
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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Roman Hoffstetter
String Quartet in F major Op.3`5 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Director: Robert Salter.- Pachelbel/Vivaldi/Handel/Haydn: Strings: Guildhall String Ensemble.
- RCA.
- 7.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Clarinet Concerto in A minor, Op 80 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzona No.13 a 12
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Bach: The Toccatas, BWV 910-916.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony no.5 in D major (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
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Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Performer: Xieyang Chang. Performer: Shanghai Municipal Committee Band. Performer: Shanghai Chinese Orchestra. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - OST.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Thomas Tallis
If ye love me
Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- GIMELL.
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Pieter van Maldere
Symphony in G Minor, Op. 4 No. 1: I. Allegro assai
Orchestra: European Union Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jörg Faerber.- The Symphony in Europe, 1785.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (1st mvt)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.- CHANDOS.
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Sandra-Mae Lux
When Autumn Calls
Performer: Sandra-Mae Lux. Performer: Calum Gourlay. Performer: Sebastiaan de Krom. Lyricist: Alan Marriott. Ensemble: Christian Vaughan. -
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 256 "Il ritiro": III. Presto
Conductor: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.- Vivaldi: Concerti per una vita.
- harmonia mundi.
- 115.
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Florence Price
Mississippi River Suite
Orchestra: Women's Philharmonic. Conductor: Apo Hsu.- Koch.
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Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie (Overture)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Rossini OverturesThe Chamber Orchestra Of Europe.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
- 7.
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Lili Boulanger
Introduction and cortege
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster. -
Dobrinka Tabakova
Alma Redemptoris Mater
Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.- DELPHIAN.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony in D major, Wq 183 No 1 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.- CPE Bach: Symphonies: OAE, Leonhardt.
- Virgin Veritas.
- 1.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in G Minor Op.23 No.5
Performer: Nicholas McCarthy. Music Arranger: Nicholas McCarthy.- Left Note Records.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (1st mvt)
Performer: Gil Shaham. Ensemble: Sejong Soloists.- Haydn: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 - Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings.
- Canary Classics.
- 7.
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Edward White
Puffin' Billy for orchestra
Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- HYPERION.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 "The Little"
Performer: Canadian Brass. Music Arranger: Ronald Romm.- The Essential Canadian Brass.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 7.
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Maurice Ravel
DZé
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Giacomo Puccini
O soave fanciulla (La bohème)
Singer: Kristine Opolais. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Jonas Kaufman: Nessun Dorma: The Puccini Album.
- SONY.
- 7.
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César Franck
Violin Sonata in A major M.8 (4th mvt)
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Martha Argerich.- Beethoven, Schumann, Franck.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 7.
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Joseph Haydn
Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5 "Missa Cellensis": IV. Gloria in excelsis Deo
Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Justin Doyle.- Haydn: Missa Cellensis, Hob. XXII:5.
- harmonia mundi.
- 104.
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- Mon 2 Jun 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3