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Hannah French 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 . To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask ѿý Sounds to play Breakfast.”
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Hildegard von Bingen
O Virtus Sapiente
Music Arranger: Marianne Pfau. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.- NONESUCH.
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Frank Bridge
The Hour Glass (The Dew Fairy)
Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Bridge: Piano Sonata etc: Kathryn Stott.
- Conifer.
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Edward Elgar
Fairy Pipers (The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Capriccio.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Andante in F major K.616
Music Arranger: Michael Hasel. Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.- Mozart: Music for Piano and Wind Quintet.
- BIS.
- 8.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Cantata no.1)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Director: Ton Koopman.- Bach - Complete Cantatas 13.
- Challenge Classics.
- 1.
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Adagio in G minor (version for violin)
Composer: Remo Giazotto. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Kateřina Chroboková. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.- Hope.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 8.
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Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: VI. Toccata
Music Arranger: Kenneth Hesketh. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
- BIS.
- 6.
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Trad.
Whilst great is our poverty
Composer: Cyrillus Kreek. Performer: Anna-Liisa Eller. Performer: Marco Ambrosini. Choir: Vox Clamantis. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.- ECM.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Symphonie concertante in A major Op.9`2 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Ježek. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Halász.- Saint-Georges: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 4.
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Max Bruch
Concerto in E minor for clarinet, viola and orchestra Op.88 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Gérard Caussé. Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.- Bruch/Werke fur Klarinette und Viola.
- Erato.
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Bedrich Smetana
String Quartet No.1 in E minor, 'From My Life': IV. Vivace
Ensemble: Talichovo kvarteto.- LA DOLCE VITA.
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Valentin Silvestrov
Bagatelle Op 1 No 3
Performer: Margaret Fingerhut. -
Bob Chilcott
Weather Report
Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.- Man I Sing.
- SIGNUM CLASSICS.
- 22.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo (Octet in E flat major Op.20)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major - 2nd mvt
Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.- Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan".
- BIS.
- 102.
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Teresa Carreño
Partie, Op 18
Performer: Alexandra Oehler.- Teresa Carreno: Klavierwerke (Piano works).
- ARS MUSICI.
- 004.
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Joni Mitchell
Both Sides Now
Music Arranger: Roland Pöntinen. Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.- BIS.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 2 (1st mvt.)
Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.- Corelli: Concerti Grossi Opus 6.
- Linn Records.
- 5.
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Malcolm Arnold
4 English Dances, Op 33 No 1
Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- Arnold: Dances.
- NAXOS.
- 005.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No 55 in B flat major, H XVI 41
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 - Bavouzet.
- Chandos.
- 12-13.
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Launy Grondahl
Trombone Concerto (1st mvt.)
Performer: Jesper Juul Windahl. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- The Royal Danish Academy of Music 150 years.
- Dacapo.
- 1.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Magnificat (Opening chorus)
Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.- HYPERION.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.6 in F major Op.68 'Pastoral' (5th mvt)
Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Beethoven: The Symphonies.
- Decca.
- 10.
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Charles-Valentin Alkan
Grande sonata, Op 33, 'Les quatre ages' (1st mvt)
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.- Alkan: Grande Sonate; Sonatine; Le Festin D'Esope.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird: III. The Princesses' Game with the Golden Apples
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky.
- Sony Classical.
- 3.
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Pietro Locatelli
Concerto in E minor Op.3 No. 8; III. Allegro - capriccio 16
Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Les Ombres.- harmonia mundi.
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Johannes Brahms
String Quintet no.1 in F major, Op.88 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet. Performer: Lawrence Power.- Brahms - String Quintets.
- HYPERION.
- 3.
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- Tue 25 Mar 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3