Brighten your day 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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Carl Nielsen
Symphony No.3, Op.27 'Sinfonia Espansiva' (2nd mvt)
Singer: Anu Komsi. Singer: Karl-Magnus Fredriksson. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- BIS.
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Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata (Act 1 Prelude)
Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Viva Verdi.
- Decca.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-Flat Major, K. 281: II. Andante amoroso
Performer: Peter Donohoe.- Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5.
- SOMM Recordings.
- 5.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt BWV 68: Chorus: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 14.
- Challenge Classics.
- 1.
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Antonín Dvořák
Songs My Mother Taught Me (Gypsy Songs, Op. 55)
Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Performer: Robert Kulek. Music Arranger: Anonymous.- Dvořák: The Cello Works.
- Orfeo.
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Ruth Gipps
Symphony No.5, Op.64 (2nd mvt: Andante)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
- Chandos Records Limited.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 Violins & 2 Cellos in D Major, RV 564
Performer: Jeanne Lamon. Performer: Stephen Marvin. Performer: Anner Bylsma. Performer: Christina Mahler. Orchestra: Tafelmusik.- Vivaldi: 11 Concertos.
- Sony Classical.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Rose Adagio (The Sleeping beauty Op.66)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Mark Ermler.- Sleeping Beauty (Complete).
- Sony Classical.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante espressivo
Ensemble: Dartington Piano Trio.- Fanny Mendelssohn & Clara Schumann: Piano Trios.
- Hyperion.
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Mark Butler
Dona nobis pacem
Composer: Trad.. Ensemble: London Voices. Conductor: Mark Butler.- Oxford University Press Music.
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Samuel Barber
Souvenirs, Op. 28: I. Waltz
Performer: John Browning. Performer: Leonard Slatkin.- Barber: Symphony No. 1 & Piano Concerto & Souvenirs.
- RCA Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Niccolò Paganini
Moto perpetuo in C major, Op 11
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- Boston Symphony Orchestra - Great Recordings.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 62.
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Darius Milhaud
Brazileira (Scaramouche Suite)
Performer: Stephen Coombs. Performer: Artur Pizarro.- Darius Milhaud - Music for Two Pianos.
- Hyperion.
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Edward Elgar
Serenade for strings in E minor, Op.20
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- Elgar: Enigma Variations.
- ONYX.
- 2-4.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea)
Performer: Alastair Ross. Performer: Siobhán Armstrong. Performer: Joseph Crouch. Performer: Eligio Quinteiro. Lyricist: Claudio Monteverdi. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Singer: Robin Blaze. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Eternal Light.
- Decca (UMO).
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Four Characteristic Waltzes, Op. 22: No. 2, Valse rustique
Performer: Maya Magub. Performer: Matthew Schellhorn.- Coleridge-Taylor: Four Charactertistic Waltzes, Op. 22: No. 2, Valse rustique.
- CRD.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite (Sinfonia)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.- Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète & Pulcinella Suite.
- Linn Records.
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Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dances, Op. 35: No. 4, Allegro molto
Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.- Grieg: Norwegian Dances.
- Warner Classics.
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Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale. Presto non tanto
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Giacomo Puccini
Suor Angelica: Intermezzo
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.- Verismo.
- Onyx Classics.
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Peter Ludwig Hertel
Clog Dance (La Fille mal gardée)
Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.- Herold/Lecocq: La Fille mal gardee: Royal Opera House Orchestra/Lanchbery.
- Decca.
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Richard Wagner
Lohengrin (Act 1 Prelude)
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Wagner: Overtures and Preludes: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Barenboim.
- Teldec.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C Major No. 2, Hob.III:45: I. Vivace
Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.- Haydn String Quartets.
- Wigmore Hall Live.
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William Henry Harris
Faire is the Heaven
Choir: VOCES8. Choir: Apollo5. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.- Renewal?.
- VOCES8 Records.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite in D major, HWV 341, 'Water Piece' (March)
Performer: John Wallace. Performer: Michael Bochmann. Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Singer: Edward Barham. Choir: Leeds Festival Chorus. Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Boughton.- Rule Britanna.
- Nimbus.
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Jean Sibelius
At The Castle Gate (Pelleas et Melisande Op.46)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Sibelius - Symphony no.6, Pelleas & Melisande Op.46.
- BIS.
- 5.
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