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Classical music to set you up for the day

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

Wed 13 Mar 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major D.899 no.2

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.
    • Schubert: Impromptus: Elisabeth Leonskaja.
    • Teldec.
    • 2.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.1`7

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Harmonia mundi.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • DG.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (Cantata No 82)

    Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Orchestra of Emmanuel Music. Conductor: Craig Smith.
    • Nonesuch Records.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3 - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists.
    • Handel: Solomon.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 27.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87: III. Scherzo

    Ensemble: Trio Isimsiz.
    • Brahms, Coll, Korngold.
    • Rubicon.
    • 11.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto no. 2 in D major H.7d.4 - 1st Mvt - Allegro Moderato

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Ruben Gazarian.
    • Horn Concertos.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Dietmar Schwalke. Performer: Alexander Malter.
    • ECM.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 2 (Suite no.2 for jazz band)

    Orchestra: Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.
    • NAXOS.
  • Louis Beydts

    Le Cœur inutile - VI. Après la mortelle aventure

    Performer: Tristan Raës. Singer: Cyrille Dubois.
    • Aparte.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.364 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Warner.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo Op.116 No.4

    Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
  • Gustav Holst

    Sita Op.23 (Act 3 Interlude)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Lyrita.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Bertrand Chamayou - Maurice Ravel.
    • Erato.
    • 7.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.5 in D major Op.107 'Reformation' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5.
    • Linn Records.
    • 6.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Alma Redemptoris Mater

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio Sonata in G Minor, ZWV 181 No 4 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Václav Luks. Ensemble: Collegium 1704.
    • ACCENT.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No 3 in C minor (Finale)

    Performer: Olivier Latry. Orchestra: Liege Philharmonic. Conductor: Pascal Rophé.
    • CYPRES.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130 - IV - Alla danza tedesca

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Prism II.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 8.
  • Roderick Williams

    The Shepherd

    Performer: Susie Allan. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • SOM.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    On the Town (Times Square)

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Copland/Bernstein: Billy the Kid etc.: Slatkin/de Waart.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique Op.14 (Un Bal)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.

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