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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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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for flute and orchestra (RV.428) (Op.10`3) in D major "Il Gardellino [The Goldfinch]": 1st movement; Allegro
Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- Vivaldi: 6 Flute Concertos Op.10: Beznosiuk, The English Concert, Pinnock.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 10.
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Claude Debussy
En Bateau (Petite Suite)
Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis.- Hyperion.
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Margaret Brouwer
The Art of Sailing at Dawn
Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Jean Sibelius
Serenade in D major, Op 69 No 1
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Sibelius: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
- Chandos Records Limited.
- 12.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in A minor BWV 865
Performer: Trevor Pinnock.- Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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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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Eric Whitacre
A Boy and a Girl
Ensemble: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Eric Whitacre - Cloudburst.
- Hyperion.
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Willem de Fesch
Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 10: No. 3
Performer: Lidewij van der Voort. Conductor: Mike Fentross. Orchestra: La Sfera Armoniosa.- Willem de Fesch: Concerti Grossi & Violin Concertos.
- Challenge Classics.
- 6.
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Francis Poulenc
Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)
Performer: Cécile Ousset. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Barshai.- EMI.
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Cristóbal de Morales
Parce mihi Domine
Performer: Jan Garbarek. Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.- ECM.
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Bohuslav Martinů
Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 3, H. 340, 1st Movement
Performer: Vilém Vlček. Performer: Denis Linnik.- Supraphon.
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Eric Coates
Mayfair (London Again)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Avie.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Hans Vonk.- Mozart: Clarinet concerto K.622: Meyer/Staatskapelle Dresden/Vonk.
- EMI Classics.
- 3.
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George Walker
Lyric for Strings
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.- African American Voices.
- Linn Records.
- 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations (Aria)
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- DG.
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Lennox Berkeley
Sonatina for Guitar Op. 52/1: I. Allegretto
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Dreams and Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar.
- Delphian Records.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont Op.84 (Overture)
Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'/Prometheus/Egmont.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Suite no.2 Op.17 (Romance)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.- Philips.
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Herman Bellstedt
Napoli
Music Arranger: Donald Hunsberger. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble.- Sony Classical.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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Orlando Gibbons
Short Service - Magnificat
Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.- Naxos.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in B minor, K 27 (arr. for harp)
Performer: Nora von Marschall.- Liebestraum - Scarlatti, Liszt, Fauré, Tournier.
- Prospero Classical.
- 1.
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Franz Schubert
Die Zauberharfe, D 644 (Overture)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 5.
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