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Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.- Mozart: Piano Concertos 20, K466 & 27, K595; Mitsuko Uchida, The Cleveland Orche.
- Decca.
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Mel Bonis
Sonata, Op. 112: III. Th猫me populaire grec recueilli par Bourgeault-Ducoudray
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- Le Temps retrouv茅.
- Chandos.
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Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade
Performer: Nardo Poy. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV.29 'Wir danken dir, Gott' (Sinfonia)
Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- BIS.
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Eric Whitacre
Seal Lullaby
Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Performer: Christopher Glynn. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.- Eric Whitacre: Light & Gold: Eric Whitacre.
- Decca.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
String Sextet in D major, Op 10 (Intermezzo)
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Hyperion.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1
Performer: Kyohei Sorita.- Frederick Chopin Institute.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Quartet concertant in C major Op.15 no.3
Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.- Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
- Naxos.
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Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Suite)
Conductor: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.- Winter with Sibelius.
- ONDINE.
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LUDOVIC NEUROHR
Remointze
Ensemble: Brass band Treize Etoiles.- RNCM Brass Band Festival 2024.
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Anonymous
Sonata 'Chiquitana' no.4
Music Arranger: Piotr Nawrot. Ensemble: Florilegium. Director: Ashley Solomon.- Florilegium and Arakaendar Bolivia Choir: Bolivian Baroque, Vol. 3.
- Channel Classics.
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Claude Debussy
Reverie
Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Joseph Havlat. -
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Robert Schumann
Arabeske in C major Op.18
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
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Joseph Martin Kraus
脛fventyraren, eller Resan till M氓nans 脰, VB 32: Overture
Orchestra: Theresia Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Astronio.- Kraus: Overtures.
- CPO.
- 107.
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Louise Farrenc
Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op.44 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Joan Enric Lluna. Performer: Diana Ambache. Performer: Naomi Butterworth.- 麻豆社 Music.
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Alexander Borodin
Requiem
Performer: Ian Boughton. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Requiem.
- Signum-Cala.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto in D major Op.61 for violin and orchestra 3rd movement; Rondo
Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- BERLIN PHIL.
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George Gershwin
3 Preludes
Music Arranger: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Santiago Ca帽贸n-Valencia. Performer: Naoko Sonoda. -
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George Frideric Handel
Jephtha, HWV 70, Act I: Overture
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.- Handel: Jephtha.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Concertino (3rd mvt)
Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Jean Martinon.- DG.
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- Tue 27 Feb 2024 06:30麻豆社 Radio 3
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