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

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Wed 6 Nov 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Ensemble: Wiener Streichsextett.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesfreud (Old Viennese Dances)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Naoko Tanaka. Orchestrator: Clark McAlister.
    • Romances: Gil Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Sch枚n Rosmarin - Old Viennese Dance no.3

    Orchestrator: Clark McAlister. Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Naoko Tanaka.
    • Romances: Gil Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Gibet (Gaspard de la nuit)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 170 BWV.170 (Vergnugte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust): Vergnugte Ruh'

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Bach: Cantatas 54, 82 & 170 "Widerstehe", "Ich habe genug" & "Vergn眉gte Ruh".
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op.17

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.
  • Hj谩lmar H. Ragnarsson

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • Ice Land: The Eternal Music.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Sonata in D major for trumpet, violins and continuo

    Performer: Stephen Keavy. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments.
    • Italian Baroque Trumpet Music: The Parley of Instruments.
    • Hyperion.
    • 33.
  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island for two pianos

    Performer: Lara Downes. Performer: Simone Dinnerstein.
    • Holes in the Sky.
    • Masterworks.
    • 5.
  • Mel Bonis

    Suite Orientale, Op 48 - Mvts 1&2

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Milos Karadaglic - Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Little Suite for Orchestra No.3 'A Manx Suite': Mvts 4 & 5

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • 罢谤盲诲

    Manx Courting Song

    Performer: Anne Roos. Performer: Dorothy A. Hawkinson. Performer: Ken Darby. Performer: Steve McArthur. Performer: John Roos. Performer: Tom Sharkey. Music Arranger: Anne Roos.
    • Celtic Love.
    • Celtica Recordings.
    • 4.
  • Philippe Verdelot

    Beata es virgo

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimmel.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (from the Gadfly)

    Performer: Yevgeny Kutik. Performer: Diana Cooper.
  • Arturo M谩rquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary 'The Prince of Denmark's March'

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 1 in D major, D 82 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Deuxi猫me Valse, Op.77

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 18.
  • 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.
  • John Barry

    The Beyondness of Things

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • Decca.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Barcarolle No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 26

    Performer: Julien Gernay.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Sextet No. 2, Op. 36

    Performer: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Brahms String Sextets.
    • Alpha.
    • 8.
  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op.48: X. H枚r' ich das Liedchen klingen

    Singer: Simon Keenlyside.
    • Schumann: Dichterliebe; Brahms: Lieder.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 26.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Concerto in B minor Op.104 for cello and orchestra: 3rd movement: Finale

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104; Cello Concerto in A Major.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • William Byrd

    Laudibus in sanctis

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vigilate!.
    • Monteverdi Productions Ltd.
    • 5.
  • Joby Talbot

    Transit of Venus

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • TIME.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Herbert Howells

    Minuet 'Grace for a fresh egg'

    Performer: Laurence Perkins. Performer: Michael Hancock.
    • Voyage of a sea-god.
    • HYPERION.
    • 18.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No.4 in F minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition.
    • Lso Live.
    • 104.

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