Boost your morning with classical music
Linton Stephens 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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Amy Beach
Robin Redbreast (Summer Dreams)
Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov.- Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
- CPO.
- 402.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Rose Garden (The Sea Hawk)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- The Film Music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold: ѿý Phil / Gamba.
- Chandos.
- 14.
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Joachim Raff
Symphony no.3 in F major, Op.153 'Im Walde' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Francesco d'Avalos.- Raff: Symphony No.3.
- ASV Digital.
- 3.
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Gustav Holst
St Paul's Suite Op 29`2 (Finale; The Dargason)
Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Rees.- Wilson: St Kentigern Suite: Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Rees.
- Virgin Classics.
- 23.
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Anne Cawrse
Songs Without Words - 3. Swansong
Ensemble: Benaud Trio.- Anne Cawrse: Songs Without Words.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
- 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wir eilen mit schwachen (Cantata BWV.78)
Singer: Ingrid Schmithüsen. Singer: Charles Brett. Orchestra: La Chapelle Royale. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- Bach / Trauer-ode / La Chapelle Royale.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 12.
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Aaron Copland
Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)
Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Warner.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D major Kk.430
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
- Virgin Classics.
- 7.
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Otto Nicolai
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.- Decca.
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Edvard Grieg
Violin Concerto No 2 in G major, Op 13 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestrator: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestrator: Bernt Simen Lund. Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.- Grieg: Three Concerti for Violin and Orchestra.
- NAXOS.
- 6.
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Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger
Canario
Performer: Matthew Wadsworth. Performer: Gary Cooper. Performer: Mark Levy.- Kapsberger/Piccinini: 14 Silver Strings: Matthew Wadsworth.
- Deux-Elles.
- 22.
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John Ireland
Sea Fever
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.- The Art of Bryn Terfel.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 5.
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Arthur Sullivan
Symphony in E major, 'Irish' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Sullivan: Symphony in E major 'Irish': ѿý Phil/Hickox.
- Chandos.
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Edwin York Bowen
3 Serious dances Op.51 (no.2)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
- Hyperion.
- 14.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jörg Widmann. Ensemble: Arcanto Quartett.- Mozart Clarinet Quintet.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 003.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Platée (Prologue: Overture)
Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- Rameau: Ballet Suites.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Joseph Canteloube
Baïlèro (Chants d'Auvergne - set 1)
Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Pascal Rophé.- Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne.
- BIS.
- 102.
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Johann Joseph Fux
Rondeau à 7 in C major
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Fux: Serenada/Rondeau/Sonata a Quattro: Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt.
- WARNER APEX.
- 1.
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Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari
Intermezzo no.2 (Suite 'The Jewels of the Madonna')
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Christine Messiter. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Wolf-Ferrari: Overtures & Intermezzi: Academy of St. Martin in the Field/Marrine.
- EMI Classics.
- 12.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in E flat major BWV.1031 (3rd mvt)
Music Arranger: Andrew Balio. Performer: Andrew Balio. Performer: Bruce Bengtson.- Soli Deo Gloria: Bach transcriptions for Trumpet and Organ.
- Delos.
- 503.
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Alexander Glazunov
Waltz of the Cornflowers and Poppies [Summer] (The Seasons, Op.67)
Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Wilfred Lehmann.- Colours of Spring.
- ABC Classics.
- 6.
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Florence Price
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (5 Folksongs in Counterpoint)
Performer: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.- Navona Records.
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Jacques Offenbach
La belle Hélène (Overture)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- French Bonbons: ѿý Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier.
- Chandos.
- 10.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Ave Maria (Bogoroditse Djevo) from Vespers, Op 37
Choir: VOCES8.- Lux.
- Decca.
- 10.
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George Gershwin
An American in Paris (orchestral version)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: André Previn.- Previn plays Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, London Symphony Orchestra.
- EMI.
- 2.
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Wilhelm Fitzenhagen
Concert Waltz Op.13
Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Ingemar Brantelid. Performer: Henrik Dam Thomsen. Performer: Fredrik Sjölin.- 48 Strings: Music for 1, 2, 4 & 12 Cellos.
- Naxos.
- 301.
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Claude Debussy
Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire
Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.- Musica Mundi.
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