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Classical music to brighten your morning

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

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Wed 11 Sep 2024 06:30
主播大秀 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Mariam Batsashvili

    Consolations, Six Pens茅es po茅tiques, S.172: iii) Lento placido

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • William Byrd

    Mass for 5 voices (Credo)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No 4 in D major for keyboard, BWV 828 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Richard Goode.
    • Bach: Partitas: Richard Goode.
    • Nonesuch.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Butterworth/Delius: English Rhapsody: Halle, Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Baryton Trio in D Major, Hob. XI:61: I. Allegro

    Ensemble: Valencia Baryton Project.
    • Haydn: Baryton Trios.
    • Naxos.
    • 401.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Performer: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Onyx.

  • Trad.

    Raag Pahadi

    Performer: Shivkumar Sharma. Performer: Hariprasad Chaurasia. Performer: Brij Bhushan Kabra.
    • HEMISPHERE.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.5 in E minor Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphonies.
    • Chandos.
    • 03.

  • Anon

    Salve Regina

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.
    • Antoine Brumel: From Darkness Into Light.
    • Obsidian Records.

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major [complete]

    Performer: Jean鈥怭ierre Rampal. Conductor: Karl M眉nchinger. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
    • Volume 1 : Concertos Et R茅citals 1961-1965.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 11.

  • Michel Legrand

    Summer Me, Winter Me

    Performer: Oliver Jones.
    • The Many Moods Of Oliver Jones.
    • Justin Time Records Inc..
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pr茅ludes, Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin (Arr. for Violin & Piano)

    Performer: Coco Tomita. Performer: Simon Callaghan. Music Arranger: Arthur Hartmann.
    • Echoes.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 110.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Intercontinental Ensemble.
    • TRPTK.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides, Op 26

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mendelssohn: Overtures: LSO/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No. 2 in E Flat Major, TrV 283: III. Rondo. Allegro molto

    Performer: Christoph Ess. Conductor: Christopher Ward. Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Aachen.
    • Golden Horizon.
    • Naxos.
    • 112.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: III. Rondo (Vivace) [Live]

    Performer: Eric Lu. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: Hall茅.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 - Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 & Ballade No. 4 (Li.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Florence Price

    Elfentanz

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • From Brighton to Brooklyn.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Henry Purcell

    Wondrous machine (Hail! Bright Cecilia)

    Singer: Peter Harvey. Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Orchestra. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Nocturne no. 6 in D flat major Op.63

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • HYPERION.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire - overture Op.21

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 "Stadler": III. Menuetto

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Ensemble: Wiener Streichsextett.
    • Mozart: Kammermusik mit Klarinette.
    • EMI.
    • 10.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto no.1 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Saint-Saens: The complete works for piano and orchestra.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • William Boyce

    Symphony no. 2 in A major

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Boyce: 8 Symphonies: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 13-15.

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  • Wed 11 Sep 2024 06:30
    主播大秀 Radio 3

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