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Sunny side up classical

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

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3 hours

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major Op.73 'Emperor' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O nata lux (Lux aeternum)

    Performer: J枚rg Halubek. Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • HANSSLER.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Baryton Trio in D Major H.11.36 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Hamburger Ratsmusik.
    • Haydn & Friends.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 202.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Oboe Concerto in D Minor, BWV.1059r

    Performer: Marcel Ponseele. Ensemble: Il Gardellino. Conductor: Marcel Ponseele.
    • Bach: Oboe Concertos.
    • Accent.
    • 10-12.
  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite (Arr. for String Orchestra): III. Minuet

    • Ireland: A Downland Suite & Other Works - Bridge: Suite for String Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    • Merci.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Ivo Antognini

    础颈尘丑颈谤驳铆苍

    Composer: Amairgen Gl煤ngel. Conductor: Desmond Earley. Ensemble: UCD Choral Scholars.
    • Perpetual Twilight.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Lilacs (Romance, Op 21, No 5)

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev.
    • Rachmaninov: Preludes, Op. 23 & 32 - Moments musicaux, Op. 16 - Morceaux de fant.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.
  • Michael Giacchino

    Married Life (Up)

    Orchestra: Skywalker Sound musicians.
    • Walt Disney Records.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 35 in D major, K 385, 'Haffner' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Essential Symphonies Vol.VI: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Norringto.
    • Hanssler Classics.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and fugue for piano no. 7 (Op.87`7) in A major

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Geoffrey Burgon

    Brideshead Revisted (title theme)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Burgon.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Anton Reicha

    Octet in E flat Major, Op.96: IV. Finale. Allegro

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • ORFEO.
  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Serenade

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Jubilee - Sparkling Classical Gems.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 2.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Stephen Cleobury. Conductor: George Guest.
    • DECCA.
  • Franz Berwald

    Symphony No 4 in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Neeme J盲rvi & Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Septet in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Glinka: Septet, Trio Pathetique, Serenade & 3 Russian Songs.
    • CPO.
    • 104.
  • Claude Debussy

    Reve (Orchestral Suite no.1)

    Orchestrator: Philippe Manoury. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Joe Hisaishi

    One Summer's Day (From 'Spirited Away')

    Orchestra: New Japan Philharmonic. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • Decca.
  • Jean Cras

    Quintette: I. Assez anime

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • French Music for Flute, Harp And String Trio.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 1.
  • Eric Coates

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite; 3. Evening in Town

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929: II. Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Trio Gaspard.
    • Trio Gaspard Live in Berlin.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 11.
  • William Walton

    A Shakespeare Suite from 'Richard III': 3. The Princes in the Tower

    Music Arranger: Muir Mathieson. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Walton: Spitfire Prelude & Fugue etc.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No 2 in G major, Op 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Barshai.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kreuz und Kronen sind verbunden (Cantata No 12)

    Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Singer: Yoshikazu Mera. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Howard Hanson

    Symphony No.2 in D flat major, Op.30 'Romantic' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Howard Hanson.
    • Delos.
    • 7.

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