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Boost your morning with classical

Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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3 hours

Last on

Wed 7 Aug 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Benna Moe

    Instructive study No. 3, Op. 6: Allegro moderato

    Performer: Cathrine Penderup.
    • Romantic Piano Works by Danish Women Composers.
    • Danacord Records.
    • 4.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Phaeton (Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • APARTE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 "Salzburg Symphony No. 1"

    Orchestra: Camerata Nordica. Director: Terje T酶nnesen.
    • Mozart: Serenata notturna, 3 Divertimenti & Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
    • BIS.
    • 10-12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Erbarme dich", from Matth盲us-Passion, BWV 244

    • Modus Phantasticus.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Rigaudon (Holberg Suite, Op.40)

    Music Arranger: Jon Faukstad. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • Fairy Tales.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 14.
  • Thomas Linnemann Laub

    Stille, hjerte, sol ga虋r ned

    Composer: Jeppe Aakj忙r. Choir: Holmens Kantori. Conductor: Jakob Lorentzen.
    • Danish Choral Music.
    • Danacord Records.
    • 3.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Director: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos: Melnikov/Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Currentzis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Francesco Barsanti

    Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 3 No. 7

    Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas. Director: Peter Whelan.
    • Barsanti & Handel: Edinburgh 1742 (Parte seconda).
    • Linn Records.
    • 5-8.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Sch枚n Rosmarin - old Viennese dance no.3 for violin and piano

    Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Performer: Lukas Geniu拧as.
    • Hommage to Fritz Kreisler and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
    • Melodiya.
    • 12.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondino in E flat major, WoO 25

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • CPO.
  • Samuel Sebastian Wesley

    Blessed be the God and Father

    Performer: Richard Gowers. Choir: The Choir of Holy Sepulchre, The National Musician's Church. Singer: Hilary Cronin. Conductor: Toby Ward.
    • Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Sacred Choral Music.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.
  • Radam茅s Gnattali

    Retratos - Chiquinha Gonzaga (corta-jaca)

    Performer: Andrew Blanch. Performer: Ariel Nurhadi.
    • Alchemy.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 14.
  • Josquin des Prez

    El grillo

    Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Sonatina No 6 (Chamber Fantasty on Themes of Carmen)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Oscar Castro鈥怤eves

    Chora Tua Tristeza (Ao Vivo)

    Composer: Luvercy Fiorine. Performer: Caetano Veloso. Lyricist: Oscar Castro鈥怤eves. Lyricist: Luvercy Fiorine.
    • A Bossa De Caetano.
    • Universal Music Ltda..
    • 9.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 42

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev.
    • Chopin : Waltzes.
    • EMI.
    • 2.
  • Leonora Duarte

    Sinfonias a 5 no. 5 & no. 6

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (Finale)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • J. Haydn: Symphonies nos. 103 & 104: Norrington.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Amanda R枚ntgen-Maier

    6 Pieces for violin and piano (no.6)

    Performer: Cecilia Zilliacus. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Amanda Maier, Volume 2.
    • db Productions.
    • 12.
  • Artur Gold

    Priznaysja mne

    Singer: Pyotr Leshchenko.
    • Velikie ispolniteli Rossii XX veka: Pjotr Lescenko.
    • Moroz Records.
    • 28.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Company of Heaven, Pt. 3: IX. Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the most High

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Director: Edward Higginbottom.
    • NOVUM.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor 'con due violini obligati', RV 522

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Suite f眉r eine Spieluhr, WoO 33 (Arr. for Organ by Andr茅 Isoir): I. Adagio

    Performer: Anders Johnsson.
    • The Great Organ of Aarhus Cathedral.
    • Danacord Records.
    • 21.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor, Op.1: 2) Adagio

    Ensemble: Bartholdy Quartett.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet & Piano Quartet No. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Tambourins 1 & 2 from Les Indes Galantes

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Orchestra: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

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