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Daybreak classics

Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 2 Jan 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning (Peer Gynt Suite no.1, Op.46)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Berglund.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Amy Woodforde-Finden

    Kashmiri Song (4 Indian Love Lyrics)

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hough - 'My Favourite Things': Virtuoso Encores and Transcriptions.
    • Nimbus Records.
    • 12.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto in D major, H VIId 3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Johannes Hinterholzer. Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • Haydn Concertos.
    • Erato.
    • 005.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 - Cantata No. 5 (complete)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort & Players. Singer: Joanne Lunn. Singer: Ciara Hendrick. Singer: Thomas Hobbs. Singer: Konstantin Wolff. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn.
  • Scott Joplin

    Solace

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Golden Oldies - More Favourite Encores.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 15.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite in E major, HWV 430

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY.
  • Paule Maurice

    The Bumblebee (Pictures of Provence)

    Performer: Julia Nolan. Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.
  • Henry Purcell

    Morning Prayer

    Ensemble: Leonkoro Quartet.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Toccata)

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

    Cello Concerto 'Dance' (When You're Broken Up)

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Avie.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in B minor Wq.182 no.5

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Os iusti

    Ensemble: Musica Saeculorum. Conductor: Philipp von Steinaecker.
    • FRA BERNARDO.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Pizzicato (Sylvia)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Myleene's Music for Mothers.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Violin sonata in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Beethoven, Schumann, Franck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.
  • Anna Bon di Venezia

    Sonata No.6 in G major (Six Sonate da Camera Op.1)

    Performer: Stefano Bet. Performer: Francesco Cera.
    • Sonate Veneziane del '700.
    • TACTUS.
    • 016.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in D minor, K 397

    Performer: Mao Fujita.
    • Single.
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Op.66 (Waltz)

    Music Arranger: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Tchaikovsky, P.I.: Sleeping Beauty (The) / Moscow / 1812 Festival Overture / Voy.
    • Delos.
    • 4.
  • Deborah Pritchard

    New College Service: Magnificat

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Robert Quinney.
    • New College: Commissions & Premieres.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Carnival Overture

    Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • BR Klassik.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    One star, at last

    Choir: King's College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • EMI.
  • Hugh Aston

    Hornpype

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Music From The Royal Court.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Franz Leh谩r

    Ballsirenen Waltz (The Merry Widow)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vienna Soiree.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

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