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Classical rise and shine

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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Music Played

  • William Byrd

    The Great Service (Venite)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 5.
  • Deborah Henson-Conant

    The Nightingale

    Performer: Emily Granger.
    • In Transit.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 17 in G major, K 453 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Director: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wann soll es doch geschehen (Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11)

    Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir. Choir: Chorus Viennensis. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien.
    • Bach, JS : Sacred Cantatas Vol.1 : BWV1-14, 16-19.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 77.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning Mood (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grieg: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet Op.18 No.5 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • HYPERION.
  • Charlotte Sohy

    Berceuse; Valse (Four Romantic Pieces, Op.30)

    Performer: Marie Vermeulin.
    • Charlotte Sohy - Piano Music.
    • La boite a pepites.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Spring, Op.34

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 101 in D major, 'The Clock' (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Ensemble: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Trad.

    The Song of the Birds

    Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Cello Ensemble Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • SONY.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 958-960.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 701.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Come in quest'ora bruna (Simon Boccanegra)

    Lyricist: Francesco Maria Piave. Lyricist: Giuseppe Montanelli. Lyricist: Antonio Garc铆a Guti茅rrez. Singer: Mirella Freni. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra, Milan.
    • Giuseppe Verdi: A Classical October.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 109.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Polonaise transc for organ)

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • Get Organised, transcriptions for organ: Wayne Marshall.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 11.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera. Performer: Ian Page.
    • Where'er You Walk.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1402.
  • Rita Strohl

    Septet in C minor (3rd mvmt, Romance)

    Performer: Shuichi Okada. Performer: Alexandre Pascal. Performer: L茅a Hennino. Performer: Claudine Legras. Performer: H茅lo茂se Luzzati. Performer: Lorraine Campet. Performer: C茅lia Oneto Bensaid.
    • Rita Strohl: Volume 2, Musique de chambre.
    • La Bo卯te 脿 P茅pites.
    • 107.
  • James P. Johnson

    Night Club (Harlem Symphony)

    Orchestra: The Concordia Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Nimbus Records.
  • Michel Corrette

    Le Phenix

    Performer: Kim Walker. Performer: Roger Birnstingl. Performer: Carlo Colombo. Performer: Cl茅na Stein.
    • Sonates Baroques.
    • GALLO.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Orchestra: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Wonderful Town.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Presto in C major

    Ensemble: Arditti Quartet.
    • MONTAIGNE.
  • Richard Wagner

    Forest Murmurs (Siegfried)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • CBS.
  • Traditional English

    The Taylor and the Mouse

    Singer: Malena Ernman. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ERATO.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major, Op.90 'Italian' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Butterworth

    Is my team ploughing? (6 Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad')

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in A Major, H.15.18

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, HOB. XV:14, 18, 21, 26 & 31.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 106.
  • John Kander

    Money Money

    Lyricist: Fred Ebb. Singer: Joel Grey. Singer: Liza Minnelli. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Ralph Burns.
    • Cabaret (Original Soundtrack Recording).
    • Geffen.
    • 7.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no. 3 in E flat major Op.97 (Rhenish) - mov 5 (finale)

    Orchestra: Cappella Aquileia. Conductor: Marcus Bosch.
    • Coviello.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    La Rameau in B flat major

    Performer: Justin Taylor.
    • Alpha.

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