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Start the day with classical music

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

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Mon 15 Jan 2024 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Camerata Academica of Salzburg Mozarteum. Conductor: Sándor Végh.
    • Mozart - Piano Concertos K 466 & K 467.
    • Decca.
    • 002.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Fantasia a 6 MB.48.35

    Performer: Susanna Pell. Performer: Asako Morikawa. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Gibbons: Sonsorts for Viols: Phantasm.
    • Avie.
    • 01.

  • Poldowski

    L'heure exquise

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Performer: Jérôme Ducros.
    • Green - Mélodies françaises.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 128.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita for solo violin No.2 in D minor (BWV.1004); Chaconne

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Music Arranger: Thomas Dunford.
    • ALPHA.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite: Praeludium

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: String Serenade: Orheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Variations concertantes Op.17 for cello and piano

    Performer: Guy Johnston. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Themes And Variations.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.
    • 4.

  • Robin Holloway

    Serenade in C: Menuetto alla tarantella

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • Ferguson, Bliss & Holloway: Chamber Music.
    • BIS.
    • 110.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    Ensemble: Magnificat. Conductor: Philip Cave.
    • LINN.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite, Op. 11 (III. Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • BIS.

  • Dave Goulder

    The January Man

    Singer: Dave Goulder.
    • The January Man.
    • ARGO.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Inon Barnatan. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos, Vol. 1.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 203.

  • John Dowland

    Intrada; The King of Denmark's Galliard

    • Masterpieces for Brass & Encores!, Vol. II.
    • Rondo Records.
    • 1.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Looking forward to a summer’s day (A score of Danish songs Vol.2)

    Ensemble: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Bo Holten.
    • Arstiderne.
    • OUR RECORDINGS.
    • 10-11.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • La Roxolana.
    • Alpha.
    • 09.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in E flat major, D.929 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Terje Isungset

    The Dawning

    Performer: Terje Isungset.
    • Winter Songs (Icemusic).
    • All Ice Records.
    • 4.

  • Henry Purcell

    What pow'r art thou (King Arthur, or The British worthy Z.628)

    Singer: Petteri Salomaa. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Erato.

  • Fela Sowande

    Akinla (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 8.

  • Franz Liszt

    Transcendental Study after Paganini No 3, 'La campanella'

    Performer: Jorge Bolet.
    • Fur Elise, Piano Music by Beethoven, Chopin, etc.: Ashkenezy etc..
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Gary Carpenter

    Ein musikalisches Snookerspiel

    Ensemble: Ensemble 10/10. Conductor: Gary Carpenter.
    • NMC.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Andrew Haveron. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Jule Styne

    Some People (Gypsy)

    Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Orchestra: Gypsy Orchestra. Singer: Ethel Merman. Conductor: Milton Rosenstock.
    • Gypsy (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 3.

  • Cosmo Sheldrake

    Nightingale Part II

    Performer: Cosmo Sheldrake.
    • Tardigrade.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.

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  • Mon 15 Jan 2024 06:30
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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