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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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Frédéric Chopin
Impromptu in A flat major, Op 29
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Chopin - The Piano Works, Preludes and Impromptus.
- DECCA.
- 27.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade no.2 in A flat major Op.16 (5th mvt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4, Tragic Overture, Double Concerto & Serenade No. 2.
- Lso Live.
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Isaac Albéniz
España arr for guitar, Op 165 (Capricho catalan)
Performer: Xuefei Yang. Music Arranger: Xuefei Yang.- Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
- EMI Classics.
- 13.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV1027
Performer: Robert Smith. Performer: Francesco Corti.- Resonus Classics.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
String Serenade Op.48 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
- BIS.
- 6.
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Francis Pott
The Souls Of The Righteous
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- A Prayer for Deliverance.
- Signum Classics.
- 103.
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Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68a: I. Prélude
- Ravel: Piano Concertos.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Ethel Smyth
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major: I. Allegro vivace
- Smyth: Complete Piano Works.
- jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
- 05.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Legend in F major, Op 59 No 8
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- ELOQUENCE.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite in D major, HWV 349, 'Water Music' (Alla hornpipe)
Performer: John Constable. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Handel: Fireworks & Water Music: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner.
- Hanssler Classics.
- 18.
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Ottorino Respighi
Danza rustica (Ancient Airs and Dances for Lute, Suite No 2)
Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.- Respighi: Antiche danze ed arie per liuto & Gli uccelli.
- CPO.
- 202.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sicilano from Flute Sonata BWV 1031
Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin. -
Claude Debussy
Première rhapsodie
Performer: Franklin Cohen. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4.
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Hector Berlioz
Ballet des follets (from Damnation of Faust, Op 24)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux.- WARNER.
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Joseph Haydn
Trio in G major (3rd mvt, Rondo all'ongarese)
Ensemble: Kungsbacka Trio.- Haydn: Piano Trios Hob XV 24, 25, 26 and 31.
- Naxos.
- 9.
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William Grant Still
Serenade
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.- Still: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 7.
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Bob Chilcott
The Gift to Sing
Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin. -
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in D major Op.6`7
Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Archiv.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in A flat major D.899 no.4
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- PHILIPS.
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Richard Strauss
Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 11 (3rd mvt)
Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.- Richard Strauss: Horn Concertos.
- EMI Eminence.
- 3.
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Frederick Delius
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Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- The Lark Ascending.
- Chandos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 III. Rondo: Vivace
Performer: Maria João Pires. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- ONYX.
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Robert Schumann
Genoveva (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Florence Price
Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.- Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 6.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
My bonny boy (English Folk Song Suite for military band)
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.- Holst/Vaughan Williams: British Wind Band Classics: Timothy Reynish.
- Chandos.
- 15.
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Georges Bizet
L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 (Carillon)
Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.- Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1: Jesus Lopez-Cobos.
- Telarc.
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