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Sunny side up 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

Wed 29 May 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Littlemore Tractus

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Orchestra: Tallinna Kammerorkester. Conductor: T玫nu Kaljuste.
    • ECM.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Andante (Variations) in E major Op.81`1

    Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
    • ASV.
  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.935, Op.142 for piano: no.2 in A flat major

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Franz Schubert.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vergnugte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust (Cantata BWV.170)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Bach Cantatas 54, 82, 170.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Performer: Philip Martin. Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Kenneth Montgomery.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Trio Sonata In C For Violin, Lute And Basso Continuo, RV 82 - II. Larghetto

    Performer: Peter Howard Jensen. Music Arranger: Peter Howard Jensen. Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi.
    • Universal Music A/S.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante E-Flat, K. 297b (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Gordon Hunt. Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Performer: Michael Thompson. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen.
    • Symphony No.29.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio No. 3 In C Minor Op.101 For Piano And Strings - I - Allegro energico

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Brahms: Piano Trios Nos. 1-3 (Complete).
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Danza (Les Soirees musicales)

    Music Arranger: Erich Schagerl. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Ernst Ottensamer. Ensemble: Vienna Virtuosi.
    • The Clarinotts.
    • DG.
    • 6.
  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178: Ib. Andante sostenuto

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein.
    • Kirill Gerstein plays Liszt, Schumann and Knussen.
    • Myrios Classics.
    • 8.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Rag-Mazurka (Les biches)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Rite of Spring.
    • Signum.
    • 20.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Songs of the Sea Op. 91: V. The Old Superb - Allegro vivace

    Performer: Nina Walker. Lyricist: Henry Newbolt. Singer: Robert Lloyd.
    • The Very Best of English Song.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 22.
  • Michael Berkeley

    Cradle Song

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon Op.24 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Khachaturian, Mussorgsky, Shchedrin etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 01.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    6 Morceaux, Op. 11: IV. Valse

    Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov. Performer: Charles Owen. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Rachmaninov: Two-Piano Suites / Six Morceaux, Op. 11.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 12.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concerto in C major Op.56 for violin, cello, piano and orchestra - II Largo

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Decca.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Prelude & Alla Hornpipe (Water Music Suite in F, HWV.348)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Handel: Water Music, Music For The Royal Fireworks.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 001.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    脡coutez la chanson bien douce

    Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Performer: Tristan Ra毛s.
    • Lili et Nadia Boulanger: M茅lodies.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 104.
  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian spring Suite - VII - Variations on a Shaker Hymn - Doppio movimento

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Music Arranger: Matthew Knight. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 7.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    African Dance (African Suite)

    Music Arranger: Chris Cameron. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Enrique Granados

    Piano quintet in G minor Op.49

    Performer: Javier Perianes. Ensemble: Cuarteto Quiroga.
    • Granados, Turina 鈥 Piano Quintets.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 - II. Romanze. Ziemlich langsam

    Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs鈥惷塴ys茅es. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no. 6 in B minor Op.74 (Pathetique): 3rd mvt - Allegro molto vivace

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 / Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.
  • Trad.

    Steal Away

    Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Ensemble: VOCES8. Performer: Matthew Sharp.
    • Eventide.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Sonata No. 2, in G Sharp Minor Op. 19 "Sonata Fantasy" - II - Presto

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Sonatas & Etudes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Jean Fran莽aix

    L'heure du berger

    Performer: Ferenc Bogn谩r. Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • CAMERATA.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    F锚te polonaise (Le roi malgr茅 lui)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

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