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Boost your morning with classical music

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Music Played

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Piano Trio no.1 in G minor Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • A Room of Her Own.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

  • Edvard Grieg

    The First Meeting

    Conductor: Bjarte Engeset. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester.
    • Grieg: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: No. 7, Notturno. Andante tranquillo

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Jules Massenet

    Papillons noirs

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy/Ravel: Works For Piano And Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058

    Performer: Francesco Corti. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 301.

  • Tarquinio Merula

    Canzon Seconda "La Lusignuola"

    Ensemble: Palisander.
    • Beware the Spider!.
    • Palisander.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216: III. Rondeau

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

  • Richard Strauss

    Stimmungsbilder, Op.9 (No.4 - Träumerei)

    Performer: Guillaume Bellom.
    • Richard Strauss: Piano Works.
    • Mirare.
    • 13.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.7 (Nachtmusik)

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 7.
    • BSO Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Josquin des Prez

    Missa L'ami Baudichon: Agnus dei

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Jesse Rodin. Ensemble: Cut Circle.
    • Josquin: II. Missa L’ami Baudichon - Motets milanais.
    • Musique en Wallonie.
    • 5.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Snowdrop & Red Carnation (The Life of Flowers)

    Performer: Ida Gamulin.
    • Dora Pejacevic: Ida Gamulin: piano music.
    • CROATIA RECORDS.
    • 1 & 6.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Performer: François Leleux. Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Gerald Finzi

    I praise the tender flower (Seven Poems of Robert Bridges)

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • John Williams

    Theme from Jurassic Park

    • MCA Records.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G major, RV443

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Ensemble: Amsterdam Vivaldi Players.
    • Decca.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Scherzino mexicano

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Milos: Latino.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.

  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Bruch, Lalo: Little, RSNO, Handley.
    • EMI Eminence.

  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 1 "Spring" (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Schumann: The Symphonies.
    • LINN.
    • 3.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Fantaisie in E-Flat Major

    • Symphony Hall Sorcery.
    • Regent Records Ltd.
    • 8.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Sextet in D major, Op 10 (Intermezzo)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Teldec.

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  • Sat 7 Mar 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3