
Launch the 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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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E, K380, Andante commodo
Performer: Yuja Wang.- DG.
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Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco
Guitar Quintet - 2nd mvt
Performer: Marisa Minder.- Hans Haug & Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Chamber Works.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Children's Intermezzo (Othello)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.- Coleridge-Taylor: Othello, Op. 79: II. Children's Intermezzo.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Cantata no.1)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Director: Ton Koopman.- Bach - Complete Cantatas 13.
- Challenge Classics.
- 1.
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Edward Elgar
Two Pieces, Op. 15: I. Chanson de matin
Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.- American and English Orchestral Music.
- Claves Records.
- 15.
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Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45: II. Allegretto espressivo alla romanza
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- To the Spring.
- Orchid Classics.
- 10.
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Antonín Dvořák
Humoresque Op.101 No. 7
Ensemble: Tokyo Clarinet Ensemble.- Clarinet Ensemble.
- Universal Music LLC.
- 4.
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Isabella Leonarda
Sonata prima, Op. 16 No. 1
Ensemble: La Cigale. Director: Madeleine Owen.- ANALEKTA.
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Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Conductor: Stephanie Gonley. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Molly on the Shore.
- The Sound Corporation.
- 1.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata, arr. horn and piano (3rd mvt)
Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Richard Uttley. -
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sonata in C Minor for Keyboard and Violin, Wq78: I. Allegro moderato
- Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord.
- Challenge Classics.
- 6.
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Carl Nielsen
Serenade FS. 300
Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Choir: Michael Schønwandt.- DACAPO.
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David Bedford
Symphony No 1 (Presto)
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Bedford.
- NMC.
- 4.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto for violin and orch (Op.64) in E minor, 3rd mvt; Allegro molto vivace
Performer: Sebastian Bohren. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- RCA RED SEAL.
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Charles Gounod
Ronde du Veau d'or (Mephistopheles' aria) from Faust
Singer: Adam Palka. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Maurizio Benini. -
Claude Debussy
Piano Trio in G Major (1st mvt)
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Renaud Capuçon.- Debussy: Sonatas and Piano Trio.
- Erato.
- 11.
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Ethel Smyth
The Boatswain's Mate - Overture
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- Dan Godfrey - Encores.
- Dutton Epoch.
- 4.
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Robert Schumann
Arabeske in C major Op.18
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: I. Adagio - Allegro con brio
Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists. Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.- Beethoven and Berwald: Septets.
- BIS.
- 101.
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Leos Janáček
Moon Waltz (The Excursions of Mr Broucek - Suite)
Music Arranger: Jaroslav Smolka. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.- Janacek: The Eternal Gospel; The Excursions of Mr Broucek.
- Hyperion.
- 8.
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Clara Schumann
Gondoliera (3 Part-songs for chorus)
Choir: North German Radio Choir. Director: Philipp Ahmann.- ES-Dur.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.83 ( 4th mvt)
Performer: Emanuel Ax. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Sony.
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William Lawes
Royal Consort Sett no. 6 in D major
Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm.- LINN.
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Florence Price
Dances in the Canebrakes (Tropical Noon)
Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.- Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
- Cedille.
- 2.
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Antonio Vivaldi
No. 6 in A minor RV356 (from 'L'estro armonico' Op. 3): I. Allegro
Ensemble: Europa Galante.- Vivaldi - L'Estro Armonico, Op.3.
- Warner Classics.
- 108.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Tarentelle Op.6
Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.- Synergy.
- BIS.
- 20.
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