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Morning classical

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

Last on

Tue 16 Jan 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes, Op.9 - no.1 in B flat minor

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen, Z629 - Act 5 - O let me ever, ever weep (the plaint)

    Music Arranger: Fraser Wilson. Ensemble: Apollo 5.
    • Voces8 Records.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio No 3 in C minor, Op 101: IV. Allegro molto

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.174 'Ich Liebe Den Hochsten Von Ganzem Gemute' (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • JS Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.
  • Jean Sibelius

    This is my song [Finlandia]

    Music Arranger: Blake Morgan. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

    Performer: Adam Laloum.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonata, D. 959 - Moments musicaux D. 780.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 103.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite in D major HWV.349 (Prelude; Alla Hornpipe)

    Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Water Music & Fireworks.
    • Glossa.
    • 10-11.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Quintet in B minor Op.40 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.
    • Pejacevic: Chamber Works.
    • CPO.
    • 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt, Op 23)

    Singer: Marita Kvarving Sølberg. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: The Complete Orchestral Music: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Ruud.
    • BIS.
    • 5.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Rumores de la caleta: Malagueña (Recuerdos de Viaje)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Favourite Spanish Encores.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Giulio Caccini

    Dalla porta d'oriente

    Lyricist: Maria Menadori. Singer: Karim Sulayman. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Broken Branches.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 103.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Belshazzar's Feast Suite, Op. 51 - Solitude (mov.2)

    Performer: Norbert Blum. Performer: Susan Monks. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Preludio sinfonico, SC 32

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repušić.
    • Puccini: Orchestral Songs & Works.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 117.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Les soirées musicales: No. 8 La danza (Tarantella Napoletana)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Joyce and Tony.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 103.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, BWV 721

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Edgar Meyer.
    • Bach Trios.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 14.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Ma Vlast)

    Orchestra: Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK. Conductor: Libor Pešek.
    • Dvorak: New World Symphony: Prague Symphony Orchestra/Pesek.
    • Sony.
  • James McMillan

    Ave maris stella

    Conductor: Rory McCleery. Ensemble: The Marian Consort.
    • Music for the Queen of Heaven: Contemporary Marian Motets.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 12.
  • Léo Delibes

    The Maids of Cadiz

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Performer: Philippe Schartz. Performer: Cory Band. Conductor: Robert Childs.
    • The Magic of Brass.
    • Doyen.
    • 5.
  • Florence Price

    Elfentanz

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

    A Midsummer night's dream (Scherzo)

    Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Trio in A Minor Op.114 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: I. Allegro.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Toccata (Organ Symphony No.5 in F minor, Op.42`1)

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • BNL.

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  • Tue 16 Jan 2024 06:30

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