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Sunny side up classical

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

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3 hours

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Valse romantique, CD 79

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Debussy: Early and Late Piano Pieces.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Quartet no.1 in D major, Op.11 (2nd mvt, Andante cantabile)

    Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • CRD.
  • Girma Yifrashewa

    Elilta: Cry of Joy

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • African Pianism, Volume 2.
    • Somm.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine (St. John Passion)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245.
    • BIS.
    • 139.
  • Eric Coates

    By the Sleepy Lagoon ['Desert Island Discs' Theme Tune]

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • EMI.
  • Vicente Lusitano

    Ave spes nostra, Dei genitrix

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Ensemble: The Marian Consort.
    • Vicente Lusitano: Motets.
    • Linn Records.
    • 4.
  • Florence Price

    String Quartet in G Major: II. Andante moderato - Allegretto

    Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet.
    • American Voices.
    • Cedille Records.
    • 106.
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana (Dance)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Orff: Carmina burana.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 106.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor, FP. 61: II. Larghetto

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Mozart & Poulenc: Double & Triple Piano Concertos.
    • Pentatone.
    • 108.
  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne in E flat major

    Music Arranger: Samuel Dushkin. Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • EMI.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony "Symphony No. 1": III. Scherzo. The Waves. Allegro brillante

    Lyricist: Walt Whitman. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Choir: 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus.
    • Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1).
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Ettore Panizza

    Sonata en La menor para viol铆n y piano: III. Allegretto

    • Panoramas.
    • Virtuoso Records.
    • 8.
  • Benjamin Godard

    Godard: Dante, Op. 111 - "Tout est fini"

    Lyricist: 脡douard Blau. Singer: Benjamin Bernheim. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia.
    • Benjamin Bernheim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 20.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado about Nothing (Garden Scene)

    Performer: Sonja van Beek. Performer: Andreas Fr枚lich.
    • Korngold: Complete Works for Violin & Piano.
    • CPO.
    • 603.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding Cake, Op. 76, R. 124

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 201.
  • Duke Ellington

    Mood Indigo

    Featured Artist: Johnny Hodges. Featured Artist: Lawrence Brown. Composer: Barney Bigard. Composer: Irving Mills.
    • The Essential Duke Ellington.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 5.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra etc: Sakari Oramo.
    • Warner.
    • 9.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Mazurkas Op.59 (no.2 in A flat major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • DG.
  • Owain Park

    Pri猫re pour Marie

    Lyricist: Pierre Gringore. Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: The Gesualdo Six.
    • Queen of Hearts: Laments and Songs of Regret for Queens Terrestrial and Celestia.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Thea Musgrave

    By The River

    Conductor: Ben Parry. Ensemble: National Youth Choir.
    • Musgrave: By the River.
    • NYCGB.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins, RV 580

    Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Oscar Peterson

    Hymn To Freedom

    Performer: Oscar Peterson. Performer: Ed Thigpen. Performer: Ray Brown.
    • Night Train.
    • Verve.
  • Franz Schubert

    Galopp and 8 ecossaises D.735 for piano: Galop in G major

    Orchestrator: Bruno Maderna. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Ravel, Debussy & Faur茅 String Quartets.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 314: I. Allegro aperto

    Performer: H茅l茅na Macherel. Conductor: Simon Blendis. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.
    • Mozart.
    • Claves Records.
    • 4.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: II. Adagio affettuoso

    • Brahms: Cello Sonatas . Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon IV 脿 6 (Symphoniae sacrae, 1615)

    Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Director: Philip Jones.
    • DECCA ELOQUENCE.
  • Dorothy Howell

    The Moorings

    Performer: Lorraine McAslan. Performer: Sophia Rahman.
    • Dutton.

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