
Birdsong and Bach to banish those morning blues
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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Fanny Mendelssohn
The Year (December & Epilogue)
Performer: Lauma Skride.- Sony Classical.
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Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo)
Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.- SONY.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 3 in C major, Op 52 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.- Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments.
- CHANDOS.
- 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in D Minor, BWV 964: III. Andante
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Bach: The French Suites, BWV 812-817.
- Hyperion.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80 - III. Allegro molto
Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.- Coleridge-Taylor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Robert Schumann
Traumerei (Kinderszenen, Op 15) arr. for guitar
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.- The Moon and the Forest.
- Decca.
- 8.
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Johannes Brahms
5 Lieder, Op. 41: No. 1. Ich schwing mein Horn
Choir: MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig. Conductor: Wolf-Dieter Hauschild.- Brahms: Complete Choral Works.
- Orfeo.
- 501.
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Jean Françaix
Clarinet Concerto: III. Andantino
Performer: Elizabeth Jordan. Conductor: Stephen Barlow. Orchestra: Northern Chamber Orchestra.- Kaleidoscope.
- Orchid Classics.
- 103.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: IV. Finale. Allegro assai
Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.- Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 40 - Oboe Concerto.
- 貹é.
- 11.
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Rachel Portman
Tipping Point - VI. Epilogue
Performer: Niklas Liepe. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Erina Yashima.- Sony Classical.
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Frédéric Chopin
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op.60
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Chopin - Late Masterpieces.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: No. 9, Finale
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- Bernstein: West Side Story's Symphonic Dances - Divertimento & Facsimile.
- Warner Classics.
- 10.
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Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Rossini Overtures.
- WARNER.
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Francis Poulenc
Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria)
Choir: ѿý Singers. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Chandos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: V. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace
Performer: Sebastian Manz. Performer: Theo Plath. Performer: Felix Klieser. Performer: Franziska Hölscher. Performer: Haesue Lee. Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Dominik Wagner.- Beethoven - C. Kreutzer: Septets.
- CAvi-music.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 cellos in G minor, RV 531
Performer: Vladimir Waltham. Performer: Carina Drury. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.- Vivaldi X2².
- Signum Classics.
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Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)
Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.- Sibelius: Symphony No.1, Karelia etc: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Saraste.
- RCA.
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Henry Walford Davies
Psalm 121
Performer: Christopher Eastwood. Conductor: David Price. Conductor: David Price. Ensemble: Portsmouth Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: Portsmouth Cathedral Choir.- Portsmouth Remembers - Choral Music.
- Guild GmbH.
- 18.
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Robert Fuchs
Piano Concerto in B-Flat Minor, Op. 27: III. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo
Performer: Martin Roscoe. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- Fuchs & Kiel: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 31).
- Hyperion.
- 3.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Bachianas Brasileiras No.1, Introduction. Embolada
Ensemble: Rondo Violoncello.- Rondo Violincello / Peter Buck.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 1.
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Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider.- Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems.
- Bru Zane.
- 5.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G major Op.77`1 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Decca.
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Karl Jenkins
Euphonium concerto (2nd mvt - Romanza)
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.- Chandos.
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Edward Elgar
Moths and Butterflies (The Wand of Youth Suite No 2)
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & 2: New Zealand SO/Judd.
- Naxos.
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Giacomo Puccini
E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni.- Il Tenore.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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