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Start the day right with classical music

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 30 Jan 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Borodin: Requiem/Polovtsian Dances: Philharmonia Orchestra: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala.
    • 8.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Agnus Dei (Missa Puer natus est nobis)

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Puer Natus Est, Tudor Music For Advent and Christmas: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: G眉nter Wand.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Wand, NDR-Sinfonieorchester.
    • RCA Classics.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Badin茅rie (Orchestral Suite no.2, BWV.1067)

    Music Arranger: Ward Swingle. Choir: The Swingle Singers.
    • Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi? The Swingle Singers.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Badinerie (Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067)

    Performer: Ana de la Vega. Orchestra: W眉rttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn.
    • Pentatone.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.23 in A major, K.488 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart; English Chamber Orchestra/Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Tempest, Op. 18 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: 主播大秀 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Francesca da Rimini, The Voyevoda, Overture and Polona.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka In A Minor [for Emile Gaillard]

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Chopin: Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 019.
  • Trad.

    Unst Boat Song

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Robert Schumann

    M盲rchenerz盲hlungen [Fairy Tales] No.1

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Mozart: Quintet in E-Flat & Trio in E-Flat - Schumann: M盲rchenerz盲hlungen & Fant.
    • CRD Records.
    • 7.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Oh what a beautiful morning (Oklahoma!)

    Singer: Nathaniel Hackmann. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Neapolitan Song (Children's Album Op.39)

    Performer: Ryan Corbett.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Pha茅ton, Op. 39

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des animaux - L'Assassinat du duc de.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    String Quartet no.2 in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered Vol 2: Florence B Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 11.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op.129, 'Rage Over a Lost Penny'

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • VOXBOX.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Trad.

    She moved through the fair

    Performer: Ann Murray.
    • Ann Murray and Graham Johnson: Last rose of Summer.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Verkl盲rte Nacht, Op. 4 (conclusion)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Transfigured.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The Hanover Band. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • J. Haydn: 'London' and 'Military' Symphonies; The Hanover Band/Goodman.
    • Nimbus.
    • 4.
  • William Lloyd Webber

    Frensham Pond

    Performer: John Bradbury. Performer: James Cryer.
    • The English Clarinet.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.
  • Max Bruch

    Concerto in E minor for clarinet, viola and orchestra Op.88 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: G茅rard Causs茅. Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Bruch/Werke fur Klarinette und Viola.
    • Erato.
  • Franz Schubert

    Where now? (The Fair Maid of the Mill)

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Nicky Spence.
    • Schubert: The Fair Maid of the Mill.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.
  • Katharine Emily Eggar

    Idyll

    Music Arranger: Juliette Pochin. Orchestra: Suffrage Sinfonia. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • The Lost Women Of Music.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 4.
  • Dorothy Howell

    Prelude in C major

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.
  • Alec Roth

    Roth: A Time to Dance: XVII. Autumnal

    Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore. Ensemble: Ex Cathedra.
    • Alec Roth: A Time to Dance & Other Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski.
    • CBS.

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