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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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3 hours

Last on

Mon 8 Apr 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin, Op 15 No 2

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • WARNER.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio Sonata no.5 in F major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas.
    • Linn.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)

    Performer: Cristina Bianchi.
    • Scarlatti, Baltin & Others: Harp Works.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 5.
  • Percy Grainger

    Walking Tune

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite: Sinfonia

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite - Falla: El Retablo de Maese Pedro & Harpsichord Co.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 114.
  • Alessandro Parisotti

    Se tu m'ami

    Performer: György Fischer. Singer: Cecilia Bartoli.
    • Cecilia Bartoli - Arie Antiche: Se tu m'ami.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 16.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 49 in F minor, 'La Passione' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Ludwig Orchestra. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.
    • Alpha.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quintet No.3 in E-flat Major op.97: 3. Larghetto

    Performer: Kim Kashkashian. Ensemble: Parker Quartet.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Pirates of Penzance (Overture)

    Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 2.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Apres un reve

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • BLUE CLOUD MUSIC.
  • Hubert Parry

    Never weather-beaten sail (Songs of Farewell)

    Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.
    • Parry: Songs of Farewell Partsongs.
    • Herald.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen. Ensemble: Arcangelo.
    • CPE Bach Cello Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Zequinha de Abreu

    Tico-tico no fuba [Tico-tico bird in the cornmeal]

    Performer: James Watson. Lyricist: Aloysio Oliveira. Conductor: John Iveson. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Easy Winners.
    • Marcophon.
    • 8.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words in D major, Op. 109

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Sony Masterworks.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works: Soloists, Ulster Orchestra, Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Judith Weir

    My Guardian Angel

    Ensemble: The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford. Conductor: Will Dawes.
    • The Dawn of Grace: Music for Christmas.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 16.
  • Béla Bartók

    Transylvanian dances Sz.96

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Bartok: Orchestral Works Vol.1: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 15.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Archduke Trio, Op 97 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Pinchas Zukerman. Performer: Jacqueline du Pré.
    • His Master's Voice.
  • William Walton

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue (concert version)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Walton: Spitfire etc.: Royal Liverpool hilharmonic Orchestra/Groves.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3

    Performer: Byron Janis.
    • Recitals: True Romantic.
    • Angel Records.
    • 3.
  • James P. Johnson

    Night Club (Harlem Symphony)

    Orchestra: The Concordia Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Nimbus Records.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (No 4, Storm)

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • TELDEC.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.21 in C major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anda Géza. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
    • DG.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15 (2nd mvt - Allegro, ma non agitato)

    Ensemble: Trio Atanassov.
    • Smetana, Dvorak - Piano Trios.
    • Haenssler Classic.
    • 002.
  • Franz Lehár

    Gold and Silver - Waltz Op.79

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vienna Soiree: Gardiner/Vienna PO.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Francesco Geminiani

    Concerto Grosso no.11 in E major after Corelli

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Geminiani: Concerti Grossi: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 18.

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