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Classical sunrise

Hannah French 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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Thu 29 Feb 2024 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    To the Spring

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces - Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 20.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pi猫ce en forme de Habanera

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Marie鈥怭ierre Langlamet.
    • Dance!.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 42.

  • Anonymous 15th Century

    Lauds Antiphons (Office for St Brigit)

    Performer: Bill Taylor. Ensemble: Canty. Director: Rebecca Tavener.
    • Carmina Celtica.
    • Linn Records.
    • 8.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    The Deer's Cry

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Director: Barnaby Smith.
    • The Deer's Cry.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Muse.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Triple Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1044: 3rd mvt [Alla breve]

    Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 1 in D, "Classical" (Gavotte)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Op. 25 "Classical Symphony"; Britten: Simple Symphony.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    "Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori" (Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)

    Singer: Christopher Purves. Orchestra: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice, Vol. 1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 004.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto in B flat, K.595 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 66.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    String Sonata no.1 in G major

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Marshall Marcus. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku.
    • HELIOS.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance Op.72 No.1: Odzemek

    Conductor: Orquesta Filarm贸nica de Gran Canaria. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances.
    • ARTE NOVA Classics.
    • 9.

  • John Dowland

    The Earl of Essex Galliard

    Ensemble: Musicall Humors.
    • Dowland: [Complete] Lachrim忙.
    • ALPHA.
    • 10.

  • William Byrd

    La Volta

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Echoes of London.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 2.

  • Michael Praetorius

    La Canarie

    Ensemble: Capella de la Torre. Director: Katharina B盲uml.
    • Air Music.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in E flat "Notturno"

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Schubert: Chamber Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 205.

  • Jonathan Dove

    In beauty may I walk

    Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Matthew Owens.
    • HYPERION.

  • Henry Mancini

    Baby Elephant Walk

    Performer: Iago Banet. Music Arranger: Iago Banet.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Gioachino Rossini

    Performer: Alessandro Marangoni. Singer: Bruno Taddia.
    • NAXOS.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in B Flat Major RV.583 (Ciaconna)

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per una vita.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 228.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Op.214

    Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Fantasia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.

  • Dorothy Gates

    The Living God

    Performer: Cory Band.

  • John Dowland

    The Frog Galliard

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • My Favourite Dowland.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 008.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    "Italian" Symphony (Saltarello)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 \"Italian\", Symphony No. 5 \"Reformation\" & Th.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Fats Waller

    A Handful of Keys

    • Fun With Fats.
    • Charly Records.
    • 1.

  • Max Bruch

    Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Other Works (Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto 19.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Oh! Is There Not One Maiden Breast (Pirates of Penzance)

    Librettist: Sir William Schwenck Gilbert. Choir: Welsh National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Performer: John Mark Ainsley. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance.
    • Telarc.
    • 7.

  • Ivor Novello

    Leap Year Waltz (The Dancing Years)

    Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Owen Edwards.
    • Jay Records.

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