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Start the day with classical music

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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3 hours

Last on

Thu 1 Aug 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Double Oboe Concerto in F major, Op 9 No 3

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Decca.
  • Frederick Delius

    By the River (Florida Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • EMI.
  • Edward MacDowell

    Mid-summer; In deep woods, With sweet lavender (New England Idyls, Op.62)

    Performer: James Barbagallo.
    • MACDOWELL: Woodland Sketches / Fireside Tales / New England Idyls.
    • Naxos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata 172: Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget,ihr Saiten: Opening chorus

    Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    String quintet in E major Op.11 no.5 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Smithsonian Chamber Players.
    • Boccherini: String Quintets Op.11, Nos. 4-6.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Aaron Copland: The World of Aaron Copland.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Charles Wood

    Sunlight all golden

    Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Performer: Timothy Uglow. Director: Geoffrey Webber.
    • The Anthems of Charles Wood: The Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
    • Priory.
    • 8.
  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev, Britten, Bizet: Symphonies: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in G flat major, Op 25 No 9 (Butterfly)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • Chopin: 12 脡tudes, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Jean Balissat

    Le ranz des vaches

    Singer: Bernard Romanens. Choir: Cowherders Choir of Gruy猫re, Switzerland.
    • Songs And Sounds Around Switzerland.
    • Universal Music GmbH.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: William Tell: Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Scott Joplin

    Peacherine rag

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 4.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Bei dir ist es traut

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Singer: Francesca Chiejina.
    • Transfigured.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Bramwell Coles

    Deeds of Valour

    Performer: International Staff Band of the Salvation Army. Conductor: Stephen Cobb.
    • The Listen to the Band Collection.
    • 麻豆社.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata no.5 in F major, Op.24 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Volume 2: Alina Ibragimova/ C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 1.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Gopak (Sorochintsy Fair)

    Orchestrator: Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • VOCALION.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turnadot (Signore, asolta!)

    Singer: Ekaterina Siurina. Orchestra: Kauno Miesto Simfoninis Orkestras. Conductor: Constantine Orbelian.
    • DELOS.
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Trumpet Concerto in D major

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Jubilo.
    • WARNER.
    • 1.
  • Marie Dare

    Le Lac [ The Lake ]

    Performer: Alexandra Mackenzie. Performer: Ingrid Sawers.
    • Beyond Twilight: Music for Cello & Piano by Female Composers.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 8.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske, Op 18

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • SONY.
  • Christopher Simpson

    The Four Seasons suite (Spring: Galliard)

    Ensemble: Sirius VIOLS.
    • Simpson: The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Eric Fenby

    Rossini on Ilkla moor

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • RESONANCE.
  • Dilermando Reis

    Xod贸 da Baiana

    Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • RCA.
  • Alexei Stanchinsky

    Nocturne in E Major

    Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Stanchinsky: Piano Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Scarf Dance (Callirho毛)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Compositrices - New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 2.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Elements

    Lyricist: Tom Lehrer. Singer: Tom Lehrer.
    • Dr Demento's 30th Anniversary Collection.
    • Rhino.
    • 3.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Mazurek in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, op. 49

    Performer: V谩clav Hude膷ek. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Supraphon.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 2 in C Minor, H. 25

    Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • Field: Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

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