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Breakfast with the best classical music

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Music Played

  • Ruth Gipps

    Seascape Op.53

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.

  • Francesco Rognoni

    Messa, salmi intieri e spezzati: O Rex Gloriae

    Performer: Bruce Dickey. Performer: Barbora Kabátková. Ensemble: The Breathtaking Collective. Choir: Cappella Mariana. Singer: Hana Blažíková. Singer: Vojtěch Semerád. Singer: Tomáš Lajtkep. Singer: Martin Schicketanz.
    • La Nobiltà di Milano.
    • Passacaille.
    • 2.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: (3rd movement)

    Ensemble: Goldner String Quartet.
    • Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 & Piano Quintet – Goldstein: Cello Sonata.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jacques Zoon. Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra Mozart, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata no.5 in F major, Op.24, 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Beethoven, The Complete Sonatas For Violin And Piano: Capucon, Braley.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.

  • Léo Delibes

    Lakme, Act 1 (Flower Duet)

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Singer: Marianne Crebassa. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Mirages.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet No. 1 in D Major (3rd movement)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christoph Poppen. Performer: Hariolf Schlichtig. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1 - 4.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Max Reger

    A Romantic Suite Op.125 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Christian Thielemann - Staatskapelle Dresden: Ferruccio Busoni / Hans Pfitzner /.
    • Profil Medien.
    • 2.

  • Linda Kouvaras

    Bundanon Suite for Piano: I. Secrets of the Amphitheatre

    Performer: Coady Green.
    • Linda Kouvaras: Piano Music, Chamber Works & Songs, Vol. 3.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 301.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34, TH 58

    Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia. Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov.
    • None but the Lonely Heart.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Polka de V. R.

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Rachmaninoff Autumn Study Vibes.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 36.

  • Eric Coates

    London (London every day) - suite (Knightsbridge)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Symphonic Eric Coates.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Quartet in A flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet, Piano Quartet, Piano Trio.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Herman Vogt

    Lux Manifesta: IV. You Are the Light of the World

    Conductor: Aivis Greters. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic.
    • Lux Manifesta: IV. You Are the Light of the World.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ferdinand Ries

    String Quartet in F Major, Op. 70 No. 1: (4th movement)

    Ensemble: Schuppanzigh-Quartett.
    • Ries: String Quartets, Vol. 3.
    • CPO.
    • 204.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • DECCA.

  • Enrique Granados

    12 Danzas españolas: No. 5, Andaluza

    Performer: Pietro Locatto. Performer: Eugenio Della Chiara. Music Arranger: Pietro Locatto. Music Arranger: Eugenio Della Chiara.
    • Granados: 12 Danzas españolas.
    • Naxos.
    • 105.

  • Henry Purcell

    A prince of glorious race (Who can from joy refrain?)

    Singer: Raquel Andueza. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Music For a While.
    • Erato.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 78 in C Minor, Hob.I:78; 4. Finale (Presto)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Haydn - Summer Chill-out.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 52.

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