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Perk up your morning with classical music

Hannah French presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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Thu 3 Oct 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Rued Langgaard

    Morning Stars Unheeded (Symphony no.14 'The Morning')

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Langgaard: Symphonies 2 & 6.
    • Da Capo.
    • 11.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O quam mirabilis est

    Music Arranger: Rainer Seiferth. Ensemble: Taracea.
    • ALPHA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K 299 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Marie鈥怭ierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • W. A. Mozart: Flute Concertos: Pahud/Langlamet/Abbado.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Overture for Strings and Basso Continuo: Bourree, Menuet, Aria II, Gavotte, Gigue

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • NAIVE.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos: Andsnes, Jansons.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Rivers of Light

    Choir: Pacific Lutheran University Choir of the West. Conductor: Richard Nance.
    • There Will Come Soft Rains.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 04.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat, Op.47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Schumann: Piano Quartet - Piano Quintet.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.
  • Giovanni Battista Cirri

    Cello Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Oph茅lie Gaillard. Orchestra: Pulcinella Orchestra.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
  • Julius Fucik

    Entry of the Gladiators, Op.68

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Smetana: The Moldau; RLPO, Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 12.
  • Ben Bartlett

    Giant of the Skies (from 'Walking with Dinosaurs')

    Performer: Adonis Alvanis. Orchestra: 91热爆 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Pope.
    • 91热爆 MUSIC.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 3 in E flat major, Op 12 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Beethoven, The Complete Sonatas For Violin And Piano: Capucon, Braley.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 11.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Psych茅 et Eros (Psych茅, FWV 47, Pt. 2)

    Lyricist: Louis de Fourcaud. Lyricist: Stephen Sicard. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Franck: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet no. 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • DECCA.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Pentatone.
  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh', D. 776

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.
    • Schubert: Lieder (Vol. 2).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.
  • Nicola Matteis

    Gavotta con Divisioni (Suite in F major)

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Performer: Michael Oman. Ensemble: Austrian Baroque Company.
    • Fra Bernardo.
  • Arturo M谩rquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op.70

    Performer: David Pyatt. Performer: Martin Jones.
    • David Pyatt Recital / Schumann.
    • Erato.
    • 14-15.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Upon Your Heart

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 13.
  • George Gershwin

    Fascinating Rhythm (Lady be Good)

    Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • Gershwin by Grofe: Harmonie Ensemble, New York.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    3 Romances sans paroles Op. 17; No 3 Andante Moderato (A flat major)

    Performer: Antoine Pr茅at.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli.
    • Ponchielli: La Gioconda: Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra/Gardelli.
    • Decca.
  • Mel Bonis

    Violin Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 112: iii. Th猫me populaire grec recueilli par

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Claude Debussy

    Par les rues et par les chemins (Iberia - 2nd mvt of Images)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Debussy: Images, Jeux, La Plus que Lente.
    • SFS media.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nacht und Traume, D.827

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: D茅nes V谩rjon.
    • Steven Isserlis: Chopin Cello Sonata & Schubert Arpeggione Sonata.
    • HYPERION.
    • 12.
  • Oscar Peterson

    The Gentle Waltz

    Music Arranger: Danny McErlain. Performer: Monica Gaylord.
    • Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.
    • 21.

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