Start the day on the right note with classical music
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford, including ѿý Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, composer and saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi’s new work for New Generation Artists the Kleio Quartet is a homage to the remarkable resurgence of the humpback whale which came back from near extinction to record sightings in 2021. It seeks to echo the whales' hauntingly beautiful melodies, celebrating their survival and the enduring mystery of their song.
You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
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John Rutter
Waltz (Suite Lyrique)
Performer: Catrin Finch. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.- Blessing.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 13.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio No. 44 in E Major, Hob. XV:28: I. Allegro moderato
Ensemble: Trio Gaspard.- Trio Gaspard Live in Berlin.
- CAvi-music.
- 101.
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Trad.
St Kilda's Wedding & A St. Kilda's Dance
Performer: Aidan O’Rourke. Performer: Tony McManus. Performer: James Mackintosh. Singer: Calum Malcolm.- Notes From A Hebridean Island.
- Linn.
- 1.
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Léo Delibes
Danse de fête; Danse des heures (Coppélia Suite)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.- Famous Ballet Music.
- Brilliant Classics.
- 12.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016: III. Adagio ma non tanto
- Bach, JS: Violin Sonatas, BWV 1016 - 1019.
- Warner Classics.
- 7.
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Franz Schubert
Octet in F major, D 803 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Octet.- Schubert: Octet.
- Nimbus.
- 3.
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Jerome Kern
The Girl from Utah: Overture
Conductor: John McGlinn. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.- Gershwin/Porter/Kern Overtures and Film Music.
- Warner Classics.
- 2.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
C.P.E. Bach: Double Concerto in E-Flat Major for Harpsichord and Fortpiano, W.67
Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz. Ensemble: Freiburger BarockConsort.- Die Bach-Söhne.
- Carus.
- 10.
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Erik Satie
2 Préludes posthumes et une Gnossienne, FP 104: No. 3, Troisième gnossienne
Conductor: Michel Plasson. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.- Satie: Parade, Relâche, En habit de cheval, Gymnopédies, La belle excentrique….
- Warner Classics.
- 18.
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Erik Satie
Satie: Le piccadilly
- Satie: Piano Music (Classic FM: The Full Works).
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
- 38.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in D major K.136
Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.- Chandos.
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Eugène Ysaÿe
Rêve d'enfant, Op. 14
Performer: Marianne Piketty. Orchestra: Le Concert Idéal.- Sous l'étoile.
- Evidence (LTR).
- 11.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`2 (1st & 2nd mvts)
Performer: Georg Kallweit. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- Corelli: Concerti grossi Op. 6, 1-6.
- Pentatone.
- 106.
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Frédéric Chopin
4 Mazurkas Op.24 (no.3 in A flat major)
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.- Chopin: Mazurkas.
- Hyperion.
- 014.
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Lalo Schifrin
End Title (From \"Cool Hand Luke\" Soundtrack)
Lyricist: Lalo Schifrin.- Cool Hand Luke - Original Soundtrack Recording.
- Geffen.
- 13.
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Amilcare Ponchielli
La Gioconda, Act III: Dance of the Hours
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.- Verismo.
- Onyx Classics.
- 1.
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Jean Sibelius
Eight Short Pieces, Op. 99, No. 3: III. Souvenir
Lyricist: Paul Struck. Orchestra: LGT Young Soloists. Conductor: Alexander Gilman.- Nordic Dream.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 6.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Trumpet Concerto in D major TWV.51:D7
Performer: Friedemann Immer. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- ARCHIV.
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Percy Grainger
Green Bushes
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Brion.- Grainger: Power of Love (The).
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Cassie Kinoshi
Whalesong
Singer: Elizabeth Llewellyn. Ensemble: Kleio Quartet. -
Erik Satie
Satie: Gnossienne No. 4
- Satie: 3 Gymnopédies; 6 Gnossiennes etc..
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Erik Satie
Satie: Petite ouverture à danser
- Satie: Sports et Divertissements/Le Piège de Méduse etc..
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 59.
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance no.6 in B flat major
Orchestrator: Albert Parlow. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
- Philips.
- 6.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 10: I. Allegro brioso - Poco più mosso
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.- Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5.
- Chandos.
- 101.
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Astor Piazzolla
Libertango
Music Arranger: David Le Page. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.- Light and Shadow.
- Signum Classics.
- 107.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (Courante)
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.- J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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George Frideric Handel
Semele - 'Where 'er you walk'
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- DG.
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- Fri 27 Jun 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3