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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

  • Gustav Holst

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Director: Stephen Cleobury.
    • EMI.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    5 Novelettes Op.15 (Valse)

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Teldec.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Pastorale

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Hyperion.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Borodin: Requiem/Polovtsian Dances: Philharmonia Orchestra: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala.
    • 8.

  • Irving Berlin

    White Christmas (Arr. J. Heifetz for Violin & Piano)

    Performer: Coco Tomita. Performer: Simon Callaghan. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • White Christmas (Arr. J. Heifetz for Violin & Piano).
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 101.

  • Antonio Salieri

    Armonia per un tempio della notte

    Ensemble: Armonia Ensemble.
    • Mozart & Salieri: Works.
    • Genuin.
    • 901.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Magnificat

    Choir: Fiori Musicali. Director: Penelope Rapson.
    • Fiori Musicali.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Scherzo)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Hans G谩l

    Oboe Sonata Op.85 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Viola Wilmsen. Performer: Kimiko Imani.
    • G谩l, Martinu, Haas, Jan谩cek & Slavicky: Oboe & Piano.
    • CAvi Music.
    • 107.

  • Ethel Smyth

    String Quintet in E major Op.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Joachim Griesheimer. Ensemble: Mannheimer Streichquartett.
    • CPO.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Nuit de No毛l

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Cruelle m猫re des amours (Hippolyte et Aricie)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.
    • Anne Sofie von Otter: Ombre de mon Amant.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 20.

  • 脡douard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole, Op 21 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow. Orchestra: Orquesta Ciudad de Granada. Conductor: Kees Bakels.
    • Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole: Granada City Orchestra, Kees Bakels.
    • BIS.
    • 11.

  • Herbert Howells

    A Spotless Rose

    Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park. Singer: Jamie W. Hall.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Callirho茅 (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Josep Pons.
    • Ravel: Jeux de Miroirs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Andr茅 Jolivet

    L'Etoile (Pastorales de Noel)

    Ensemble: Britten Pears Orchestra.
    • Jolivet: Poemes pour l'Enfant, Suite Liturgique, etc..
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 7.

  • Pawel Lukaszewski

    Antiphons 'O Radix Jesse'

    Choir: Trinity College Choir. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • O Antiphons and other Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 09.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silent Noon (The House of Life)

    Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Performer: John Constable.
    • An Anthology of English Song: Various artists.
    • Novello.
    • 9.

  • Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier

    4 No毛ls sur les instruments H.531, 534

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Christmas Concertos.
    • Archiv.
    • 1-4.

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