Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show.
Featuring the Breakfast Advent Calendar - opening a door every day to reveal winter music and readings chosen by listeners and presenters.
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Franz Schubert
Overture in D major, D.556
Performer: Prague Sinfonia Performer: Christian Benda (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.570329.
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George Frideric Handel
Dopo notte from Ariodante - Act 3, sc.8
Performer: Sarah Connolly (mezzo) Performer: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention Performer: Harry Christophers (conductor)
- CORO COR16025.
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Léo Delibes
Prelude and Mazurka from Coppelia suite
Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
- DG 459 445-2.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo (3rd mvt) of "Pathetique" Sonata no.8 in C minor, Op.13
Performer: Steven Osborne (piano)
- HYPERION CDA 67662.
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Gustav Holst
Mercury, the Winged Messenger from The Planets Op.32
Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Bernard Haitink (conductor)
- PHILIPS 420 8932.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio (3rd mvmt) of "Gran Partita" Serenade in B flat for13 winds, K.361
Performer: Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
- EMI 50999 457524 2.
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John Dowland
My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe
Performer: Nigel North (lute)
- NAXOS 8.556586.
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Johann Strauss II
Roses from the South waltz Op.388 from "Das Spitzentuch der Königin"
Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
- DECCA 417 7062.
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Ottorino Respighi
Preludio (Allegro moderato) from Gli Uccelli (The birds)
Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
- HMV 5 743692.
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Robert Schumann
The Two Grenadiers from Romances and Ballads Op.49 no.1
Performer: Bryn Terfel (baritone) Performer: Malcolm Martineau (piano)
- DG 447 042 2.
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Luigi Boccherini
"La ritirata di Madrid" variations: 4th mvmt of Guitar Quintet in G, Op.453
Performer: Zoltan Tokos (guitar) Performer: Gyorgy Eder (cello) Performer: Danubius Quartet
- NAXOS 8.558178.
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Manuel de Falla
Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor brujo
Performer: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
- CBS CD44721.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D, Kk.430
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
- Virgin 50999 6420160 3.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Va Pensiero - Chorus of Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco
Performer: Chorus & Orchestra of Opera North Performer: David Parry (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 3136.
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Jaromír Weinberger
Polka from Svanda the Bagpiper
Performer: Philadelphia Orchestra Performer: Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
- SONY SBK 63053.
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Claude Debussy
Passepied from Suite Bergamasque
Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)
- HYPERION CDA 67898.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
"Bereite dich Zion" from Christmas Oratorio, BWV.248
Performer: Angelika Kirschlager (mezzo) Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra Performer: Andrea Marcon (conductor)
- SONY SK 89924.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.8 - 1st mvt
Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras
- HYPERION CDS 443015.
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Felix Mendelssohn
On Wings of Song from Six Songs Op.34 no.2
Arranger: Paul Cassidy Performer: Brodsky Quartet
- CHANDOS CHAN 10708.
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Scott Joplin
Magnetic Rag
Performer: Joshua Rifkin (piano)
- Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79159-2.
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Leopold Mozart
Cassation in G "Toy Symphony" - 1st movement
Performer: Orchestra of St John’s Performer: John Lubbock (conductor)
- Sanctuary CD RSN 3072.
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Robert Schumann
Adagio and Allegro in A flat major for horn and piano, Op.70
Performer: Wolfgang Tomboeck (Vienna horn) Performer: Madoka Inui (piano)
- NAXOS 8.557471.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia from Cantata "Ich liebe den Hochsten von ganzem Gemute",BWV.174
Performer: Accademia Bizantina Performer: Ottavio Dantone
- Decca 478 2718.
Broadcast
- Fri 7 Dec 201206:30BBC Radio 3
