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Roll out of bed into classical music

Linton Stephens 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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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Nightfall.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quartet in C minor Op.51 no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Brahms, String Quartet no.1, Piano Quintet Op.34: Quatuor Ebene, Akiko Yamamoto.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33; 2nd mvt Adagio con estro poetico

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (Courante)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Mozart - Symphonies Nos 40 & 41"Jupiter"Bernstein,Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DGG.
    • 5.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata in A major (La Pastorella) for violin and continuo [MS A-Wm]

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Nigel North. Performer: John Toll.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Clara Schumann

    Liebst du um Schönheit

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Benjamin Appl.
    • ALPHA CLASSICS.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (No. 1, Dawn & No. 2, Sunday Morning)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • London Symphony Orchestra - British Composers. Holst, Elgar, Delius....
    • Warner Classics.
    • 21.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides, Op 26

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Romantic Overtures: Halle Orchestra, Barbirolli.
    • EMI Classics.
  • William Byrd

    Crowned with flowers

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Plan & Elevation (The Orangery)

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Orange.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 4 in A minor, Op 63 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 8.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    12 Études, Op. 8: No. 4 in B Major (Piacevole)

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • Scriabin: Vers la flamme.
    • BIS.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • John Adams

    China Gates

    Performer: James McVinnie.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings Op.48 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Concertgebouw Kamerorkest. Conductor: Marco Boni.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings etc.: Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra/Boni.
    • Pentatone Classics.
    • 2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite) in D major TWV.55:D19 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Andrew Clark. Performer: Gavin Edwards. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Telemann: Suites: The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 9.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 From the New World - 3rd mvt

    Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major: III. Romanze

    • Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Georges Bizet

    Habanera (Carmen)

    Singer: Aigul Akhmetshina. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.
    • Decca.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La Vallée des Cloches (Miroirs)

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • Ravel, The Piano Concertos: Aimard/Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter (The Planets)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Holst: The Planets - Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 104.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 arr Avital (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Shalev Ad-El. Performer: Ophira Zakai. Performer: Ira Givol. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Avi Avital Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade no.3 in A flat major Op.47

    Performer: Cécile Ousset.
    • Best Chopin 50.
    • EMI.
    • 16.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Eije Oue.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

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