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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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Johann Stamitz
Symphony in D major, Op 4 No 2, 'Symphonie pastorale' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.- Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
- Sony Classical.
- 23.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor Op.13 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Ingrid Fliter.- Beethoven: Sonatas.
- Warner Classics.
- 2.
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Frank Bridge
Valse intermezzo
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Bridge: Orchestral works vol.5: ѿý NOW/Hickox.
- CHANDOS.
- 14.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major BWV.1049 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Koopman.
- Erato.
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Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé Suite no.2 (Lever du jour)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
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Benjamin Britten, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, James Lancelot, Philip Ledger & Rory Phillips
Te Deum in C major
- Decca.
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Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek
Donna Diana: Overture
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.- Overtures: Mozart - Nicolai - Strauss, Jr. - von Weber - Thomas.
- Sony Classical.
- 3.
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Franz Liszt
Am Meer, S. 560/4 (After Schubert, D. 957/12)
Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.- Alexandre Kantorow plays Brahms and Schubert.
- BIS.
- 9.
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Igor Stravinsky
Danse russe (3 Movements from Petrushka)
Performer: Yuja Wang.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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William Herschel
Symphony No.13 in D major
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- CHANDOS.
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Edward Elgar
Nursery Suite: V. The Wagon (Passes) (Allegretto)
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.- Elgar Wand of Youth.
- Halle Concerts Society.
- 19.
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Josef Lanner
Die Mozartisten - waltz Op.196
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- New Years Concert 2006.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 7.
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Francis Poulenc
Rondeau (Les Biches)
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.- Signum.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano quartet No 3 in C minor, Op 60 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Performer: Maria Nowak. Performer: Katarzyna Budnik-Gałązka. Performer: Yuya Okamoto.- Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: III. Andante.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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James MacMillan
A New Song
Performer: Christopher Glynn. Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.- Great British Choral Works: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
- Coro.
- 14.
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Charles Gounod
Jewel Song from Faust
Singer: Carolina López Moreno. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Maurizio Benini. -
Fela Sowande
African Suite: V. Akinla: Allegro non troppo
Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.- African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1.
- Cedille.
- 8.
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Augusta Holmès
Overture for a Comedy
Orchestra: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Samuel Friedmann. Conductor: Samuel Friedmann.- Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works.
- Marco Polo.
- 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Bojan Cicic Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in E minor BWV 1023
Performer: Bojan Čičić. Performer: Bojan Čičić. Performer: Stephen Farr. Performer: Stephen Farr. -
Trad.
Danza del Altiplano
Music Arranger: Leo Brouwer. Performer: Robert Beer.- Cuban Landscape.
- Koch.
- 19.
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George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- Gershwin, Ravel: Piano Concertos: Grimaud, Zinman.
- Erato.
- 2.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 13 in D Major, Hob. I:13: I. Allegro Molto
Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Haydn 2032, Vol. 17: Per il Luigi.
- Alpha Classics.
- 11.
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Antoine Reicha
Andante No 1 in E flat major
Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.- BIS.
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John Cage
All Sides of the Small Stone, for Erik Satie
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.- Erato.
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Malcolm Arnold
4 English dances - set 2 Op.33 (no.1)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.- Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
- Chandos.
- 5.
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