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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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Fanny Mendelssohn
Andante Soave, Op.5 no.6
Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.- Fanny Mendelssohn - Piano Music.
- BIS.
- 17.
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George Frideric Handel
Water Music: Suite in F major, HWV 348 (Air)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.- Handel: Fire & Water.
- Classic FM.
- 12-13.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Intermezzo - 4th movt from Sinfonia Antartica
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.- Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica, etc..
- HALLE.
- 3.
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Agustín Barrios Mangoré
La catedral: II. Andante religioso
Performer: Sean Shibe.- ʰǴڱó.
- PENTATONE.
- 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Herr, unser Herrscher (St John Passion BWV.245)
Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- J.S.Bach: St John Passion: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Jean Sibelius
Andante Festivo
Ensemble: Tempera Quartet.- Sibelius: String Quartets 1890 - 1922.
- BIS.
- 12.
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Eduard Tubin
Estonian Dance Suite for Orchestra
Conductor: Hans‐Peter Frank. Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester.- Tubin: Symphony No. 7, Estonian Dance Suite & Music for Strings.
- Big Ben Phonogram.
- 4.
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Léo Delibes
Delibes: Coppélia - Tableau 1: Prélude - Mazurka
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- With Love From Vienna.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 8.
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John Dowland
The Frog Galliard
Performer: Paul O’Dette.- My Favourite Dowland.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 008.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D 664 (Op. posth. 120): I. Allegro moderato [Con
Performer: Ilya Shmukler.- Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D 664 (Op. posth. 120) [Concours Géza.
- Prospero Classical.
- 1.
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Carl Orff
In trutina (Carmina burana)
Singer: Kate Royal. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- EMI.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 252
Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.- Vivaldi: Concerti per una vita.
- harmonia mundi.
- 220.
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Owain Park
Ave maris stella
Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- A Rose Magnificat.
- Signum Classics.
- 701.
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Aaron Copland
Morning on the Ranch (The Red Pony)
Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Copland: Four dances from Rodeo: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/Falletta.
- Naxos.
- 7.
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Émile Waldteufel
The Skaters
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- SONY.
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Johann Friedrich Fasch
Trumpet Concerto in D major
Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.- Wynton Marsalis: Baroque Music for Trumpet.
- Sony.
- 1-3.
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Fritz Kreisler
Schön Rosmarin
Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.- The Romantic Violin: Joshua Bell.
- Decca.
- 5.
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Ruth Gipps
Symphony No.1 in F minor, Op.22 (2nd mvt: Adagio)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
- Chandos.
- 08.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 (Introitus - Requiem æternam and Kyrie)
Singer: Sophie Karthäuser. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.- Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 (Süssmayr - Dutron 2016 Completion).
- harmonia mundi.
- 1 - 3.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No.7 in C Minor, Op. 30/2: I. Allegro con brio
Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Performer: Danny Driver.- Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2.
- RUBICON.
- 108.
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Francesco Cavalli
Canzon a 3
Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble.- Cupid's Ground Bass.
- FIRST HAND RECORDS.
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Astor Piazzolla
Fugata (arr. for 2 guitars, string quartet and double bass)
Performer: Katona Twins. Performer: Daniel Storer. Music Arranger: Peter Katona. Music Arranger: Zoltán Katona. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.- Le Grand Tango.
- Channel Classics.
- 1.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, TH 29: II. Andante cantabile con alcuna licen
Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet.
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
- 02.
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Philip Glass
Koyaanisqatsi (Koyaanisqatsi)
Performer: Michael Riesman. Choir: Western Wind Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.- ISLAND.
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Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
Dusk (Fancy Dress suite, Op 82 No 3)
Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- British Light Music Classics, Vol. 1.
- Hyperion.
- 10.
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Edward MacDowell
Elfentanz [12 Virtuoso Etudes, Op.46]
Performer: James Barbagallo.- Macdowell: Piano Sonata No. 4 / 6 Poems / 12 Virtuoso Studies.
- Naxos.
- 5.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The 49th Parallel (Prelude. Opening Titles)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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