
Brighten your day 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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Henriette Renié
Harp Concerto in C minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.- Belle Epoque.
- Naive.
- 2.
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Alexander Glazunov
Alla spagnuola (5 Novelettes for string quartet, Op 15)
Ensemble: The Lyric Quartet.- Glazunov: Five Novelettes Op. 15, Quintet No. 5 Op. 70: Lyric Quartet.
- Meridian.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K 191: II. Andante ma Adagio
Performer: Bram van Sambeek. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alexei Ogrintchouk.- Mozart, Weber & Du Puy: Bassoon Concertos.
- BIS.
- 102.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
- Bach, J.S.: The Solo Keyboard Works.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 154.
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Jacques Offenbach
Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.- Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 2: Philharmonia/Groves.
- Denon.
- 16.
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Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Sonata No 4 for violin, viol and continuo in G minor
Ensemble: La Rêveuse. Director: Benjamin Perrot.- MIRARE.
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Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite, Op. 40: III. Gavotte
- Karajan A-Z: Grieg - Handel.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Beata Barbara
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the Dance Op.65
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough In Recital.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story: Maria and Tonight
Music Arranger: Jack Gale. Ensemble: Connaught Brass. -
Felix Mendelssohn
Heimkehr Aus Der Fremde Overture, Op. 89
Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Martin Yates.- Felix Mendelssohn & Frederic Chopin: Piano Concertos.
- Dutton Epoch.
- 1.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major, Op.76`3 'Emperor' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet. Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.- COLBURN.
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Gustav Holst
St Paul's Suite Op 29`2 (Finale; The Dargason)
Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Rees.- Wilson: St Kentigern Suite: Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Rees.
- Virgin Classics.
- 23.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor Op.22 - II: Allegro scherzando
Performer: Louis Schwizgebel. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabien Gabel.- Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 2 & 5.
- ʴÉ.
- 2.
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James Oswald
Variations on 'Polwart on the Green' (A Sonata of Scots Tunes)
Performer: Ingrid Seifert. Performer: Richard Gwilt. Performer: Charles Medlam. Performer: John Toll.- LINN.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Demande et réponse (Petite suite de concert, Op 77, 2nd mvmt)
Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra.- Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture, Petite Suite, & Other Works.
- Naxos.
- 202.
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Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Sonata in F Minor Op.120 no.1 (3rd mvt)
Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Stephan Koncz.- Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra.
- Pentatone.
- 103.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major D.667 'Trout' (4th mvt)
Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Pamela Frank. Performer: Rebecca Young. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer.- Schubert: Trout Quintet/Arpeggione Sonata:Ax/Frank/Ma/Meyer/Bonney.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Khovanshchina (Prelude [Dawn over the Moscow River])
Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhausorchester. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Accentus Music.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Recorder Concerto in F major (4th mvt)
Performer: Peter Holtslag. Performer: Mark Caudle. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.- Telemann: Recorder Concertos: Peter Holtslag, The Parley of Instruments.
- Hyperion.
- 11.
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Louise Farrenc
Symphony no. 1 in C minor Op.32: III. Minuetto. Moderato
Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- ERATO.
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Bedrich Smetana
Vltava (Má vlast)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- B. Smetana; Ma Vlast: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Belohlavek.
- Supraphon.
- 2.
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Gabriel Fauré
Barcarolle No. 2 in G Major, Op. 41
- Fauré: The Complete Music for Piano.
- Hyperion.
- 2.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony no.2 in C major Op.61 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: National Arts Centre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Shelley.- Clara Robert Johannes.
- Analekta.
- 2.
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Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite Op.11 (Alla marcia)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Sibelius: Symphony No.5/Karelia Suite etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
- Erato.
- 6.
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