Boost your morning 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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Franz Liszt
St. Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Alfred Brendel - Liszt - Artist's Choice.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works.
- Onyx.
- 04.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in B flat major, Op 18 No 6 (5th mvt)
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1.
- Zig Zag Territories.
- 5.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Cantata no.35 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret')
Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Director: Ottavio Dantone.- Bach: Sinfonia: Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone.
- Decca.
- 4.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Juliet - the young girl (Romeo and Juliet - suite no. 2)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Prokofiev: The Symphonies.
- BIS.
- 501.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in E minor, H.XVI:34 - i) Presto
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Alfred Brendel - Great Pianists of the 20th Century Vol.12.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Missa Regina coeli (Kyrie)
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Palestrina - Volume 3.
- Coro.
- 10.
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Jean‐Joseph de Mondonville
Sonate en Symphonie in B flat major Op.3`3
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- ARCHIV.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Prelude in C# Minor.
- Chandos.
- 103.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat major, K 271 (1st mvt)
Performer: Alfred Brendel. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.- Alfred Brendel The Farewell Concerts.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances - series 1 (Op. 46); No.1 in C major
Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tomáš Brauner.- SUPRAPHON.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Pirates of Penzance (Overture)
Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.- Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
- TER.
- 2.
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Jules Massenet
"Adieu, notre petite table" (Manon)
Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie.- Massenet: Manon.
- Warner Classics.
- 31.
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Simon Fraser
The Beauty of the North; Miss Dumbreck
Composer: Anonymous. Music Arranger: Maxwell String Quartet. Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets Op.71.
- Linn.
- 05.
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Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Solveig's Song In the Hall of the Mountain King
Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.- Grieg: Orchestral Music (Peer Gynt Suite).
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73: II. Adagio ma non troppo
Performer: Arthur Stockel. Orchestra: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leo McFall.- Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Clarinet Quintet.
- 貹é.
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Anatoliy Kos-Anatolskyi
The Shawl of Dovbush: Romance (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Anonymous)
Performer: Markiyan Melnychenko. Performer: Benjamin Martin.- Postcards from Ukraine, Vol. 1: Violin Miniatures.
- Toccata Next.
- 09.
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Eleanor Daley
Grandmother Moon
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- All Things are Quite Silent.
- Signum Classics.
- 11.
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Georges Bizet
Symphony in C major (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.- Mirare.
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Franz Liszt
Années de pèlerinage - Première année: Suisse - Vallée d'Obermann
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- PHILIPS.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, III. Allegro assai
Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.- Antonín Kraft, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concertos.
- harmonia mundi.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Vesperae solennes de confessore (K 339): Laudate Dominum
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Mozart: Kronungsmesse / Vesperae K339.
- Editions L'Oiseau Lyre.
- 12.
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Emanuele Barbella
Concerto for Mandolin, Strings and Basso continuo in D - mov. 1
Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- DG.
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William Grant Still
Symphony no.1 'African-American' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.- Still: Afro-American Symphony.
- Naxos.
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