
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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Isaac Albéniz
Rondena (Iberia Bk.2)
Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.- Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espanola - Larrocha.
- Decca.
- 4.
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Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring (Nos.7 & 8)
Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Roadtrip.
- Warner.
- 14-15.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite no.1 in C major, BWV.1066 (Overture)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
- RCA.
- 6.
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Leos Janáček
Starodavny 1 (Lachian Dances)
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd.- Naxos.
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Carl Nielsen
Five Piano Pieces, Op.3
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Janacek/ Neilsen: Piano Works.
- Warner Classics.
- 11.
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Jon Brion
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Music Arranger: David Le Page. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.- Light and Shadow.
- Signum Classics.
- 108.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Suite for Jazz Band No 1
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Franz Schubert
Auf dem Wasser zu singen transc Liszt
Performer: Murray Perahia. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.- Songs Without Words: Murray Perahia.
- Sony Classical.
- 20.
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Franz Waxman
Carmen Fantasy
Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- Warner.
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Ethel Smyth
String Quartet in E Minor (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Villiers Quartet.- Smyth: String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 1 - Delius: String Quartet in C Minor.
- Naxos.
- 2.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Zefiro torna
Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: Núria Rial. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.- ERATO.
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Johann Strauss II
Morgenblätter - Waltz Op.279
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.- RCA LIVING STEREO.
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Scott Joplin
Solace
- Joplin: Rags, Marches, Waltzes & Other Piano Works.
- OnClassical.
- 11.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gran Partita in B flat for 13 Wind Instruments (Theme and Variations)
Ensemble: I Solisti Della Scala.- BRILLIANT.
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Maurice Ravel
Jeux d'eau
Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D.485 (4th mvmt, Allegro vivace)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 \"Unfinished\".
- harmonia mundi.
- 4.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
The Blue Bird, Op 119 No 3
Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Marcus Creed.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Stephan Koncz
A New Satiesfaction [Gymnopedie no.1]
Composer: Erik Satie. Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Noah Bendix-Balgley. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Stephan Koncz.- The Golden Age.
- DECCA.
- 1.
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Francis Poulenc
Novelette No 1 in C major (Three Novelettes)
Performer: Pascal Rogé.- Decca.
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Antonín Dvořák
Violin Concerto in A minor Op.53 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrés Orozco‐Estrada.- DG.
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Caroline Shaw
...and the Swallow
Choir: Tenebrae Consort. Conductor: Nigel Short.- A Prayer for Deliverance.
- Signum Classics.
- 104.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture (Suite) in A major TWV 55:a2 (Minuets I & II; Rejouissance)
Performer: Erik Bosgraaf. Ensemble: Cordevento.- Brilliant Classics 95248.
- Brilliant Classics.
- 11.
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George Gershwin
Variations on "I Got Rhythm"
Performer: Jeffrey Siegel. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.- Gershwin: Piano Works.
- Vox.
- 5.
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- Fri 20 Jun 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3