
Brighten your day with classical music
Mark Forrest presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
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Frédéric Chopin
Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 51
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.- Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes & Mazurkas.
- Hyperion.
- 18.
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Concerto for two oboes in F major, Op 9 No 3 (1st mvmt, Allegro)
Performer: Gail Hennessy. Performer: Rachel Chaplin. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.- The Italian Job.
- AVIE Records.
- 18.
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Maurice Ravel
Histoires Naturelles
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ashley Riches.- A Musical Zoo.
- CHANDOS.
- 8-12.
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Michael Tippett
Deep River (5 Spirituals from 'A Child of our Time')
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Collins Classics.
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Madeleine Dring
Blue air (Colour suite)
Performer: Sarah Cahill.- The Future is Female, Vol. 2: The Dance.
- First Hand Records.
- 1.
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Frank Bridge
Two Entr'actes: Rosemary
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Gerald Finzi
Eclogue, Op. 10
Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.- Finzi: Cello Concerto, Eclogue, etc..
- Chandos.
- 104.
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Louise Farrenc
Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.- Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
- Divox.
- 4.
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Lucy Walker
Love flows
Choir: St Martin's Voices. Director: Andrew Earis.- RESONUS.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Havanaise Op.83
Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- Beethoven and Beyond.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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Andrey Sychra
Prelude in D minor
Performer: Aynur Begutov.- BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in G minor, RV.495
Performer: Peter Whelan. Ensemble: Jupiter. Director: Thomas Dunford.- Alpha.
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George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess - suite arr. Jascha Heifetz: Summertime - A woman is a sometime thing
Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Performer: Huw Watkins.- An American in Paris: Tamsin Waley-Cohen/Huw Watkins.
- CHAMPS HILL.
- 009.
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Gaetano Donizetti
L'elisir d'amore, Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima" (Nemorino)
Singer: Pene Pati. Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume.- Pene Pati.
- Warner Classics.
- 10.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet in C major K.515 (4th mvt)
Performer: Quatuor Ébène. Ensemble: Antoine Tamestit.- Mozart: String Quintets K. 515 & 516.
- ERATO.
- 4.
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Mel Bonis
Meditation
Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.- Fortissima.
- SONY CLASSICAL.
- 1.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon duodecimi toni à 8 (Sacrae symphoniae, 1597)
Ensemble: Oltremontano. Director: Wim Becu.- Accent.
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William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.- African American Voices.
- Linn Records.
- 1.
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Léo Delibes
Waltz (Coppelia)
Music Arranger: Erno Dohnanyi. Performer: Polina Leschenko.- ALPHA.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa solemnis, Op 123 (Kyrie)
Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Jennifer Johnston. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Matthew Rose. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Gardiner.
- SDG.
- 1.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in A major H.15.18 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.- Philips.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D Major 'Classical', Op. 25: IV. Finale (Molto vivace)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.- Violin Concertos Collection.
- Linn Records.
- 39.
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