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Morning classical

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

Tue 21 May 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G major, RV 303 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Ivano Zanenghi. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Vivaldi: Concertos - Carmignola/Venice Baroque Orchestra/Marcon.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 14.
  • Undine Smith Moore

    Soweto No. 3 for Piano and String Quartet

    Performer: Samantha Ege. Ensemble: Castle of Our Skins.
    • Homage - Chamber Music from the African Continent & Diaspora.
    • Lorelt.
    • 7.
  • Sandile Khemese

    Ntyilo Ntyilo

    Lyricist: Sandile Khemese. Ensemble: Soweto String Quartet.
    • Zebra Crossing.
    • Colossal.
    • 10.
  • Iannis Xenakis

    6 Chansons: No. 5, Aujourd'hui le ciel est noir.

    Performer: Aki Takahashi.
    • Xenakis: Piano Works.
    • Mode Records.
    • 09.
  • Josef Labor

    Clarinet trio in E minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Thorsten Johanns. Performer: Alexander H眉lshoff. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • Josef Labor: Clarinet Quintets & Trios.
    • Capriccio.
    • 206.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 190 BWV.190 (Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach Cantatas Volume 16.
    • SDG.
    • 20.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite

    Music Arranger: Mark Ashford. Ensemble: VIDA Guitar Quartet.
    • BGS.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 14 (1853) - 2nd movement

    Performer: Wojciech Niedziolka. Orchestra: Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pawel Przytocki.
    • DUX.
  • Enrique Granados

    The Maiden and The Nightingale (Goyescas)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Enrique Granados: The Collection.
    • Sony.
    • 6.
  • Cl茅ment Janequin

    Le chant du rossignol

    Performer: Clement Janequin Ensemble.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Thomas Arne

    Concerto No. 1 in C major (III. Allegro; IV. Minuetto)

    Performer: Andrzej Szadejko. Orchestra: Goldberg Baroque Ensemble.
    • Thomas Augstine Arne: Organ Concertos (1751).
    • MDG.
    • 19-20.
  • Jean-Baptiste Barri猫re

    Sonata No 10 in G major for 2 cellos (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Guy Johnston. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Kings College.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Chineke! Records.
  • Fats Waller

    Ain't Misbehavin'

    Composer: Harry Brooks. Performer: Fats Waller.
    • 25 Unforgettable Memories Part 2.
    • ASV.
    • 10.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    'Oraison', from F锚te des belles eaux

    Music Arranger: Dudok Quartet Amsterdam. Ensemble: Dudok Quartet Amsterdam.
    • What Remains.
    • Rubicon Classics.
    • 9.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    "Norma viene" (Norma, Act 1)

    Choir: Welsh National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Bellini: Norma.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Franz Liszt

    Grande Paraphrase de la Marche de Giuseppe Donizetti pour le Sultan Abdul-Medjid Khan

    Performer: Zeynep Ucbasaran.
    • 1847: Liszt in Istanbul.
    • Divine Art.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo Suite (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Naxos.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 9 in C major, D 944, 'Great' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 17 in B flat major, K 570 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Friedrich Gulda.
    • 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 17.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachiana brasileira no.5 (Cantilena)

    Performer: Judith Hall. Performer: Tim Walker.
    • Habanera! Judith Hall (flute) & Tim Walker (Guitar).
    • Collins Classics.
    • 11.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Miserere d'un alma (Il trovatore)

    Singer: Rosalind Plowright. Singer: Pl谩cido Domingo. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Coro ed Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • DG.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto No 3 in A major, Wq 168 (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • The Flute King: Music from the Court of Frederick the Great: Emmanuel Pahud.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Tango for piano solo (1940)

    Performer: Alexey Zuev.
    • Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): The Complete Piano Solos & Transcriptions.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 17.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Legend (Concertstuck) Op 14

    Performer: Lorraine McAslan. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concertos.
    • LYRITA.
    • 1.
  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti Trot, Op 16

    Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Ballets Russes.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 012.

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