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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

Wed 27 Mar 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • BIS.
  • Maria Hester Park

    Piano Sonata in F major, Op 4 No 1

    Performer: Betty Ann Miller.
    • Music by Maria Hester Park, Marie Bigot and Fanny Mendelssohn Henschel.
    • CENTAUR.
    • 1-2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 95 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Haydn: The London Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude, Allemande & Courante)

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • J.S. Bach: Cello Suites 1, 4 and 5: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • EMI.
    • 01.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Seal Lullaby

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Performer: Christopher Glynn. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre: Light & Gold: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 44 No. 2: III. Andante

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Mendelssohn.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning Mood (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grieg: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Concerto in B flat - 3rd mvt: Allegro

    Performer: Ewa Kupiec. Orchestra: Neubrandenburger Philharmonie. Conductor: Sebastian Tewinkel.
    • Capriccio.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)

    Singer: Robin Blaze. Performer: David Blackadder. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Handel: Coronation Anthems: Choir of King's College Cambridge/Cleobury.
    • EMI.
    • 16.
  • Ferde Grof茅

    Sunrise (Grand Canyon Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique B谩tiz.
    • EMI.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.
    • Rachmaninov-Shostakovich.
    • ONYX.
    • 3.
  • Ronald Binge

    The Water Mill

    Performer: Ruth Scott. Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics: New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Sopra l'acqua indormenzada (Venezia)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Souvenirs de Venise.
    • Helios.
    • 13.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Tommy Wolf

    Spring Can Really Hang You up the Most

    Music Arranger: Don Costa. Singer: Sarah Vaughan.
    • The Roulette Years.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 23.
  • Claude Debussy

    搁锚惫别谤颈别

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.3: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor (6th mvmt, Aria)

    Performer: Lina Tur Bonet. Performer: Patxi Montero. Performer: Kenneth Weiss.
    • Pan Classics.
  • John Adams

    Tromba lontana

    Performer: Jonathan Holland. Performer: Wesley Warren. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Norwegian National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Mozart: Overtures: Norwegian National Opera Orchestra: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Naive.
    • 4.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Lamentations of Jeremiah, Set 1

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Florence Price

    Fantasie negre

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • America Again.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 1501.
  • Vincent d鈥橧ndy

    Le joie du bleu profond (Poeme des Rivages)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • D'Indy Orchestral Works vol.4.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Danza de las hachas (Fantasia para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Milos Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

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