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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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Léo Delibes
Coppélia Waltz arr Dohnanyi
Performer: Martin Roscoe. Music Arranger: Erno Dohnanyi.- Dohnanyi: Piano Music: Martin Roscoe.
- Hyperion.
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Leos Janáček
Zdenka's Variations arr. for wind quintet
Music Arranger: Alban Wesly. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.- PENTATONE.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Viola da gamba Sonata in D Major, BWV 1028; II. allegro
Performer: Christian Schmitt. Performer: Wen‐Sinn Yang.- Variations of Colors.
- Universal Music Taiwan.
- 2.
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Claude Debussy
Marche écossaise
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- DECCA.
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Giuseppe Verdi
3 Arias from Luisa Miller arr. Emanuele Muzio
Music Arranger: Emanuele Muzio. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.- DG.
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Aaron Copland
Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)
Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Warner.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Ah ch'infelice sempre (Cessate, omai cessate)
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Ensemble 415. Director: Chiara Banchini.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": I. Allegro vivace
Conductor: Riccardo Minasi. Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz.- Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41 "Jupiter".
- harmonia mundi.
- 201.
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Harold Arlen
Come Rain or Come Shine (St Louis Woman)
Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: David Fink. Performer: André Previn.- PHILIPS.
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Arvo Pärt
Estonian Lullaby (Version for Female Choir and Strings)
Lyricist: Arvo Pärt. Orchestra: Tallinna Kammerorkester. Conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste. Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.- Arvo Pärt: Adam's Lament.
- ECM New Series.
- 7.
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Maurice Ravel
Menuet Antique
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
- BIS.
- 701.
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Thomas Adès
Colette
Performer: Thomas Adès.- Colette (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Lakeshore Records.
- 26.
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Trad.
Scarborough Fair
Music Arranger: John Fox. Orchestra: John Fox Orchestra. Conductor: John Fox.- Voyage Of A Lifetime: The Music of John Fox.
- Campion Cameo.
- 2.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op 34
Performer: Pierre Génisson. Performer: Sarah Nemtanu. Performer: Deborah Nemtanu. Ensemble: Ensemble Contraste.- Une Priere.
- Alpha.
- 12.
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Antonín Dvořák
Prague Waltzes
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Dvorak: Legends: Prague Waltzes: Buadapest festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer.
- Phillips.
- 16.
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Michio Miyagi
Haru no umi [The sea in spring]
Music Arranger: Mamoru Miyagi. Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Naoko Yoshino.- Philips.
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Manuel de Falla
In the Generalife (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)
Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.- Hyperion.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Jean Françaix
Octet (4th mvt)
Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.- Francaix - A Huit; Divertissement; Clarinet Quintet.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo capriccio in G major Op.129 'Rage over a Lost Penny'
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- DG.
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Anthony Hedges
Saturday Market
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- Dutton.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)
Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.- Donizetti: L'Elisir D'Amore: Sutherland/Pavarotti/ECO/Bonynge.
- Decca.
- 11.
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- Wed 14 May 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3