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Perk up your morning with classical music

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Winner of Best Audio Arts and Music Programme (Voice of the Listener and Viewer Awards).

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3 hours

Last on

Thu 30 May 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • John Eccles

    Ground: Aire (The Mad Lover Suite)

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • The Mad Lover.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade K. 361 "Gran partita" (6th mvt)

    Ensemble: Members of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Director: Alexei Ogrintchouk.
    • Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita".
    • BIS.
    • 112.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Storioni Trio.
    • Ars Produktion.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 4 in D, BWV 828: Allemande

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Bach, J.S.: 6 Partitas.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 27.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • EMI.
  • Ned Rorem

    Spring Music: Aubade

    Performer: Monica Bauchwitz. Performer: Ariane Lallemand. Performer: Evelyne Luest.
    • Ned Rorem - Nine Episodes For Four Players / Dances / Spring Music.
    • Phoenix USA.
    • 17.
  • Bob Haymes

    They Say It's Spring

    Composer: Marty Clarke. Singer: Blossom Dearie.
    • The Complete Recordings 1952-1962.
    • 2013 Playtime.
    • 24.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F for recorder and strings, RV442

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • ALPHA CLASSICS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 11.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Prelude (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • William Byrd

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.
  • Gottfried Finger

    A Ground in D Minor

    Ensemble: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Conductor: Maurice Steger.
    • Mr Handel's Dinner.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 118.
  • York Bowen

    Thumbelina (Fragments from Hans Andersen)

    Performer: Nicolas Namoradze.
    • York Bowen: Fragments from Hans Andersen & Studies.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Petit Poucet (Ma Mere l'Oye)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
  • Richard Strauss

    Oboe Concerto in D (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Cristina G贸mez Godoy. Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart & Strauss.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Marche hongroise (The Damnation of Faust)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 103.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Piano Quartet in F Minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Richard M. Sherman

    The Aristocats

    Composer: Robert B. Sherman. Singer: Maurice Chevalier.
    • The Aristocats Original Soundtrack.
    • EMI Gold.
    • 1.
  • William Lawes

    Royal Consort Sett no. 6 in D major

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • LINN.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • SONY.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay (The choice of Hercules)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Jupiter. Director: Thomas Dunford.
    • Eternal Heaven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Frederick Delius

    String Quartet 1916 - 2. Quick & lightly

    Ensemble: Fitzwilliam String Quartet.
    • Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor; Delius: String Quartet; Cello Sonata.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • George Willcocks

    The Champions

    Performer: Brighouse and Rastrick Band. Conductor: David Hirst.
    • Hymns and Marches.
    • DOYEN.
    • 14.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Airport Scenes (Departures)

    Orchestra: 主播大秀 Philharmonic. Conductor: Timothy Redmond.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 3 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Franz Schubert

    Standchen, D.957

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • Globe Music.
  • Billy Mayerl

    Hop-O'-My Thumb

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Stella Chiweshe

    鈥淣dabaiwa鈥 鈥 鈥淚 survived鈥

    Performer: Stella Chiweshe.
    • PIRANHA.
  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata no. 9 in F major Z.810 'Golden'

    Ensemble: Retrospect Trio.
    • Purcell: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts.
    • Linn.
    • 39--43.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 42

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Chopin: Piano works.
    • Chappell.
    • 10.

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