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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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Music Played

  • François-Joseph Gossec

    Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major Op.12, 1st Movement

    Orchestra: Les Agrémens. Conductor: Guy Van Waas.
    • Gossec: Symphonies Oeuvre XII.
    • Ricercar.
    • 1.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • American Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV 1165

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J. S. Bach: The Motets.
    • EuroArts Music International.
    • 3.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter (The Planets)

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Holst: The Planets Suite.
    • Chandos.
    • 013.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Darf ich...

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Onyx.
  • Larry Pruden

    Flight of the Albatross

    Performer: Tessa Petersen. Performer: John van Buskirk.
    • Release: The Mozart Fellowship.
    • TESSA PETERSEN.
    • 12.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat (Alpha Collection).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No.1 in F minor, Op.22 (2nd mvt: Adagio)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 08.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Grande Sonate in G Major, Op. 37: VI. Finale. Allegro vivace

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 37 & 80.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Luisa Miller (Overture)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Verdi: 7 Overtures: NPO, Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Euryanthe, Op. 81: Overture

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Overtures: Mozart - Nicolai - Strauss, Jr. - von Weber - Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Edvard Grieg

    To the Spring (Lyric Pieces, Op.43)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.
  • Neil Diamond

    Sweet Caroline

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • The Best of Neil Diamond Performed By the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Dance Plant Records Inc.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    10 Pieces for Piano, Op. 12: No. 6, Legend

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.
    • Legends.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 20.
  • 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.
    • 8.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Sonata In G Minor For Cello & Piano, Op. 65 - 2. Scherzo (Allegro con br

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • Rachmaninov & Chopin Cello Sonatas.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Patrick Gowers

    An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Images.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major for the left hand

    Performer: Yeol Eum Son. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.
    • Ravel Concertos - Bach/Wittgenstein.
    • Naive.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Mass in F minor (Benedictus)

    Singer: Juliet Booth. Singer: Jean Rigby. Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Singer: Gwynne Howell. Ensemble: Corydon Singers. Orchestra: Corydon Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Bruckner: Mass In F Minor.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Tragic Overture, Op. 81

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 2.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 2.
  • Giovanni Battista Vitali

    Sonate da camera, Op. 14 (Excerpts Arr. for Chamber Ensemble): Suite No. 3

    Performer: Alessandro Andiani. Conductor: Claudio Andriani. Ensemble: Italico Splendore.
    • Vitali: Sonate da camera, Op. 14 (Excerpts Arr. for Chamber Ensemble).
    • Tactus.
    • 3.
  • Tom Lehrer

    The Masochism Tango

    Singer: Tom Lehrer.
    • The Songs of Tom Lehrer.
    • Kessels.
    • 22.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni, K. 527 / Act 1 - "Là ci darem la mano"

    Lyricist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Singer: Miah Persson. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Romantic Mozart.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 78.

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