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Classical music to start the day

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

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3 hours

Last on

Wed 21 Aug 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Franz Doppler

    L'oiseau des bois (Bird in the woods) Op 21

    Performer: Claudi Arimany. Ensemble: Barcino Horn Quartet.
    • Doppler Complete Flute Music vol.6.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • William Byrd

    Miserere mei, Deus

    Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • DECCA.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for strings in C major Op 48 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Moscow Soloists. Conductor: Yuri Abramovich Bashmet.
    • RCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Motet BWV226 'Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf'

    Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Director: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley. Performer: Michel Dalberto.
    • Saint-Saens: Le Carnival des Animaux: Renaud & Gautier Capucon.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 13.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`1

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Warner.
  • Evelyn Glennie

    A Little Prayer

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • Rhythm Song.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 10.
  • Anton Zimmermann

    Symphony in B major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: l鈥檃rte del mondo. Director: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • dhm.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio Sonata no.5 in F major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas.
    • Linn.
  • Ned Rorem

    Early in the morning

    Singer: Susan Graham. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Songs of Ned Rorem.
    • Erato.
    • 03.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Silent Woods

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • RCA.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Sicilienne

    Performer: Viviane Goergen.
    • ARS Production.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Soldier's Tale: Airs by a Stream

    Ensemble: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Stravinsky: Le Chant du rossignol: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Max Bruch

    String Quintet in A minor (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players.
    • Alpha.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations (Benediction)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn.
  • Robert Parsons

    Ave Maria

    Choir: The Cardinall鈥檚 Musick. Director: Andrew Carwood. Director: David Skinner.
    • GAUDEAMUS.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia - suite Op.11 (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
  • Neal Hefti

    Splanky

    Orchestra: The Count Basie Orchestra.
    • Roulette.
  • Gustav Holst

    A Somerset Rhapsody, Op 21 No 2

    Conductor: Norman Del Mar. Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta.
    • Gustav Holst - Brook Green Suite; Planets Suite.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Orpheus with his lute

    Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Hyperion.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde: Act 1 Prelude

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Wagner : Tristan und Isolde.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Suite Bergamasque: Prelude

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • DECCA.
  • Henry Purcell

    Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid (Dido and Aeneas)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Lewis.
    • DECCA.
  • Granville Bantock

    Song to the Seals

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in G major K.80 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Armida Quartett.
    • Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. 2.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 2.

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