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

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Music Played

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ordo Virtutum, Prolog: Virtutes

    Choir: Ars Choralis Coeln. Conductor: Maria Jonas.
    • Raumklang.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op 87 No 4

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Shostakovich The Preludes & Fugues Alexander Melnikov Piano.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 7.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Arcadiana (O Albion)

    Ensemble: Calder Quartet.
    • The Twenty-Fifth Hour - The Chamber Music of Thomas Ades.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 13.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 32 (2nd mvt, Adagio cantabile)

    Ensemble: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph Koenig.
    • NAXOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: I. [Allegro]

    Orchestra: Apollo鈥檚 Fire. Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 鈥� Concertos for Violin and Harpsichord.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    14 Romances, Op. 34, No. 14, Vocalise

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Rhapsody. Cello Sonatas by Rachmaninov & Prokofiev.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Laura G Lemon

    My Ain Folk

    Performer: Foden鈥檚 Band. Performer: Helen Williams. Music Arranger: Peter Graham.
    • Land of Hope and Glory.
    • Union Square Music.
    • 24.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemmink盲inen Suite, Op. 22 - Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Erland Cooper

    Rousay

    Performer: Erland Cooper.
    • Hether Blether.
    • Phases.

  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    Totus tuus sum, Maria

    Choir: The Choir of Lincoln College Oxford. Conductor: David Terry.
    • Magnificat - The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Music.
    • Guild GmbH.
    • 12.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Berceuse

    Performer: Marco Tamayo.
    • The Latin American Guitar.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Two Elegiac Melodies, Op 34

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Ragtime for 11 instruments

    Ensemble: Boston Symphony Chamber Players.
    • Strauss: Waltzes/Stravinsky: Octet, Pastorale: Boston Symphony Chamber Players.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major K.545 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.5 'Reformation' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cum dederit (Nisi Dominus RV.608)

    Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • ALPHA.

  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    String Quartet no.4 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Lutos艂awski Quartet.
    • Naxos 8.572807.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Franz Liszt

    The Dance in the Village Inn (Mephisto Waltz No 1)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Deutsche Grammophone.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacree et danse profane

    Performer: Vera Badings. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    The Arts and the Hours (Les Boreades)

    Music Arranger: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Debussy & Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 17.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Strauss: Die Fledermaus Overture etc.: Wiener Philharmoniker/Karajan.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3 "The Hunt" (1st mvt.)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • The Vienna Recital.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Act 2: "Chi pu貌 vederla a ciglio asciutto"

    Lyricist: Felice Romani. Choir: Welsh National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Donizetti: Anna Bolena.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 41.

  • Samuel Scheidt

    Canzon ad imitationem (Battle Suite)

    Music Arranger: Philip Jones. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • La Battaglia: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

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