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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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Thu 7 Nov 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Rued Langgaard

    Morning Stars Unheeded (Symphony no.14 'The Morning')

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Langgaard: Symphonies 2 & 6.
    • Da Capo.
    • 11.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E-Flat (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Schumann: Piano Quartet - Piano Quintet.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 103.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Sancte Deus, sancte fortis

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • A Tudor Collection: The Tallis Scholars.
    • Gimell.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.4 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Performer: Petr Zejfart. Performer: Enrico Onofri. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Moonlight (4 Sea interludes [from 'Peter Grimes'] Op.33a)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • Britten - London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 11.
  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata no. 9 in F major Z.810 'Golden'

    Ensemble: Retrospect Trio.
    • Purcell: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts.
    • Linn.
    • 39--43.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Valsa da dor for piano

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Brasileiro: Villa-Lobos and Friends.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Concertino for flute & piano

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Belle 脡poque: French Music for Wind.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, Apollon musag猫te & Concerto for Strings in D Major.
    • BIS.
    • 108.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No.1; 4th mvt

    Ensemble: Zoffany Ensemble.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C (4th mvt)

    Performer: Heinrich Schiff. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • DG.
  • David Halls

    Jubilate Deo

    Choir: Salisbury Cathedral Choir. Director: David Halls.
    • PRIORY.
  • David Raksin

    Theme from 'Laura'

    Performer: Andy Wood. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Hollywood Soundstage.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Op.214

    Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Fantasia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.
  • Marin Marais

    Couplets de folies

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Lucie Horsch - Baroque Journey.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Martin Peerson

    The Fall of the Leafe

    Performer: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.
  • Vernon Duke

    Autumn in New York

    Singer: Billie Holiday. Performer: Oscar Peterson.
    • Intense Media GmbH.
  • Imogen Holst

    The Fall of the Leaf (extr)

    Performer: Thomas Hewitt Jones.
    • NMC.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne (Pell茅as et M茅lisande Suite)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Franck: Symphony in D Minor 鈥 Faur茅: Pell茅as et M茅lisande.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Moments musicaux Op.16 (no.6 in C major)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Rachmaninoff: 脡tudes-tableaux, Op. 39 & 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16.
    • Naxos.
    • 206.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Concerto in B Flat, D.117 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690鈥1740 _ Volume 3: The Golden A.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 16.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Betulia liberata (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • Mozart: Betulia liberata.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 101.
  • Howard Skempton

    He wishes for the cloths of heaven

    Composer: William Butler Yeats. Ensemble: EXAUDI. Conductor: James Weeks.
    • MODE.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Poldowski

    L'heure exquise

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Performer: J茅r么me Ducros.
    • Green - M茅lodies fran莽aises.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 128.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-Scherzo in C major Op.34

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 5.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Bagatelles Op.1 (no.3)

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud.
    • The Messenger.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Tarquinio Merula

    Ciaconna

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Il Giardino Armonica: Artist Portrait.
    • Warner Classics.

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