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Ease into the day with classical music

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Thu 14 Nov 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Georgy Sviridov

    Canticles & Prayers, Inexpressible Wonder: No. 2, Holy God

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.
    • Sviridov: Canticles & Prayers.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor Op.13 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Beethoven: Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Sextet in A major Op.48 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quintet, Op. 97 & String Sextet, Op. 48.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Bach: Cello Suites, BWVV 1007-1012.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 204.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Avie.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Adieu mes Amours

    Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.
    • New Renaissance.
    • LAGQ Records.
    • 26.
  • Edvard Grieg

    In my native country

    Performer: Tom Borrow.
  • Ferenc Farkas

    Aria e Rondo all'ungherese

    Performer: J谩nos Rolla. Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Director: J谩nos Rolla.
    • Farkas - Orchestral Music, Vol 3.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 027.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Toccata)

    Ensemble: Le Concert d鈥橝str茅e. Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers. Conductor: Emmanuelle Ha茂m.
    • Virgin.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No.10 in E Major "Nocturne Pastorale", H.54

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • Field: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartet (The Jovial One)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol 3.
    • Azica.
    • 6.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides, Op 26

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mendelssohn: Overtures: LSO/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • King Henry VIII of England

    Pastime with good company / H茅las madame

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • DECCA.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Schatz-Walzer, Op.418 (The Gypsy Baron)

    Music Arranger: Anton Webern. Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • Spencer Williams

    Basin Street Blues

    Performer: Art Hodes. Performer: Truck Parham.
    • DELMARK.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.4 in E minor, Op.98 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms - The Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    St盲ndchen, D 957 No 4 (Schwanengesang)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Simon Keenlyside.
    • Wigmore Hall.
  • V铆t臎zslava Kapr谩lov谩

    Piano Concerto in D Minor, op. 7 鈥 iii. Allegro

    Performer: Alice Rajnohov谩. Orchestra: Filharmonie Bohuslava Martin暖 Zl铆n. Conductor: Tom谩拧 Hanus.
    • THE ORCHARD ENTERPRISES.
  • John Rutter

    Suite Lyrique (5th mvt, Chanson)

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • DG.
  • John Rutter

    Suite Lyrique (6th mvt, Rondeau)

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • DG.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade (The Story of the Kalendar Prince)

    Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Scheherazade.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 / Act I - "Del pi霉 sublime soglio"

    Performer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia antartica' - I. Prelude. Andante maestoso

    Performer: Graham Eccles. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Chorus. Conductor: Andrew Manze. Narrator: Timothy West. Singer: Rowan Pierce.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 7 鈥楽infonia Antartica鈥 & 9.
    • ONYX.
    • 01.
  • William Alwyn

    Bicycle Ride

    Performer: Mark Bebbington.
    • SOMM.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemmink盲inen's Return (Lemmink盲inen Suite, Op.22)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Sony.

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