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Boost your morning with classical

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 14 Feb 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Marius de Vries

    Balcony Scene (Arr. piano) ((Romeo & Juliet))

    Composer: Paul Hooper. Composer: Craig Armstrong. Composer: Tim Atack. Composer: Des’ree. Lyricist: Marius de Vries. Lyricist: Paul Hooper. Lyricist: Craig Armstrong. Lyricist: Tim Atack. Lyricist: Des’ree. Ensemble: Music Lab Collective.
    • Balcony Scene (arr. piano) (From "Romeo & Juliet").
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Young Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.
  • Thomas Tallis

    9 Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.3 in D major BWV.1054

    Performer: Fabio Bonizzoni. Orchestra: La Risonanza.
    • Harpsichord Concertos, Vol 2.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 7-9.
  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • Debussy: Preludes/Children's Corner: Ogawa.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Alfonso Ferrabosco II

    Pavan à 5 No. 4, VdGS 4

    Ensemble: Cantilena. Director: Adrian Shepherd.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H. 68: 2. Marche de pèlerins chantant la prière du soi

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Les Nuits d'été.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Intercontinental Ensemble.
    • TRPTK.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesfreud

    Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.
    • Annie's Song and Other Galway Favorites.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 3.
  • Francesco Cavalli

    Canzon a 3 (Musiche sacre, 1656)

    Ensemble: London Baroque.
    • The Trio Sonata in 17th-Century Italy.
    • Bis.
    • 010.
  • Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Mein schöner Stern!, Op. 101, No. 4

    Performer: Eric Schneider. Lyricist: Friedrich Rückert. Singer: Matthias Goerne.
    • Schumann: Lieder.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 24.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Grand Duo concertant, Op 48 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • The Virtuoso Clarinet: Michael Collins.
    • Chandos.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Hymn in Honour of Saints Cyril and Methodius, TH 79

    Conductor: Sigvards Kļava. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir.
    • Tchaikovsky: All-Night Vigil & Other Sacred Choral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestraum no.3 in A flat major

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • The Very Best of: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 214.
  • Franz Lehár

    Ballsirenen Waltz (The Merry Widow)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vienna Soiree.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Ollie McLaughlin

    Lonely Melody

    Performer: Dorothy Ashby. Performer: John Tooley. Performer: Herman Wright.
    • TOP TRACKS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, K 488 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart; English Chamber Orchestra/Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C major, op.48

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.
    • Great Violinists: Heifetz - Shaham - Mintz.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 169.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Jenkins: Ave verum corpus

    Lyricist: Trad.. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Simple Gifts.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Courtly Dances (Gloriana)

    Music Arranger: Julian Bream. Ensemble: Julian Bream Consort.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Imogen Holst

    Sonata For Violin And Cello: Presto, Molto Leggiero

    Performer: Simon Hewitt Jones. Performer: David Worswick. Performer: Tom Hankey. Performer: Oliver Coates. Performer: Thomas Hewitt Jones. Performer: Daniel Swain.
    • Holst: String Chamber Music.
    • NMC.
    • 16.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz No.6 in D flat Op.64 No.1

    Performer: Samson François.
    • EMI.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A, Op 40 No 1 ('Militaire')

    Performer: Samson François.
    • EMI.
  • Harold Arlen

    A Sleepin' Bee

    Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: André Previn. Performer: David Finck.
    • Philips.

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