
Start the day on the right note with classical music
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong, Bach Before 7 and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
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Frédéric Chopin
3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)
Performer: Maria João Pires.- Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
- DG.
- 2.
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Josef Suk
Serenade for Strings in E flat major, Op 6 (1st mvmt, Andante con moto)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Kodály: Hungarian Rondo, Summer Evening; Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-Flat Maj.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 8.
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Jorge Cardoso
Milonga
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.- Miloš Karadaglić - Latino Gold.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 10.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Oboe Concerto in D Minor
Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Reinut Tepp.- Bach: Oboe Concertos.
- BIS.
- 4.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4, Capriccio Italien: Berliner Philharmoniker, Ozawa.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 3.
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Henriette Renié
Harp Concerto in C minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.- Belle Époque.
- ±·²¹Ã¯±¹±ð.
- 4.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major, Op 64 No 5, 'Lark' (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- Cavi-music.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Oboe Concerto in F Minor, TWV 51:f1 (Trans. for Piccolo Trumpet and Baroque Orchestra)
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Pinnock's Players. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Baroque Concertos.
- Warner Classics.
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Fritz Kreisler
Schon Rosmarin
Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Julien Quentin.- The Golden Age.
- DECCA.
- 8.
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Anton Bruckner
Os justi
Choir: Choir of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh. Choir: Choir of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh. Conductor: Duncan Ferguson. Conductor: Duncan Ferguson.- Bruckner Motets.
- Delphian Records.
- 16.
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Vivian Ellis
Coronation Scot
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- The Best Of British Light Music.
- Sony Classical.
- 2.
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Doreen Carwithen
Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)
Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Doreen Carwithen. Work incl. Overture (ODTAA), Suffolk suite and others.
- Chandos.
- 3.
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John Dowland
Flow my tears/Child of Wonder
Composer: Eric Whitacre. Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale.- Rise.
- Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major K.581 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Martin Frost. Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet. Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
- BIS.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Four Characteristic Waltzes (Valse de la reine)
Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.- Coleridge-Taylor.
- Marco Polo.
- 8.
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William Walton
5 Bagatelles for guitar: no.1; Allegro
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Dreams and Fancies. Eglish Music for Solo Guitar.
- DELPHIAN.
- 1.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- DECCA.
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Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Whitacre: Cloudburst & other choral works: Polyphony, Stephen Layton.
- Hyperion.
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Elfrida Andrée
Piano Quintet in E minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Lena Johnson. Ensemble: The Stockholm Quartet.- Caprice.
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Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March in C major Op.39 no.5
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS CHAN.
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Alessandro Scarlatti
Concerto in 7 parts (No.4 in G minor)
Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.- Virgin Classics.
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Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto (1st mvt)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos: Andsnes, Jansons.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
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Bastian Chilese
Canzon in echo à 8
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- Battaglie and Lamenti: 1600-1660 Monteverdi, Peri, Fontei, Strozzi.
- Alia Vox.
- 5.
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Giacomo Puccini
La bohème, Act 1: "Che gelida manina" (Rodolfo)
Singer: Pene Pati. Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume.- Nessun dorma.
- Warner Classics.
- 10.
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Franz von Suppé
Pique-Dame (Overture)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Suppe: Overtures and Marches.
- Chandos.
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