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Music on the Brink: London

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show. For Radio 3's Music on the Brink Season, 91热爆 foreign correspondents talk to Petroc about cultural life in Europe in early 1914.

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. As part of 91热爆 Radio 3's Music on the Brink season, 91热爆 Correspondents from across Europe shine a light on music making across the continent as it was in the period just before the outbreak of the First World War.

Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 10 Jan 2014 06:30

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E flat major Op.117 no.1 'Schlummerlied'

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies Op.79, Klavierstucke Opp.117-119, Radu Lupu.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Prelude pastorale for orchestra [1888]

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Chabrier: Espana: Wiener Philharmoniker, John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Phantasy Quintet (4th mvt)

    Performer: Garfield Jackson. Ensemble: Maggini Quartet.
    • Vaughan Williams: String Quartets.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Friedrich von Flotow

    Martha or Der Markt zu Richmond - opera in 4 acts: Act 3; Ach! so fromm...

    Singer: Julius Patzak. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Alois Melichar.
    • Julius Patzak - The Early Operatic Recordings.
    • Preiser.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.197 (Gott ist unsre Zuversicht)

    Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach: Wedding Cantatas.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 12.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.101 in D major 'Clock' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 10.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Barcarolle No 11 in G minor, Op 105

    Performer: Jean鈥怭hilippe Collard.
    • Faure: Les 13 Barcarolles.
    • EMI.
    • 11.
  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Lustspiel Overture

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Busoni: Orchestral works, vol.2: 91热爆 Philharmonic/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Violin Sonata in G major (2nd mvt, 'Blues')

    Performer: Jennifer Pike. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Franck/Debussy/Ravel: Jennifer Pike/Martin Roscoe.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Circus Polka

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Stravinsky: In America: London Symphony Orchestra/Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.
    • 2.
  • George Butterworth

    Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)

    Singer: Christopher Maltman. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad: Maltman, Vigno.
    • Hyperion.
    • 27.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto no. 20 in D minor K.466 for piano and orchestra: 3rd movement; Rondo

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • W.A. Mozart: Piano Concertos KV 466 and KV 488.
    • OEHMS.
    • 3.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Skocna (Dance of the Comedians), from The Bartered Bride

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Smetana: The Moldau; RLPO, Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.
  • George Butterworth

    Look not in my eyes [6 Songs from "A Shropshire Lad"]

    Performer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Quartet no. 2 in C minor Op.133 for piano and strings: 3rd mvt; Scherzo

    Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio. Performer: David Adams.
    • Stanford: Chamber Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.
  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op.27 no.4

    Singer: Angelika Kirchschlager. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Angelika Kirchschlager: Wolf & Strauss.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 20.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in D major, TWV.55:D18

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Telemann: Orchestral Suites.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Holst

    Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op 26 No 3

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Choir: Royal College of Music Chamber Choir. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns Rig Veda.
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.
    • 4.
  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King Op.37)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • World Encores: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Jansons.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Irving Berlin

    Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (Top Hat)

    Music Arranger: Nelson Riddle. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: St茅phane Grappelli. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Nelson Riddle.
    • Top Hat: Songs Made Famous by Fred Astaire.
    • EMI.
    • 8.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11

    Choir: Ch艙ur de l'Orchestre de Paris. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Faure: Requiem: Jaroussky, Goerne, Jarvi.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Edward Elgar

    Carissima

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics - 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Castor et Pollux (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Frans Br眉ggen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • Philips.
  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op 23: no.9 in E flat minor

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDA 67700.
    • 10.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Scherzo for orchestra (Op.16) in D major

    Conductor: Ivan Shpiller. Orchestra: Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra.
    • Liadov: Complete Orchestral Works: Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Shpiller.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 3.

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