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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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Frederick Delius
Summer Evening
Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- EMI.
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Manuel de Falla
Danza espanola No 1 (La vida breve)
Performer: Julian Bream. Performer: John Williams.- RCA.
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Dag Wirén
Marcia (Serenade in C major, Op 11)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Marriner.
- Decca.
- 15.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No.1 in G major; 1. Prelude; 2. Allemande; 3. Courante
Performer: Pierre Fournier.- Bach, J.S.: The Cello Suites.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Frédéric Chopin
Prelude in D flat major, Op 28 No 15 (Raindrop)
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- Alice Sara Ott plays Chopin.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 16.
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Cecilia McDowall
Adoro te devote
Singer: Lucy Sun. Singer: Annabel Green. Singer: Susannah Hill. Singer: Edward Cunningham. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Hyperion.
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Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto in C major, H.7b.1 (1st mvt)
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Haydn: Cello Concertos: Isserlis/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Norrington.
- RCA.
- 1.
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Henry Purcell
Funeral Music for Queen Mary (Canzona)
Performer: John Wallace. Performer: John Wallace. Performer: Michael Bochmann. Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Singer: Edward Barham. Choir: Leeds Festival Chorus. Choir: Leeds Festival Chorus. Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Boughton. Conductor: William Boughton.- Rule Britanna.
- Nimbus.
- 27.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Philips.
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Franz Schubert
Der Lindenbaum (Winterreise)
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Mark Padmore. -
Eric Coates
Footlights - Concert Waltz
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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Clara Schumann
Scherzo No.2 in C minor, Op. 14
Performer: Marlene Fleet. -
Anthony Hedges
Humber Keel Hornpipe (Scenes from the Humber)
Orchestra: RTÉ Sinfonietta. Conductor: Anthony Hedges.- Hedges: British Light Music: RTE Sinfonietta/Hedges.
- Naxos.
- 14.
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Benjamin Britten
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Fugue)
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO/Davis.
- Teldec.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 - 2. Andante
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.- Mozart: Piano Concertos No.17, K.453 & No.25, K.503.
- Decca.
- 2.
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Philip Wilby
A Breathless Alleluia
Performer: Black Dyke Band. Performer: Philip Wilby. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.- A Breathless Alleluia.
- NAXOS.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
O praise the Lord with one consent - Chandos anthem no. 9 HWV.254:opening chorus
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Chandos.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 43 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- ALPHA.
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Joseph Horovitz
Sonatina (3rd mvt)
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.- Chandos.
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Terry Riley
The Book of Abbeyozzud (Francesco in Paraiso)
Performer: Tracy Silverman. Performer: David Tanenbaum.- New Albion.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Song of Proserpine
Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.- Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
- Delphian Records.
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Muzio Clementi
Sonatina No 5 in G major for keyboard, Op 36
Performer: Howard Shelley.- HYPERION.
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Giacomo Puccini
Un bel dì vedremo (Madam Butterfly)
Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Edward Downes.- CONIFER.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 'Razumovsky': Allegretto - Maggiore
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- DECCA.
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- Tue 24 Jun 2025 06:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3