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Wake up 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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Music Played

  • Philip Stopford

    For the beauty of the earth

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Director: Christopher Grey.
    • Do not be afraid.
    • Regent.
    • 12.

  • Marianna Martines

    Harpsichord Concerto in E major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 50 No. 1: IV. Finale. Vivace assai

    Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50 "Prussian Quartets".
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    The Way to Polden

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.169 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben' (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Arcangelo. Performer: Tom Foster. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.

  • Eric Coates

    By the sleepy lagoon

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: John Metcalf. Performer: Philip Sheppard. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Voyager - Essential Max Richter.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Septet in D minor, Op 74 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite No 2, Op 55)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Berglund.
    • EMI.
    • 9.

  • Trad.

    Danny boy ['Londonderry air']

    Performer: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Classics.
    • 13.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor Op.15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Kathryn Stott. Ensemble: Hermitage String Trio.
    • Chandos.

  • Richard Strauss

    Sonatina No.2 in E flat major for 16 winds, 3rd mvt: Menuet

    Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of youth - suite no.2 Op.1b (The Tame Bear)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • The Wand Of Youth Suites etc..
    • Halle.
    • 12.

  • Nikolaj Busk

    A Room in Paris

    Ensemble: Dreamers鈥� Circus.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Overture to La forza del destino

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Edward Downes.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Rani Arbo

    Crossing the Bar

    Music Arranger: Stephen Taberner. Choir: The Spooky Men's Chorale. Director: Stephen Taberner.
    • Not on Label (The Spooky Men's Chorale self-released).

  • Valborg Aulin

    Parisian Scenes (No 3, Ballroom Scene)

    Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, Andr茅e: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in G major, Op 126 No 5 and Bagatelle in G minor, Op 126 No 2

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • HYPERION.

  • Quincy Jones

    The Color Purple: Main Title

    Composer: Rod Temperton. Composer: Jeremy Lubbock. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Music Arranger: John Williams. Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
    • Cinema Serenade.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.43 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus M盲kel盲.
    • DECCA.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Troubled Water

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Till I Wake.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cockaigne Op.40 'In London Town'

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • First Hand Records.

  • 脡tienne Sol猫re

    鈥楥oncerto Espagnol鈥� in B major for clarinet and orchestra, 3rd mvt

    Performer: Dieter Kl枚cker. Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra. Director: Milan Lajcik.
    • ORFEO.

  • William Byrd

    Miserere Nostri

    Composer: Thomas Tallis. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Deer's Cry.
    • CORO.
    • 8.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Romance sans paroles No 3 in A flat major

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Erato.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Scottish Waltz (Scottish Dance No. 3, Op. 59)

    Music Arranger: Ray Farr. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • The Malcolm Arnold Edition: Orchestral, brass and piano music.
    • Decca.
    • 14.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Village Scene by the Inn

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.

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