
Kickstart your day with the best 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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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Africa - fantasy in G minor Op.89 for piano and orchestra
Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.- Saint-Saëns: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
- BIS.
- 601.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich habe genug (Cantata no. 82, BWV.82)
Singer: Matthias Goerne. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- Bach: Cantatas for Bass.
- harmonia mundi.
- 110.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (3rd mvt)
Conductor: André Cluytens. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
- EMI Classics.
- 7.
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Charles Gounod
Petite Symphonie for Wind Instruments - 3rd movt: Scherzo
Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Decca.
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Hector Berlioz
Béatrice et Bénédict (Overture)
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Berlioz: OVertures: Staatskapelle Dresden/Davis.
- RCA.
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Franz Schubert
Schubert: Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor. Moderato
Performer: Steven Osborne.- Schubert: Piano Sonata & Moments musicaux.
- Hyperion.
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John Barry
Somewhere In Time (Main Theme)
Conductor: John Debney. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.- Somewhere In Time (Original Motion Picture).
- Varese Sarabande.
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Carl Nielsen
Maskarade (Overture)
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.- Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
- Sony Classical.
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Mieczysław Weinberg
Aria, Op 9
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica.- Songs of Fate.
- ECM New Series.
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: I. Scherzo (Transcr. Rachmaninof
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov.- Mendelssohn.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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John Dowland
Flow my tears/Child of Wonder
Composer: Eric Whitacre. Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale.- Rise.
- Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Frédéric Chopin
Study in G major, Op 10 No 5, 'Black key'
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Decca.
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Aram Khachaturian
Gayaneh: Sabre Dance
Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France.- 100 Komponisten, die man gehört haben muss.
- Warner Classics.
- 94.
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José de San Juan
A la Fiesta
Ensemble: Cantoria. Conductor: Jorge Losana. -
Johann Strauss II
Wiener Blut
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev.- Sony.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto in F Major, Hob. XVIII:3 (1st mvt)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.- Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 11.
- Warner Classics.
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Antonín Dvořák
Suite in A major, Op 98b (American)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Channel Classics.
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Angelo Badalamenti
Twin Peaks Theme
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.- Light and Shadow.
- Signum Classics.
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- Tue 8 Jul 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3