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Start the day on the right note with classical music

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 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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Music Played

  • Juan Crisostomo Arriaga

    String Quartet No. 1 in D minor - 2. Adagio con espressione

    Ensemble: Guarneri Quartet.
    • Arriaga: The String Quartets.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Frederick Delius

    Summer Night on the River

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Sony.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto, BWV 971

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concertos: SCO / Collins.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Margaret Lensky

    Ave Generosa

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • A Mother's Love - Music For Mary.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 9.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet No 11 in E major, G 275 (Minuetto)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    12 Studies, Op 10: No 8 in F major

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Concerto in F major for Recorder, Strings and Continuo - mov. 3

    Performer: Thomas Triesschijn. Ensemble: The Counterpoints.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Performer: George Ireland. Singer: Hugh Cutting.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op.37: viii. August (Harvest)

    • Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 & The Seasons.
    • Chandos.
    • 122.

  • Philip Glass

    Glassworks (Opening)

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Performer: Philip Glass. Conductor: Michael Riesman.
    • Columbia.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding-cake Op.76

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.

  • Michael Haydn

    Bassoon Concertino in B flat major

    Performer: Laurence Perkins. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Bassoon Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words in D Major, Op. 109

    • Works for Cello and Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Mart铆nez.
    • Chandos.

  • Jerome Moross

    The Big Country (Main theme)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tony Bremner.
    • The Big Country.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 1.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    M茅lodie (2 Pieces Op.20)

    Performer: Jamie Walton. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 9 in G Major, Op. 8: II. Largo

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Renaud Capu莽on.
    • Vivaldi: Les 4 Saisons.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.8 in F major Op.93 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
    • 6.

  • George Enescu

    Ballade for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 4a

    Performer: Charlie Siem. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Oleg Caetani.
    • Brahms & Enescu.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 4 in D Minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Price: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor: III. Juba. Allegro.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op 27 No 4

    Singer: Janet Baker. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • Strauss: English Song: Dame Janet Baker.
    • EMI.
    • 26.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Allegro & Alla hornpipe (Water Music)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Handel: Fireworks Music & Water Music.
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
    • 25.

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