
Breakfast with the best classical music
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford, 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, Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen takes us back to the London Olympics and Paralympics in Remembering 2012 written for Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Chaos Quartet. Co-commissioned with the Henry Barber Trust.
You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
La Poule (Concert en sextuor No 6 in G minor)
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.- Decca.
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Anon.
Iubilate deo omnis terra
Choir: Wishful Singing. Choir: VOCES8 Scholars. -
Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 3
Performer: Alistair McGowan.- The Piano Album.
- Sony Music CG.
- 15.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in F major Wq.175
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6: I. Coro. Bleib bei uns, denn es
Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent.- Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - Bach: Cantatas BWV 6-99-147.
- Phi.
- 7.
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Gabriel Fauré
Sicilienne Op.78
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.- Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
- EMI Classics.
- 6.
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Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.- DECCA.
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Henryk Wieniawski
Légende Op.17
Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Itamar Golan.- Paganini/Saraste/Kreisler/Wieniawski: Vengerov/Golan.
- Teldec.
- 3.
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Edward Elgar
Harmony Music no.1
Ensemble: Athena Ensemble.- Sir Edward Elgar - complete works for wind quintet.
- CHANDOS.
- 10.
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Francis Poulenc
Rondeau (Les Biches)
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.- Signum.
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Herbert Howells
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks
Performer: James Sherlock. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- A Walk With Ivor Gurney.
- Signum Classics.
- 201.
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Franz Schubert
Quartet in D minor D.810 'Death and the Maiden' (3rd mvt)
Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.- Alpha Classics.
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Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Martínez.- Chandos.
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William Walton
Popular Song (Facade, Suite No.2)
Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Walton.
- WARNER CLASSICS.
- 11.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita no.3 in E major BWV.1006 (Prelude)
Performer: Alina Ibragimova.- J.S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin: Alina Ibragimova.
- Hyperion.
- 10.
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Jeremiah Clarke
Trumpet voluntary "The Prince of Demark's March"
Performer: Stephen Keavy. Ensemble: Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- Rondeaux Royaux: The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman.
- Hyperion.
- 12.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso in D major, Op 6 No 4 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- Rondeaux Royaux: The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman.
- Hyperion.
- 14.
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Louise Farrenc
Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op 44 (4th mvt) Finale: Allegro
Performer: Diana Ambache. Performer: Joan Enric Lluna. Performer: Naomi Butterworth.- ѿý Music.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin concerto no.10 in D major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.- Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
- NAXOS.
- 6.
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Jean Sibelius
Andante festivo
Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.- BIS.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride (Overture)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi.- B. Smetana; Moldau/The Bartered Bride: The Cleveland Orchestra/Dohnanyi.
- Decca.
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Errollyn Wallen
Remembering 2012
Performer: Chaos String Quartet. -
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
- EMI Classics.
- 15.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Kyrie (Mass in C minor, K 427)
Singer: Camilla Tilling. Orchestra: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Aaron Copland
Buckaroo Holiday (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Copland: Appalachian Spring: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
- Sony Classical.
- 9.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No.13 in B-Flat Major, Op.130 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 10 & 13, Opp. 74 & 130.
- BIS.
- 110.
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Gregorio Allegri
Miserere mei Deus
Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Singer: Jeremy Budd. Director: John Scott.- Hear my Prayer: Budd/St Paul's Cathedral Choir/Scott.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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