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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano in C Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Piano Concerto No. 3.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Tota pulchra es, Maria

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Singer: Julian Podger. Performer: Ian Watson. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Deutche Gramaphon.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Christmas carols Sz.57

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Philips.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor, BWV 1056

    Performer: Glenn Gould. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Golschmann.
    • J.S.Bach: concertos for Piano and Orchestra nos. 1-5 & 7: Glenn Gould.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp K.299 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Marie鈥怭ierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart Flute Concertos Concerto For Flute And Harp.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    In the Mists; 1. Andante

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op 34 (vers. for chamber orchestra)

    Performer: J枚rg Widmann. Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra.
    • ALPHA.

  • Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

    Ceffylau [Horses]

    • ARC.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No.5 in B Flat, D. 485, I: Allegro

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Karl B枚hm.
    • DG.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Concerto da Chiesa (Veni, Emmanuel)

    Performer: Andrew Watkinson. Performer: Edward Roberts. Performer: Stephen Tees. Performer: Stephen Orton. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O virtus sapientiae

    Singer: Kirsteen Rogers. Choir: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Naked Byrd two: Armonico Consort.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    String Quartet No 2 in F major, Op 10 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Utrecht String Quartet.
    • Utrecht String Quartet: Complete String Quartets Vol.2/Glazunov.
    • MD&G.
    • 2.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 29.

  • Frank Bridge

    Sir Roger de Coverley

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works: The Collector's Edition.
    • Chandos.

  • Anna Semple

    Drop Down Ye Heavens

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Toby Ward.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No. 2 in D major 1. Allegro

    Performer: Dimitri Shebalin. Performer: Valentin Berlinsky. Performer: Yaroslav Alexandrov. Performer: Rostislav Dubinsky. Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • The Essential Borodin.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Previn.
    • EMI.
    • 8.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Jusqu'au matin remplis mon verre (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Singer: Ryan Vaughan Davies. Singer: Grisha Martirosyan. Singer: Jeremy White. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacr茅e et danse profane

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Works by Ravel/Debussy.
    • NAIVE.
    • 11-12.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto in C sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Organ Concerto & Stabat Mater.
    • LPO.
    • 2.

  • Jos茅 Pacheco

    Moita festa

    Conductor: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra.
    • Midwinter's Eve: Music for Christmas.
    • Sony.
    • 12.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Concerto in C minor for two oboes, bassoon and continuo (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alberto Grazzi. Performer: Paul Goodwin. Performer: Lorraine Wood. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Fasch: Concertos/Orchestral suite: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • William Byrd

    Vigilate

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Fantasia para un gentilhombre (Canario)

    Performer: Sharon Isbin. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Great Masterworks Of The Guitar.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 108.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Suite for viola and small orchestra - Group 1 (Prelude, Carol & Christmas Dance)

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Vaughan Williams: Suite / Flos Campi.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1-3.

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