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Classical sunrise

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Winner of Best Audio Arts and Music Programme (Voice of the Listener and Viewer Awards).

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3 hours

Last on

Wed 15 May 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp K.299 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Marieâ€Pierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart Flute Concertos Concerto For Flute And Harp.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Robert Schumann

    Study in Canonic Form no. 1

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • From Afar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Robert Carver

    Missa Dum sacrum mysterium - Sanctus

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Robert Carver.
    • Coro.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite in E, BWV 1006a (Gavotte; Menuets)

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Columbia Records presents John Williams.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3, 4.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E major, Op.11`5 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Oboe Concerto in A minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Oboe Concertos/Nicholas Daniel.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Meditation for His Mistress

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Author: Robert Herrick. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
    • In Praise of Woman: 150 Years of English Female Composers.
    • Hyperion.
    • 24.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Spring (3 Botticelli Pictures)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Fredrik Sjölin

    Naja's Waltz

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Grieg : Peer Gynt Suites 1, 2 & Symphonic Dances.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No.2 (3rd mvmt)

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin. Performer: Christopher Adkins. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
    • ONDINE.
    • ODE1346-2.
    • 3.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Quartet in F Minor, Op. 28: III. Tempo di Mazurka

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Le Beau: Quartet in F Minor, Op. 28: III. Tempo di Mazurka.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.
  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Cueca

    Performer: John Williams.
    • The Great Paraquayan.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La Mer)

    • Debussy: La Mer & Première Suite d'Orchestre.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (1st section)

    Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • J. S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225: I. Singet dem Herrn ein ne.
    • National Youth Choir Recordings.
  • Marco Uccellini

    Aria sopra La Bergamasca Op.3`5

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Artist Portrait: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner.
  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in C minor Op.48 no.1

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto/Octet: James Ehnes.
    • Onyx.
    • 3.
  • Francesco Maria Marini

    Jesu, dulcis memoria

    Performer: Robin Blaze. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • Hyperion.
    • CDA67225.
  • Steve Reich

    Mallet Quartet (Fast)

    Ensemble: Colin Currie Group.
    • Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton.
    • Colin Currie Records.
    • 105.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 8 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Humoresque in G flat major Op.101 no.7

    Music Arranger: Art Tatum. Performer: Art Tatum.
    • CLASSICS.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Straussiana

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Korngold - Symphony in F sharp.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Entry of the Red King and Queen (Checkmate)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • NAXOS.
    • 8.557641.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Papillon

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Pascal Devoyon.
    • RCA.
    • 09026680492.
  • Arnold Bax

    Winter Legends (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Performer: Ashley Wass. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Bax: Winter Legends: Ashley Wass, Bournemouth SO, James Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

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