Classical music to set you up for the day
Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and music that captures the mood of the morning.
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Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Op.11: (ii) Ballad
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna M盲lkki.- BIS.
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Alice Mary Smith
Symphony in C minor (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.- CHANDOS.
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Mokale Koapeng
Prelude in D-flat major
Performer: Rebeca Omordia.- SOMM.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SDG.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Romance (The Gadfly)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.- Decca.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sextet in E flat Op. 71, 2nd mvt: Adagio
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists.- Music for Winds.
- Linn Records.
- 2.
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Amy Beach
Summer Dreams, Op. 47: No. 1, The Brownies
Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov.- Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
- CPO.
- 401.
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Amy Beach
Robin Redbreast (Summer Dreams)
Ensemble: Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo.- Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
- CPO.
- 402.
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Franz Biebl
Ave Maria
Choir: The Gentlemen of St John鈥檚. Director: Christopher Robinson.- Music for Men's Voices.
- Priory.
- 5.
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Francis Poulenc
Flute Sonata (1st mvt)
Performer: Emily Beynon. Performer: Andrew West.- L'Album des Six: The complete works of The Six for flute and piano.
- Hyperion.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.- DG.
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Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- PHILIPS.
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Philip Glass
The Windcatcher, Pt. III
Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.- Philip Glass - Recent Recordings.
- Sony Classical.
- 8.
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FRIDAY POEM
"Happy the Man" by John Dryden (after Horace), read by Anton Lesser
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`2 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d'Este.
- 础辫补谤迟茅.
- 110.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- EMI.
Emilie Mayer
Piano Concerto in B flat - 3rd mvt: Allegro
Performer: Ewa Kupiec. Orchestra: Neubrandenburger Philharmonie. Conductor: Sebastian Tewinkel.- Capriccio.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Oboe Concerto from BWV 105, 170 and 49 (4th mvt)
Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Orchestra: The English Concert.- Voices of Bach: Albrecht Meyer.
- Decca.
- 17.
Richard Rodgers
Overture - The King and I
Composer: Oscar Hammerstein II. Conductor: Ted Sperling.- Universal Music Classics.
George Gershwin
Prelude No.1
Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- DG.
Edward Elgar
Symphony No 2 in E flat major, Op 63 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- Elgar: Symphony No.2/Cockaigne: LPO/Boult.
- EMI Classics.
- 4.
David Raksin
Laura
Performer: Coleman Hawkins.- PRESTIGE.
Hugo Alfv茅n
Swedish Festive Music, Op 25
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Nobel Prize Ceremony Music: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/Davis.
- FINLANDIA.
- 001.
Joseph Parry
Myfanwy
Choir: Morriston Orpheus Choir. Director: Alwyn Humphreys.- SAIN.
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 & 4: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Harnoncourt.
- Teldec.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Sonata a 8 sopra 'Sancta Maria' (Vespro della Beata Vergine)
Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.- Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
- harmonia mundi.
- 203.
Claude Debussy
Sarabande
Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.- Naive.
Clara Schumann
Romance (2nd mvt) from Piano Concerto in A minor
Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Performer: Miwa Rosso.Michael Nyman
Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (The Draughtman's Contract)
Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Director: Michael Nyman.- CHARISMA.
Aaron Copland
Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes (Hoe-down)
Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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