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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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Music Played

  • Thomas Linley (the elder)

    Violin Concerto in F major: iii. Rondeau

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Orchestra: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • HELIOS.

  • Alice Tegn茅r

    Herren 盲r min herde [The Lord is my shepherd]

    Choir: Danderyds Vokalensemble. Conductor: Rikard Karlsson.
    • Tegn茅r & Nordqvist: S氓ng, v氓r s氓ng!.
    • BIS.
    • 1201.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major (Blumine)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Blumine.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 4 in E flat major, BWV 815: Gavottes, Menuet, Air, Gigue

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz (Serenade for Strings)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 703.

  • Margaret Hubicki

    From the Isles of the Sea

    Performer: Daniel Pailthorpe. Performer: James Kirby.
    • Hubicki: Chamber Music.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Every valley shall be exalted (Messiah)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Handel: Messiah: Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner.
    • Philips.

  • Anthony Hedges

    Heigham Sound - overture

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • HERITAGE.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    L' Ondine [The Water sprite] Op.101

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 6.

  • Gustav Mahler

    I went this morning over the field (Songs of a Wayfarer)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in F major, Op 135 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Roland Dyens

    Tango En Skai

    Performer: Michaelangelo Toumanidis.
    • Influencias.
    • Music Mirror.
    • 5.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No 2 in B minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Harold Fraser-Simson

    3 Cheers for Pooh

    Singer: Philip Lloyd Evans. Performer: Frederick Brown.
    • PRIMA FACIE.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Music Arranger: David Walter. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Emahoy Tsegu茅-Maryam Gu猫brou

    Mother's Love

    Performer: Emahoy Tsegu茅-Maryam Gu猫brou.
    • Buda Musique.

  • Domenico Cimarosa

    Il Matrimonio Segreto - overture

    Performer: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Heinrich.
    • Opera Hits.
    • Bela Records.
    • 4.

  • Mieczys艂aw Weinberg

    Concertino, Op. 43bis: I. Adagio

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Orchestra: Kristiansand Symfoniorkester. Conductor: 艁ukasz Borowicz.
    • Weinberg: Works for Cello & Orchestra.
    • CPO.
    • 301.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Etude, Op. 25, No. 9 in G-Flat Major, "Butterfly's Wings"

    Performer: Evelyne Brancart.
    • Chez Chopin - 24 脡tudes, 24 Recipes.
    • Delos.
    • 209.

  • Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria

    Telestri Regina delle Amazzoni (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Batzdorfer Hofkapelle. Director: Daniel Deuter.
    • Talestri - Commedia per Musica.
    • KammerTon.
    • 1-3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in A flat, Op.110 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.

  • Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden

    Nonet (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Soloists of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Friends. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont Op.84 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'/Prometheus/Egmont.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Jean Renard

    Le premier bonheur du jour

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Singer: Lea Desandre.
    • Idylle.
    • ERATO.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 7 in C sharp minor, Op 131 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Prokofiev: Symphonies Vol.1.
    • Onyx.
    • 7.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No 5 in A flat major, D557 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mathieu Gaudet.
    • Analekta.

  • Lionel Bart

    As Long As He Needs Me

    Singer: Georgia Brown. Orchestra: Oliver! Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Pippin.
    • Oliver! (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 13.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Sch枚n Rosmarin - Old Viennese Dance No.3 For Violin And Piano

    Performer: Barnab谩s Kelemen. Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Budapest Music Centre Records : BMC CD 250.
    • Budapest Music Centre Records.
    • 8.

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