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Ease into the day with classical music

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

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 2 Nov 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a While (Oedipus, Z.583, Act 3)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • If.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 11.
  • Edwin York Bowen

    R锚verie d'amour, Op.20`2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op.130 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Canon perpetuus super thema Regium (The Musical Offering)

    Ensemble: Sonnerie.
    • Bach: The Musical Offering BWV 1079.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata sopr' il soggetto: Allegro (The Musical Offering)

    Ensemble: Sonnerie.
    • Bach: The Musical Offering BWV 1079.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet for Piano & Winds K. 452 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Les Vents Fran莽ais - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 114.
  • William Lawes

    Royall Consort Suite no.3 in D minor

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm. Director: Laurence Dreyfus.
    • LINN.
  • Johannes Brahms

    To an Aeolian Harp

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Simon Keenlyside.
    • Schumann: Dichterliebe; Brahms: Lieder.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Henry Cowell

    Aeolian Harp

    Performer: Alan Feinberg.
    • The American Innovator - Alan Feinberg.
    • ARGO.
    • 4.
  • Grace Williams

    Penillion (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Ray Allan. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Grace Williams: Sea Sketches; Fantasia; Carillons; Penillion.
    • Lyrita.
    • 6.
  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • The Grainger Edition, Vol.2 - Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Sopra l'acqua indormenzada (Venezia)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Souvenirs de Venise.
    • Helios.
    • 13.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG.
  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Ocean Floor Suite II: Pioneers

    Composer: Alex Webb. Performer: Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Performer: LSO Percussion Ensemble.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Debussy, Attahir, Ravel.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Anonymous

    Bellamira

    Performer: Fran莽ois Lazarevitch. Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien.
    • The Queen's Delight.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.
  • John Eccles

    Aire 3 (Mad Lover Suite)

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • The Mad Lover.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 128.
  • Henry Eccles

    Violin Sonata in G Minor (4th mvt)

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • The Mad Lover.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 115.
  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella (6 Grandes etudes de Paganini)

    Performer: Jorge Bolet.
    • DECCA.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, Apollon musag猫te & Concerto for Strings in D Major.
    • BIS.
  • Havergal Brian

    Festival Fanfare

    Conductor: Tony Rowe. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Brian: Symphony No. 2 / Festival Fanfare.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Richard Addinsell

    Goodbye, Mr Chips: Main Titles

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic.
    • The Film Music of Richard Addinsell.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Frank Bridge

    Love Went A-Riding

    Lyricist: Mary Elizabeth Coleridge.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works, The Collector's Edition.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Claude Debussy

    En Bateau (Petite Suite)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Hyperion.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78, 'Organ Symphony' (Finale)

    Performer: Noel Rawsthorne. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian.
    • Saint-Saens: Symphony No.3, Danse, Carnival.
    • Regis.
  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue (arranged for harmonica and piano)

    Performer: Larry Adler. Performer: George Gershwin. Music Arranger: George Gershwin.
    • DECCA.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B flat major, Kk.551

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • NONESUCH.

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