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Classical music to start the day

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

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Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro Torna

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.85 in B flat major 'La Reine' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker. Conductor: Thomas Fey.
    • HANSSLER.

  • Frederick Block

    Piano Quintet, Op. 19 (II. Andante moderato)

    Ensemble: ARC Ensemble.
    • Chamber Works by Frederick Block.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Endlich, endlich wird mein Joch wieder von mir weichen m眉ssen' (from Cantata No. 56, BWV 56)

    Lyricist: Christoph Birkmann. Lyricist: Johann Franck. Singer: Peter Kooij. Orchestra: L鈥橭rfeo Barockorchester.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Solo Cantatas for Alto and Bass.
    • CPO.
    • 102.

  • Edvard Grieg

    To Spring (Lyric pieces - book 3 Op.43)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DG.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No 3 in D major, Op 18 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Michael Haydn

    Timete Dominum, offertorium

    Choir: S:t Jacobs kammark枚r. Conductor: Gary Graden. Ensemble: Ensemble Philidor. Director: 脠ric Baude.
    • Michael Haydn - Sacred Choral Music.
    • BIS.
    • 10.

  • George Gershwin

    S'Wonderful (Funny Face)

    Music Arranger: Julian Bliss. Music Arranger: Neal Thornton. Music Arranger: Lewis Wright. Ensemble: The Julian Bliss Septet.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • Karol Szymanowski

    4 Studies for piano (Op.4); no.3 in B flat minor

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • NAXOS.

  • Zygmunt Noskowski

    Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Elegiac (II. Scherzo. Vivace - Poco tranquillo)

    Orchestra: Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pawe艂 Przytocki.
    • Dux.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Kyrie

    Ensemble: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • NAXOS.

  • Irving Berlin

    Blue Skies

    Lyricist: Irving Berlin.
    • The Definitive Art Tatum.
    • Blue Note Records.
    • 10.

  • Marguerite Monnot

    L'hymne a l'amour

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • Six Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Linn.
    • 1.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major, Op.53 'Eroica'

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.
    • RCA.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Choro no.1

    Performer: Turibio Santos.
    • Villa-Lobos: Choros.
    • Le Chant du Monde.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in B flat major Op.6`11

    Orchestra: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Corelli - The Complete Concerti Grossi.
    • Zig Zag.
    • 020.

  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas

    Performer: Roby Lakatos. Music Arranger: Roby Lakatos. Ensemble: Roby Lakatos Ensemble.
    • Gipsy Classics (Classical Choice).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Masques

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.

  • Marianna Martines

    Harpsichord Concerto in E major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Romance in F major Op 118 no 5

    Performer: Eric Lu.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin (No. 3, Forlane)

    Ensemble: Farkas Wind Quintet Amsterdam.
    • Ravel Milhaud Fran莽aix.
    • Quintone.
    • 3.

  • John Addison

    Overture (From "A Bridge Too Far")

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • Pearl & Dean - The Nation's Favourite Movie Themes.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 4.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Sonata in A major M.8 for violin or cello and piano: 4th mvt; Allegretto poco...

    Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Performer: Robert Kulek.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Hyperion.

  • Robert Schumann

    M盲rchenerz盲hlungen, Op 132

    Performer: Richard Hosford. Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Ian Brown. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont, Op 84 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Beethoven: Symphony no.3 'Eroica' etc.: Chicago Symphony Orch./Solti.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

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