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Wednesday - Petroc's classical alarm call

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3鈥檚 classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and music to reflect on nature and wellbeing.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Jan 2021 06:30

Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Suite pastorale (3rd mvt, Sous-bois)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    La vaga pastorella ('The pretty shepherdess'); Baci soavi e cari, (Sweet and dear kisses) (First Bk of Madrigals)

    Choir: Choeur Les Arts florissants. Director: Paul Agnew.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    7 Variations on 'Bei M盲nnern, welche Liebe f眉hlen' from Mozart's Magic Flute

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in F minor BWV881 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book 2)

    Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • ECM NEW SERIES.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Magnificat in B flat major for double choir, Op 164

    Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Director: David Hill.
    • Stanford: Sacred Choral Music, Vol. 3: Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Franz Liszt

    Au lac de Wallenstadt (Ann茅es de p猫lerinage, 1er ann茅e Suisse)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Pines of Rome (The Pines of the Janiculum)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • Great Orchestral Showpieces, Vol.1.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Benjamin Till

    Eitz Chayim Hi

    Choir: Mosaic Voices. Conductor: Michael Etherton.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Polonaise (Christmas Eve suite)

    Music Arranger: Denis Wright. Performer: The Fairey Band. Conductor: Kenneth Dennison.
    • DECCA.
  • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

    Forgotten melodies [Zabitiye motivi], vol 2 Op.39 for pf: no.4; Canzona matinata

    Performer: Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
    • MELODIYA.
  • Frederick Delius

    Daybreak (Florida Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • Beecham Conducts Delius.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Sir George Dyson

    The Canterbury Pilgrims (The Wife of Bath)

    Singer: Yvonne Kenny. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • The Canterbury Pilgrims.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tarantella (Cinderella)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
  • Giovanni Benedetto Platti

    Sonata in G minor for violin, cello and continuo

    Performer: Sebastian Hess. Performer: R眉diger Lotter. Performer: Florian Birsak.
    • OEHMS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont Overture (Op.84)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies: Norrington.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 10.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Quintet in G minor Op.57 for piano and strings: 3rd mvt; Scherzo (Allegretto)

    Performer: Dmitry Shostakovich. Ensemble: Beethoven Quartet.
    • DOREMI.
  • Hans Kr谩sa

    Brundib谩r - Suite (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: David Matthews. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Brundibar: Music by Composers in Theresienstadt: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Ilse Weber

    Wiegala

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bebe Risenfors.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Gurrelieder, Part One: Orchestral Prelude

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle Edition: The Second Viennese School.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.
    • DG.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rondo in G minor Op.94 for cello and piano

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • HYPERION.

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