
Wake up your senses 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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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor Op.13 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Ingrid Fliter.- Beethoven: Sonatas.
- Warner Classics.
- 2.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
The Willow Song (Othello - suite Op.79)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26: II. Poco adagio
Performer: Katarzyna Budnik-Gałązka. Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Performer: Maria Nowak. Performer: Yuya Okamoto.- Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No.98, 'Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan': opening chorale
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Bach Cantatas: Gardiner.
- Soli Deo Gloria.
- 13.
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Charles Gounod
Faust (Act 2 Waltz)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Gerald Finzi
Eclogue in F major Op.10
Performer: Tom Poster. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
- Decca.
- 17.
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Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Passacaglia
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.- Passacaglia.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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William Lawes
Pavane from Royal Consort Suite No 10 in B flat major
Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm.- Lawes: The Royal Consort.
- Linn Records.
- 57.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A Major K.581 (1st mvt)
Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.- Mozart & Weber Quintets.
- SIGNUM CLASSICS.
- 5.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: V. Romeo and Juliet Before Parting
Conductor: Elim Chan. Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.- All These Lighted Things.
- Alpha Classics.
- 7.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 47: I. Largo
Performer: David Watkin. Performer: Robert King.- Vivaldi: The Complete Cello Sonatas.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Edward Elgar
La Capricieuse Op.17 for violin and piano
Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.- DECCA.
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Maurice Ravel
Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- CHANDOS.
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Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: II. Fugue
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
- Chandos Records Limited.
- 7.
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H VIIe 1 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Maurice André. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.- Haydn/Telemann/Albinoni: Trumpet Concertos: Andre/LPO/Lopez-Cobos.
- EMI.
- 3.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
6 Pieces, Op. 51: No. 6. Valse sentimentale
Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Julien Quentin.- 6 Pieces, Op. 51: No. 6. Valse sentimentale.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Gondoliers : Overture
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- Sullivan: Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Frédéric Chopin
Berceuse in D flat major, Op.57
Performer: Maria João Pires.- DG.
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Gustav Holst
Cotswold symphony H.47 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Holst: Cotswolds Symphony.
- Naxos.
- 4.
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Isaac Albéniz
Cadiz (Suite española)
Music Arranger: Unspecified. Performer: John Williams.- Echoes of Spain.
- CBS.
- 7.
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Arturo Márquez
Danzon No. 2 (Live From Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles / 2010)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Rossini: Overtures And Arias / Latin American Favorites (Live From Walt Disney C.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 10.
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Peter Warlock
Capriol Suite
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Warlock: The Curlew/Capriol/Serenade etc: Ainsley/Nash Ensemble/Brabbins.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in A flat major Op.46 no.3
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
- Philips.
- 16.
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Melissa Dunphy
O Oriens
Choir: Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- A Pembroke Christmas.
- Signum Classics.
- 104.
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- Thu 15 May 2025 06:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3