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Roll out of bed into 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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Music Played

  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Prelude: J'étais endormie, mais mon cœur veillait...

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Good Night!.
    • ERATO.
    • 16.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie concertante in A major Op.9`2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Ježek. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Halász. Conductor: Michael Halász.
    • Saint-Georges: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Richard Strauss

    Dreaming by the Fireside (4 Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • ABC.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor, BWV 1056

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Bach: Harpsichord Concertos: Rousset/AAM/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4, Capriccio Italien: Berliner Philharmoniker, Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in C major, Op 24 No 2

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus, K 618

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Mozart: Requiem.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 016.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Scherzo in A major TWV 42:A4 (Lunedi)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Symposium.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio

    Performer: Liya Petrova. Performer: Boris Kusnezow.
    • Beethoven, Britten & Barber.
    • Mirare.
    • 103.
  • Bernhard Crusell

    Clarinet Concerto no. 3 in B flat major Op.11 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Crusell: The Three Clarinet Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op. 22: No. 3

    • Schumann: Works for Cello & Piano.
    • IBS Classical.
    • 3.
  • Charlotte Sohy

    4 Pieces romantiques for piano, Op.30 (No.2 - Valse)

    Performer: Marie Vermeulin.
    • Charlotte Sohy: Piano Music.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
    • 13.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorák In Prague: A Celebration (Remastered).
    • Sony.
    • 4.
  • Thomas Vautor

    Sweet Suffolk Owl

    Ensemble: Gesualdo Consort. Conductor: Gerald Place.
    • Vautor: Sing on Sister - Songs of Divers Airs and Natures.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 11.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Variations in F major, Op.34

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Symphonies.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 8.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Mendelssohn/Bruch - Violin Concertos; Romance: Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Festival Overture Op.4 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Slovenská filharmónia. Conductor: Leoš Svárovský.
    • Smetana: Swedish Symphonic Poems.
    • Naxos.
    • 401.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Introduction & Fandango (arr for guitar quartet)

    Music Arranger: Jeremy Sparks. Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • Dances Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Amy Beach

    Pastorale Op.151

    Ensemble: Blásarakvintett Reykjavíkur.
    • Barber: Summer Music - Beach: Pastorale and Other American Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • Arthur Butterworth

    Gigues

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Butterworth.
    • A Butterworth, Symphony no.5: RSNO/Butterworth.
    • Epoch.
    • 10.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Naïve Waltz

    Ensemble: The Smith Quartet.
    • The Smith Quartet: Dances.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 12.
  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Hyperion.

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