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Get going with classical

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 4 Sep 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade in C major for strings, Op 48 (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Gatti.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Hubert Parry

    Songs of Farewell; No. 4 There is an old belief

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • An Old Belief.
    • CORO.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    No. 2 & 3 of 3 Pieces for cello & piano

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: JosΓ© Gallardo.
    • Naxos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    3 Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen: No. 2, Liebesleid (Arr. for Cello & Harp)

    Performer: Mathias Johansen. Performer: Silke Aichhorn.
    • Cello Meets Harp.
    • CPO.
    • 201.
  • Johann David Heinichen

    Dresden Concerto in D major S.226 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Musica Antiqua KΓΆln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerti Musica Antiqua Koln Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 17.
  • Francis Poulenc

    L'embarquement pour Cythère

    • Poulenc: Works for Piano Solo and Duo.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 22.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.8 in D major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Concerto KΓΆln.
    • Felix Mendelssohn, String Symphonies.
    • DAS ALTE WERK.
    • 004.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: I. Allegro

    Performer: Michael Collins. Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • Mozart & Birchall: Clarinet Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 201.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Vexilla Regis

    Choir: MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig. Conductor: Philipp Ahmann.
    • Pentatone.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Spring (3 Botticelli Pictures)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The 49th Parallel (Prelude. Opening Titles)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche Suite)

    Performer: Stephen Coombs. Performer: Artur Pizarro.
    • Darius Milhaud - Music for Two Pianos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Cedric Thorpe Davie

    Coronation March 'The Royal Mile'

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • The Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
    • White Line.
    • 17.
  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Piano Trio in D minor Op.120 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio KarΓ©nine.
    • FaurΓ©, Ravel & Tailleferre.
    • Mirare.
    • 102.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major, Op.25 'Classical'

    Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Prokofiev/Haydn/Bizet: First Symphonies: Saint Paul Chamber Orch/Wolff.
    • Apex.
    • 1.
  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 'Eroica'

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 28.
  • Johannes Bernardus van Bree

    Overture to 'La Bandit'

    Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Eric Whitacre

    This marriage

    Performer: Owain Park. Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Singers.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Septet in D minor, Op 74 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐MΓΆst.
    • J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Quiet Reflection on an Autumn Evening

    Performer: Fumiko Shiraga.
    • Piano Works.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria, RV.589)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria, Handel: Gloria, Dixit Dominus: John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 1.
  • Benjamin Britten

    SoirΓ©es musicales [after Rossini]

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
  • Margaret Hubicki

    The Banshee's Dance (Irish Fantasy)

    Performer: James Kirby.
    • Chandos.

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