
Start the day on the right note 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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Germaine Tailleferre
Sonate Champetre: II. Andantino
Ensemble: Tailleferre Ensemble.- There are Things to be Said.
- Ulysses Arts.
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Alexander Glazunov
Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.55 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.- Glazunov: Symphony no.5/The Seasons.
- WARNER.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in F major, Op 74 No 2 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Hyperion.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Overture in the french style in B minor, BWV 831; I. Ouverture
Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- ï.
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Peter Warlock
Capriol Suite
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.- English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
- Warner Apex.
- 7.
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Thomas Tallis
O sacrum convivium
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- The Tallis Scholars sing Thomas Tallis.
- Gimell Records.
- 22.
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François-Joseph Gossec
Tambourin
Performer: Şefika Kutluer. Performer: Craig Ogden.- Bizet - Ravel - Debussy - Fauré - Ibert: Carmen Fantasy for Flute & Piano.
- VDE-GALLO.
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Philip Glass
Violin Concerto no.1 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425
Performer: Giovanni Scaramuzzino. Orchestra: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.- Vivaldi: Concerti per mandolini: Europa Galante/Biondi.
- Virgin Veritas.
- 16-18.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Much Ado About Nothing Suite; Garden Scene
Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Performer: Piers Lane. Music Arranger: Raphael Wallfisch. -
Arthur Sullivan
The Gondoliers : Overture
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- Sullivan: Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures.
- Naxos.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture (Suite) in A major TWV 55:a2 (Minuets I & II; Rejouissance)
Performer: Erik Bosgraaf. Ensemble: Cordevento.- Brilliant Classics 95248.
- Brilliant Classics.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
English folk song suite for military band (arr for orchestra)
Music Arranger: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- ONYX.
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Gabriela Montero
Piano Concerto No. 1, "Latin" (3rd mvt)
Performer: Gabriela Montero. Performer: Orchestra of the Americas. Performer: Carlos Miguel Prieto.- Orchid Classics.
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Leopold Mozart
Symphony in G Major (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.- Mozart, L.: Toy Symphony / Symphony in G Major, "Neue Lambacher" / Symphonies, E.
- Naxos.
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Johann Strauss II
The Blue Danube
Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.- Johann Strauss Concert.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Robert Schumann
Six Studies in Canon Form Op. 56: 1,2 & 3
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Music Arranger: Claude Debussy.- Live from Buenos Aires - Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1-3.
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Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco
Guitar Concerto no.1 in D major Op.99 (3rd mvt)
Performer: John Williams. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.- Guitar Concertos by Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos and Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
- Sony Classical.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Orfeo.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat BWV 243a: Fecit potentiam; Sicut locutus est; Gloria Patri
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt. Singer: Joanne Lunn. Singer: Julia Doyle. Singer: Clare Wilkinson. Singer: Nicholas Mulroy. Singer: Matthew Brook.- Linn.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
6 Character pieces (No.5)
Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.- BIS.
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