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Music in the Great War: Germany at War

For Radio 3's Music in the Great War season, Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show and introduces music from countries which were major participants in WWI.

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Also, including your requests for works by neglected composers, amateur music-making groups and Bach Before Seven.

Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Morceaux de salon for piano (Op.10), no.7; Mazurka in D flat major

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rachmaninov Rarities: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schaue nicht (Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV.1083)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Daniel Taylor. Ensemble: Theatre of Early Music. Director: Daniel Taylor.
    • Vivaldi; Pergolesi; Bach.
    • BIS.
    • 26.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Lullaby for Lucy

    Choir: 鶹Լ Singers.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.19 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Beethoven - The Complete Piano Concertos.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 6.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of youth - suite no. 1 (Op.1a), Overture

    Conductor: Adrian Boult. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Elgar: The Wand of Youth etc.: LPO/Boult.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Max Bruch

    String Quintet in A minor (4th mvt)

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Performer: Sandis Steinbergs. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Ilze Kļava. Performer: Reinis Birznieks.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 etc..
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in A flat major Op.46 no.3

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Václav Neumann.
    • Dvorak: 16 Slavonic Dances: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Neumann.
    • Apex.
    • 3.
  • George Gershwin

    Variations on I got rhythm

    Performer: Lincoln Mayorga. Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • Gershwin by Grofe: Harmonie Ensemble, New York.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Charles Gounod

    Marche militaire arr Sharpe

    Performer: Royal Artillery Band. Director: Captain T.S. Davies.
    • 'Marches of Europe'.
    • Bandleader.
    • 5.
  • Edward Gregson

    Tuba Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: James Gourlay. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • British Tuba Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite in F major, HWV 348, 'Water Music'

    Performer: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Handel: Fireworks Music; Water Music Suite.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Insanae et vanae curae

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Haydn: Heiligmesse; Missa in Tempore Belli, etc..
    • Philips.
    • 23.
  • Rudolf Herzer

    Hoch Heidecksburg

    Ensemble: Heeresmusikkorps 6, Hamburg. Conductor: Johannes Schade.
    • Gloria.
    • Telefunken.
    • 3.
  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne (Phaëton, Act 1)

    Ensemble: Café Zimmermann.
    • Les Grandes Eaux Musicalles de Versailles.
    • Alpha.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo in G minor

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.
    • Charles Munch conducts Romantic Masterworks.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Conductor: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart/Copland/Kats-Chernin: Clarinet Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Saul and David (Act 2, Prelude)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Carl Nielsen: Orchestral music: Danish National Symphony Orch/Dausgaard.
    • Dacapo.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in G flat major, D 899 No 3

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.
    • Schubert: Impromptus: Elisabeth Leonskaja.
    • Teldec.
    • 3.
  • Rudi Stephan

    Glück zu Zweien (Ich will dir singen ein Hohenlied)

    Singer: Robin Tritschler. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Songs of 1914.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 9.
  • Rudi Stephan

    Ich will dir singen: no.1; Kythere

    Singer: Robin Tritschler. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Songs of 1914.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 13.
  • Richard Strauss

    Meinem Kinde, Op 37 No 3

    Singer: Karita Mattila. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Strauss: Orchestral Songs.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks, Op 4

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Stravinksy: The Firebird: Chicago SO, Pierre Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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