
Launch the day with 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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Manning Sherwin
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster. Music Arranger: Tom Poster.- The Jukebox Album.
- Orchid Classics.
- 11.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake (Pas d'action)
Performer: Ida Haendel. Performer: Douglas Cummings. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
- EMI Classics.
- 4.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro
Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.- Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 5, BWV 1056: II. Largo.
- Warner Classics.
- 2.
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Johann Strauss II
Seid umschlungen, Millionen!,Walzer, Op. 443
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Johann Strauss in Berlin.
- Warner Classics.
- 6.
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Leroy Shield
Bells / Drunk / Rocking Chair
Performer: Alessandro Simonetto.- Aevea.
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Scott Joplin
The Entertainer
Performer: Alessandro Simonetto.- OnClassical.
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Jean Sibelius
Scenes historiques - suite no.1 Op.25 (Festivo)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.- Jean Sibelius: Scenes Historiques I & II, Rakastava, Valse Lyrique.
- Chandos.
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Maurice Ravel
Five O'Clock Foxtrot (L'enfant et les sortilèges)
Orchestrator: Christopher Palmer. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Ravel: Orchestral Works - volume 2: Philharmonia, Geoffrey Simon.
- Cala.
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George Frideric Handel
Keyboard Suite, HWV 427 in F major
Performer: Lisa Smirnova.- ECM.
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Traditional Irish
Aililiú Na Gamhna - Calling ѿý the Calves
Singer: Iarla Ó Lionáird. -
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dances Nos. 6, 7 & 5
Orchestrator: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- BIS.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Oboe Concerto in F Minor, TWV 51:f1
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: Pinnock's Players.- Baroque Concertos.
- Warner Classics.
- 13.
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William Grant Still
Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- Estrellita.
- BIS.
- 13.
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Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.7 (1st mvt)
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.- Romance.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa. Orchestra: Benedetti Foundation Orchestra.- Romanian Folk Dances.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Tarantelle Op.6
Performer: Susan Milan. Performer: James Campbell. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Saint-Saëns: Africa.
- Signum Classics.
- 8.
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Georges Bizet
Jeux d'enfants
Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.- DG.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major
- Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87.
- ECM New Series.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture
Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- ALPHA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations; Aria and Variation 1
Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
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Harold Arlen
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Performer: Keith Jarrett.- ECM.
Broadcast
- Fri 30 May 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3