
Boost your morning 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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Benjamin Britten
She's like the swallow that flies so high (8 Folksongs)
Singer: Gerald Finley. Performer: Julius Drake.- Benjamin Britten, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Gerald Finley and Julius.
- Hyperion.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in Bb major 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.- Hyperion.
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque No.1 in E major
Orchestrator: Hubert Mouton. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- CALA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele - chorale-prelude BWV 654
Performer: Marie‐Claire Alain.- Bach, JS : Complete Organ Works [1980].
- Warner Classics International.
- 148.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio
Performer: Martin Fröst. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 & Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 5.
- BIS.
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Elsa Barraine
Symphony No. 2 "Voïna": III. Finale
Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Elena Schwarz.- Elsa Barraine: Symphonies 1 & 2.
- CPO.
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Henry Purcell
King Arthur Suite (extract)
Music Arranger: Alison Balsom. Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- EMI.
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Cyril Scott
Lotus land
Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.- James Ehnes - Homage.
- Onyx.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
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Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- Seiji Ozawa.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Memento Capriccioso
Performer: Thomas Kelly. -
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.
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Robert Schumann
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula. -
George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (La réjouissance; Minuets)
Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- ARCHIV.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Triple Concerto in C Major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet No. 14 in A flat, Op. 105 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.- Dvorák: String Quartets Nos. 10 & 14.
- Decca (UMO).
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Frédéric Chopin
Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major Op.18
Performer: Ingrid Fliter.- Chopin: Complete Waltzes.
- EMI Classics.
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Louise Farrenc
Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.- Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
- DIVOX.
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Befiehl dem Engel, dass er komm BuxWV.10
Ensemble: Ottawa Bach Choir. Ensemble: Ottawa Bach Choir. Director: Lisette Canton. Director: Lisette Canton.- CANTO.
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Frederick Delius
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Orchestra: Czech Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková.- Etymology Classics.
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Yeol Eum Son. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.- Ravel Concertos - Bach/Wittgenstein.
- Naive.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (3rd mvt)
Performer: John Butt. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.- Six Brandenburg Concertos - Johann Sebastian Bach.
- Linn Records.
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Madeleine Dring
Trio for flute, oboe and piano. (2nd mvt. Andante semplice)
Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal.- Madeleine Dring: Complete Works for Oboe.
- Chandos.
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Gioachino Rossini
William Tell (Overture)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Rossini: Overtures: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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- Tue 13 May 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3