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Perk up your morning with classical music

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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3 hours

Last on

Wed 10 Jul 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Tu es Petrus

    Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra. Director: Michael Noone.
    • De Victoria: Sacred Works.
    • Archiv.
    • 01.
  • Robert Schumann

    Violin Concerto in D minor (2nd movement)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • For the Love of Brahms.
    • Sony.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! (Cantata No. 214)

    Choir: Choir of the Age of Enlightenment. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • Philips.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Music Arranger: Sandy Smith. Performer: Cory Band. Conductor: Robert B Childs.
    • OBRASSO.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90 "Dumky": III. Andante - Vivace non troppo

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Dvořák: Piano Trios, Op. 65 & 90.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 103.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Care Selve: Atalanta Act 1

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 73 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Brahms: 4 Symphonies: Berlin Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op.34 No.14

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Rachmaninoff - Symphony No.3 Vocalise The Isle of the Dead.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    I skogen - In the forest

    Singer: Johanna Wallroth. Performer: Simon Lepper.
  • Hugo Alfvén

    Swedish Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 47 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz.
    • Alfvén: Symphonic Works, Vol. 3.
    • CPO.
    • 202.
  • Charlie Chaplin

    Limelight (The Terry Theme)

    Music Arranger: Jarkko Riihimäki. Performer: Daniel Röhn. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Case Scaglione.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • George Gershwin

    They Can't Take That Away From Me

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • A Gershwin Songbook & Improvisations.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 6.
  • William Grant Still

    Wood Notes: III. Moon Dusk: Slowly and expressively

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 - Wood Notes.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Karl Böhm.
    • Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Karl Bohm.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow

    Performer: Pat Metheny.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without words - book 1 Op.19 (no.1 in E major)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op. 43: II. Allegretto piacevole

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar : Orchestral Works.
    • Rhino.
    • 3.
  • Johann Wilhelm Wilms

    Keyboard Concerto in E Major, Op. 3: III. Rondo

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Die Kölner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol. 1.
    • BIS.
    • 103.
  • William Walton

    Touch her soft lips and part (Henry V)

    Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer. Narrator: Christopher Plummer. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Henry V etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Maddalena Casulana

    Ridon or per le piagge; Amor per qual cagión; Io d'odorate fronde

    Ensemble: The Toronto Consort.
    • MARQUIS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Hungarian, Spanish, Neopolitan Dances (Swan Lake Act 3)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • WARNER.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet Op.18 No.3 in D major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Beethoven - Brodsky Quartet.
    • Challenge.
    • 04.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die böse Farbe, D 795 No 17 (Die schöne Müllerin)

    Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Performer: Justus Zeyen.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 17.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2 Zimerman/Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    V'adore pupile (Julius Caesar)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Orchestra: La Nuova Musica. Conductor: David Bates.
    • Handel's Unsung Heroes.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 405.
  • Franz Lachner

    Wind Quintet No 2 in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Danzi and Lachner: Blaserquintette.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • The Longest Johns

    The Llandoger

    Ensemble: The Longest Johns.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    12 Studies Op.10 (no.10 in A flat major)

    Performer: Nicholas Angelich.
    • Dedication.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 115.

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