Boost your morning 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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John Ireland
String Quartet No.2 in C minor (2nd mvt: Nocturne)
Ensemble: Maggini Quartet.- Naxos.
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Edvard Grieg
Ave maris stella
Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: VOCES8.- TWENTY.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 9.
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Henry Litolff
Concerto symphonique No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 123: II. Largo
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- Litolff: Concertos symphoniques Nos. 3 & 5 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 26).
- Hyperion.
- 6.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet in F minor, Op.2 (3rd mvt. Scherzo)
Ensemble: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble.- Coleridge-Taylor.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 26.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Chorale Preludes: Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727
Performer: Hans Fagius.- Bach, J.S.: Organ Music (Complete), Vol. 6.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Gustav Holst
St Paul's Suite op.29 No. 2: Jig
Performer: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.- Let's Dance.
- Analekta.
- 5.
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Hector Berlioz
Rob Roy Overture, H. 54
Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.- Berlioz: Harold in Italy etc..
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 5.
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Johann Friedrich Fasch
Concerto in D major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Mark Bennett. Performer: Andrew Clark. Performer: Paul Goodwin. Performer: Lorraine Wood. Performer: Alberto Grazzi. Performer: Sally Jackson. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Fasch: Concertos/Orchestral suite: The English Concert/Pinnock.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Maria Theresia von Paradis
Sicilienne (Arr. for violin and piano by Samuel Dushkin)
Performer: Maya Magub. Performer: Maya Magub. Performer: Hsin‐I Huang. Performer: Hsin‐I Huang.- Consolations - Liszt: Six Consolations & Other Reflective Pieces for Violin.
- CRD.
- 13.
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Léo Delibes
Mazurka from "Coppélia"
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- Delibes: Coppélia / Chopin: Les Sylphides / Gounod: Faust Ballet Music.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Nicola Fiorenza
Concertone per violino solo in D Major: In tempo giusto
Performer: Gabriele Pro. Orchestra: Enea Barock Orchestra.- Arion.
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Maurice Ravel
Miroirs, M. 43: V. La vallée des cloches (Orch. Grainger)
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.- Grainger - In a Nutshell.
- Warner Classics.
- 7.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: III. Allegro assai
Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23.
- Sony Classical.
- 6.
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Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek
Symphony in D Major (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Arriaga & Voříšek: Symphonies.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies, S.244 - No. 2 in C sharp minor
Performer: Misha Dichter.- Classical Study: Liszt.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 158.
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat mater in F minor (opening)
Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Christopher Lowrey. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.- PERGOLESI - Stabat Mater.
- ALPHA.
- 1.
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Pauline Viardot
Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet)
Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.- Women.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 4.
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Henry Purcell
Rondeau (Abdelazer)
Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- Rondeaux Royaux: The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman.
- Hyperion.
- 11.
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Mary Offer
The Living Fire
Lyricist: Ella Curry. Choir: The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge. Conductor: Benjamin Sheen.- The Living Fire.
- CRD.
- 10.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 6 in B Minor, "Pathétique" (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 & The Nightingale.
- BR-Klassik.
- 103.
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Johannes Brahms
4 Ballades, Op 10: No 2
Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.- Brahms: Piano Works.
- BIS.
- 102.
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Edward Elgar
Cockaigne (In London Town) - Overture
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- BIS.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in E minor, RV.133
Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.- Vivaldi: The French Connection 2.
- Avie.
- 17.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Op. 22: III. Menuetto
Performer: Jonathan Biss.- The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1.
- Orchid Classics.
- 203.
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Darius Milhaud
Brazileira (Scaramouche)
Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.- Decca Classics.
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Joseph Haydn
The Creation: 'Die himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes'
Singer: Christina Landshamer. Singer: Maximilian Schmitt. Singer: Rudolf Rosen. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs‐Élysées. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- PHI.
Broadcast
- Tue 22 Jul 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3