6-8@ Freiburger Barockorchester.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Silver Clouds (Six Idyls after Goethe, Op.28]

    Performer: James Barbagallo.
    • Macdowell: First Modern Suite / 6 Idyls / Sonata No. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

    Performer: Iona Brown. Performer: Malcolm Latchem. Performer: Stephen Shingles. Performer: Denis Vigay. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Vaughan Williams: Partita, 3 Vocalises, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Th.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Young Prince and the Young Princess (Scheherazade)

    Performer: Elise B氓tnes. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Lawo.

  • Trad.

    The Oak and the Ash

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Leo Tolstoy

    Waltz in F major

    Performer: Lera Auerbach.
    • Tolstoy's Waltz.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in A major, Op.18 No.5 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets Vol. 2: Belcea Quartet.
    • Zig Zag Territories.
    • 5.

  • Gaspar Sanz

    Canarios

    Ensemble: Pera Ensemble.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Pentatone.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Romance, Op.22

    Performer: Lusin茅 Harutyunyan. Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr: Introitus, Kyrie

    Singer: Sophie Karth盲user. Singer: Marie鈥怌laude Chappuis. Singer: Maximilian Schmitt. Singer: Johannes Weisser. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in F major, Andante

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.

  • Harrison Birtwistle

    Berceuse de Jeanne

    Performer: Nicolas Hodges.
    • The Axe Manual.
    • Metronome.
    • 04.

  • William Lawes

    Consort Sett 脿 5 in A minor (Aire)

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood Op.3

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O frondens virga

    Composer: Missy Mazzoli. Performer: Mikayel Hakhnazaryan. Singer: Emily D'Angelo. Orchestra: Das Freie Orchester. Conductor: Jarkko Riihim盲ki.
    • DG.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Bassoon Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Karen Geoghegan. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Chandos.

  • Gustav Holst

    Symphony in F, Op 8 'The Cotswolds' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Tchaikovsky 4 - Francesca da Rimini / Nelsons.
    • Orfeo.
    • 4.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no.3 in C sharp minor Op.39

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.

  • Robert Schumann

    Agnus Dei (Mass in C minor, Op.147)

    Performer: Johan Hammarstr枚m. Choir: Radiok枚ren. Director: Kaspars Putni艈拧.
    • BIS.

  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque (Pr茅lude)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Debussy: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Ma Vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • SUPRAPHON.

  • Max Richter

    Movement, Before All Flowers

    Performer: Eloisa鈥怓leur Thom. Performer: Max Baillie. Performer: Connie Pharoah. Performer: Max Ruisi. Performer: Zara Hudson鈥怟ozdoj. Performer: Max Richter.
    • DECCA.

  • Duke Ellington

    Satin Doll

    Composer: Billy Strayhorn. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Swing, Swing, Swing: Boston Pops/John Williams.
    • Philips.
    • 5.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suite in D major TWV.55:D15 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori. Conductor: Martin Gester.
    • Telemann: Ouvertures Pittoresques.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Philippe Bernold. Performer: Fran莽ois Leleux. Performer: Romain Guyot. Performer: Andr茅 Cazalet. Performer: Gilbert Audin. Performer: Guillaume Sutre. Performer: Miguel da Silva. Performer: Fran莽ois Salque. Performer: Vincent Pasquier.
    • NAIVE.

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