 
                
                        Classical music to start the day
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s award-winning classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning, including ѿý Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, pianist and composer Stephen Hough commemorates the Twin Towers with his solo piano piece Nocturne, for September 10th recorded by former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Elisabeth Brauss. Co-commissioned with the Henry Barber Trust.
Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask ѿý Sounds to play Breakfast.”
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    ![]()  George ButterworthThe Banks of Green Willow Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.- EMI.
 
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    ![]()  Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaO magnum mysterium Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Martin Baker.- Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Missa Hodie Christus Natus Est etc....
- HYPERION.
- 11.
 
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    ![]()  Frédéric ChopinCello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65, B. 160: III. Largo Performer: Brian Thornton. Performer: Spencer Myer.- Chopin: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65, B. 160 - Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in.
- Steinway and Sons.
- 103.
 
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    ![]()  Johann Sebastian BachViolin Concerto No 2 in E major, BWV 1042 (1st mvt) Performer: Thomas Zehetmair. Ensemble: Amsterdam Bach Soloists.- Bach: Violin Concertos: Zehetmair/Amsterdam Bach Soloists.
- Berlin Classics.
 
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    ![]()  Felix MendelssohnOctet in E flat major Op.20 for strings (3rd mvt) Performer: James Ehnes. Ensemble: Seattle Chamber Players.- ONYX.
 
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    ![]()  Georg Philipp TelemannQuartet in A Minor, TWV 43:a3: IV. Vivace Ensemble: Ensemble Ventus Iucundus.- Telemann Quartets.
- Gramola Records.
- 304.
 
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    ![]()  Scott JoplinSolace Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: André Previn.- Joplin: The Easy Winner & Other Rag-Time Music.
- Warner Classics.
- 8.
 
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    ![]()  Lili BoulangerVieille prière bouddhique Singer: Raymond Amade. Choir: Chœurs Élisabeth Brasseur. Performer: Jean-Jacques Grunenwald. Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux. Conductor: Igor Markevitch.- Everest.
 
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    ![]()  Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskySwan Lake (Waltz) Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Deutsche Grammophon.
 
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    ![]()  Orlando GibbonsThis Is the Record of John Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks. Ensemble: The Jacobean Consort of Viols.- Praise from King's.
- Editions Audiovisuel Beulah.
- 1.
 
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    ![]()  George AntheilOver the Plains Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.- CHANDOS.
 
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    ![]()  Johann Sebastian BachGoldberg Variations (Aria) Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- DG.
 
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    ![]()  Dmitri KabalevskyColas Breugnon Op.24 (Overture) Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: Vasily Petrenko.- Khachaturian, Mussorgsky, Shchedrin etc..
- Onyx.
- 01.
 
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    ![]()  Hania RaniLa Luce Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Hania Rani. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher. Ensemble: Scoring Berlin. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer.- LYS.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 13.
 
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    ![]()  Antonín DvořákCarnival Overture, Op.92 Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Dvorak: Symphony No.9/Carnival Overture.
- Decca.
- 1.
 
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    ![]()  Harold ArlenStormy Weather Performer: Oscar Peterson. Performer: Ray Brown. Performer: Herb Ellis.- Columbia.
 
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    ![]()  Aram KhachaturianWaltz (Masquerade Suite) Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.- RCA.
 
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    ![]()  Sir Stephen HoughNocturne (September 10, 2001) Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.
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    ![]()  Antonio VivaldiCello Concerto in B Minor, RV 424 [complete] Performer: Philipp Schupelius. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin.- Driven.
- Genuin.
- 101.
 
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    ![]()  Ralph Vaughan Williams5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- HALLE.
 
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    ![]()  Amy BeachPiano Concerto in C Sharp Minor Op.45 (4th mvt) Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.- Hyperion.
 
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    ![]()  Stephen SondheimSend in the clowns (A Little Night Music) Singer: Judi Dench. Orchestra: Royal National Theatre Band. Conductor: Paddy Cunneen.- TRING.
 
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    ![]()  Giacomo MeyerbeerWirt und Gast: Overture Conductor: Dario Salvi. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice.- Meyerbeer: Overtures & Stage Music.
- Naxos.
- 126.
 
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- Mon 3 Feb 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3
