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Classical music to set you up for the day

Petroc Trelawny 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 23 Jan 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Grieg : Peer Gynt Suites 1, 2 & Symphonic Dances.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 3.
  • Claude Debussy

    Doctor Gradus ad Paranassum (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Jean Rondeau.
    • Gradus Ad Parnassum.
    • Erato.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in B flat major D.898 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Schubert: Chamber Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 202.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Solo cello suite no.6 in D major BWV.1012 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Lucile Boulanger.
    • Solo Bach-Abel Lucile Boulanger.
    • ALPHA.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gavottes 1 and 2 (Cello Suite in D, BWV.1012)

    Performer: Lucile Boulanger.
    • Solo Bach-Abel Lucile Boulanger.
    • ALPHA.
    • 5.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che faro senza Euridice (J'ai perdu mon ...)from Act 3, Scene 1 of Orfeo ed Euridice

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Arias for Guadagni.
    • HYPERION.
    • 18.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for flute and piano

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Vocalise.
    • OPUS ARTE.
    • 1.
  • Teresa Carre帽o

    Petit valse 'Teresita'

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler.
    • Teresa Carreno: Klavierwerke (Piano works).
    • ARS MUSICI.
    • 013.
  • Trad.

    The Robin's Petition

    Music Arranger: Jackie Oates. Music Arranger: David Le Page. Performer: Jackie Oates. Ensemble: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: David Le Page.
    • Earthcycle.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 116.
  • 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.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto.
    • Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Peter Warlock

    My own Country

    Author: Hilaire Belloc. Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • HELIOS.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia no.9 in A minor Z.740

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Henry Purcell The Complete Fantazias Fretwork.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and fugue no.5 in D major Op.87 no.5

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Sony.
  • Laurie Johnson

    The Avengers Theme

    Orchestra: The Laurie Johnson Orchestra.
    • Timeless TV Themes.
    • True Trax.
    • 2.
  • Laurie Johnson

    A Ghost in Monte Carlo (Grand Waltz)

    Conductor: London Studio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Laurie Johnson.
    • The Rose and the Gun.
    • Fly Records.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, K.551, 'Jupiter' (4th mvmt, Molto allegro)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Jocelyn Pook

    How sweet the moonlight (The Merchant of Venice)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Siobh谩n Armstrong. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach鈥檚 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit: 1. Sonatina

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • Linn.
    • CKD672.
  • Stan Tracey

    Penpals (Jazz Suite Inspired By Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood)

    Ensemble: Stan Tracey Quartet.
  • Grace Williams

    Penillion (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Ray Allan. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Grace Williams: Sea Sketches; Fantasia; Carillons; Penillion.
    • Lyrita.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs, M. 43: I. Noctuelles

    Performer: C茅cile Ousset.
    • Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, Le tombeau de Couperin, Miroirs & Concert.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV.425

    Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Avi Avital Vivaldi.
    • DG.
    • 7.
  • George Enescu

    Aubade in C Major

    Performer: C茅cile Agator. Performer: Flore-Anne Brosseau. Performer: Samuel Etienne.
    • The Enescu Project.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 101.
  • Django Reinhardt

    Minor Swing

    Composer: St茅phane Grappelli. Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.
    • WARNER BROS RECORDS.

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