
Ease into 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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Agostino Steffani
Sfere amiche (Niobe, regina di Tebe)
Performer: Paul O’Dette. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra. Director: Stephen Stubbs.- ERATO.
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Josef Rheinberger
Nonet in E flat major, Op 139 (4th mvt)
Performer: Zoltán Gyöngyössy. Performer: Ica Csizmadia. Performer: Csaba Klenyán. Performer: György Lakatos. Performer: Gabor Bizjak. Performer: Péter Somogyi. Performer: Marta Melis. Performer: Marcell Vamos. Performer: István Lukácsházi.- Hungaroton.
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Danny Boy (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Karl Jenkins)
Music Arranger: Karl Jenkins. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.- Virtuoso: Music for Euphonium & Brass Band.
- Naxos.
- 102.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro
Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Ensemble: Berlin Baroque. Ensemble: Berlin Baroque.- Bach: Violin Concertos.
- haenssler CLASSIC.
- 201.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite (Overture; Serenata; Scherzino)
Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- BIS.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 82 in C major, 'The Bear' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.- Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83 & 84: Tafelmusik/Weil.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
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Henryk Wieniawski
Légende Op.17
Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- Beethoven and Beyond.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 7.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Dance of the Tumblers (The Snow Maiden)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- The Best of The Academy.
- EMI Classics.
- 15.
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Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
Pseudo-yoik
Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.- In Your Dreams.
- Delphian Records.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Artemis Quartet.- Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 13 "Rosamunde", 14 "Death and the Maiden" & 15.
- Warner Classics.
- 12.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
God is our refuge, K. 20
Choir: Wiener Kammerchor. Conductor: Johannes Prinz.- Johann Michael Haydn: Deutsche Messe.
- Carus.
- 3.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mass in C Minor, K. 427, "Great Mass" (Qui tollis)
Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.- Mozart: Requiem & Mass in C minor.
- Warner Classics.
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Fritz Kreisler
Toy Soldier's March
Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.- Kreisler: Violin Music.
- Hyperion.
- 9.
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Franz Lehár
Sirens of the Ball
Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.- Warner Classics.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral Symphony" (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3, "A Pastoral Symphony" & Symphony No. 7, "Sinfo.
- Warner Classics.
- 7.
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Heraclio Fernández
El Diablo Suelto
Performer: John Williams.- Sony.
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Jules Massenet
Meditation (Thaïs)
Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits.
- EMI Classics.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Marianna Martines
Harpsichord Concerto in E major (1st mvt)
Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Ensemble: La Floridiana.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Eric Coates
The Three Men (1st mvt. The Man from the Country)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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Florence Price
Symphony no.4 in D minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 – William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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William Walton
'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue
Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Hyperion.
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Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin
Eight Concert Studies for Piano, Op. 40 (III. Toccatina)
Performer: Yuja Wang.- The Berlin Recital – Encores.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Howard Ferguson
Concerto Op.12 for piano and strings (3rd mvt)
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.- Ferguson/Gerhard: Piano Concertos.
- Naxos.
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Max Bruch
String Quintet in A minor (4th mvt)
Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Performer: Sandis Šteinbergs. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Ilze Kļava. Performer: Reinis Birznieks.- Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 etc..
- BIS.
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- Thu 10 Jul 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3