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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

Last on

Thu 8 Feb 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Michael Stern.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Zdenek Fibich

    Quintet in D major Op.42 (Largo)

    Ensemble: Endymion.
    • ASV.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Lass Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl" Cantata, BWV 198

    Lyricist: Johann Christoph Gottsched. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
    • Bach, J.S.: Cantatas BWV 106, 118 & 198.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Lass Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl" Cantata, BWV 198

    Lyricist: Johann Christoph Gottsched. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists.
    • Bach, J.S.: Cantatas & Sacred Masterpieces.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 13.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op 34 No 14 arr for violin and piano

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Hélène Grimaud.
    • Echoes of Time: Lisa Batiashvili.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • John Barry

    This Way Mary - Mary's Theme (From "Mary, Queen of Scots")

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • The Music of John Barry: The Definitive Collection.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 27.
  • հä

    The Golden Pavane

    Ensemble: The Flautadors.
    • Deux-Elles.
  • Margaret Hubicki

    From the Isles of the Sea

    Performer: Daniel Pailthorpe. Performer: James Kirby.
    • Hubicki: Chamber Music.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.
  • Geoffrey Burgon

    Nunc Dimittis (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis)

    Singer: Paul Phoenix. Performer: James Watson. Ensemble: Ensemble Instrumental.
    • Guild.
  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Turco in Italia (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Romance lyrique

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Zoltan Kodaly, Sonata for solo cello: Clein / Drake.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.
  • Alexandre Pierre Levy

    Samba from Brasileira (suite for orchestra)

    Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Minczuk.
    • Dancas Brasileiras.
    • Bis.
    • 3.
  • Jules Massenet

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    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Daria Hovora. Lyricist: Louis Marie Alexandre Gallet.
    • Mischa Maisky - Après un rêve.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira, from Scaramouche

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.
    • BIS.
  • Hubert Parry

    Lady Radnor's Suite (Slow Minuet)

    Conductor: Patrick Hawes. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Patrick Hawes, Highgrove Suite: Claire Jones, Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Classic FM.
    • 9.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth HWV263

    Ensemble: The King’s Consort. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Robert King.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Tarantella puro sangue (Rossiniana)

    Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal. Conductor: George Hanson.
    • Respighi: Orchestral Works.
    • MDG.
    • 17.
  • Christian Sinding

    The Rustle of Spring (6 Pieces Op.32)

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Sinding, C.: Violin and Piano Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Thoinot Arbeau

    Orchesographie: Branles régionaux (Branle de Poictou; Branles d'Ecosse; Branle de Bretagne)

    Ensemble: The Broadside Band. Conductor: Jeremy Barlow.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Flight of the Bumblebee

    Orchestra: Osipov Russian Folk Orchestra. Conductor: Vitaly Gnutov.
    • Balalaika Favorites.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 14.
  • Thomas Arne

    Where the bee sucks (The Tempest)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Performer: Douglas Whittaker. Performer: Martin Isepp. Performer: Ambrose Gauntlett.
    • TESTAMENT.
  • Franz Liszt

    Rigoletto Paraphrase [after Verdi]

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian dances arr. Paulet

    Music Arranger: Vincent Paulet. Ensemble: Ensemble K. Conductor: Simone Menezes.
    • Accents.
    • Aparte.
    • 1.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness, arr. guitar

    Performer: Sean Shibe.

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