Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong
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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Georges Delerue
La passante du Sans-Souci
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.- Erato.
- 5419779905.
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Frederick Delius
The Walk to the Paradise Garden (from A Village Romeo and Juliet)
Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Argo.
- 4302022.
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Thomas Tomkins
When David Heard That Absalom Was Slain
Ensemble: Stile Antico.- Harmonia Mundi.
- HMU807554.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and fugue from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.2 no. 1 (BWV.870)
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Hyperion.
- CDA67741/4.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 60 in C Major, Hob. I:60 "Il distratto": IV. Presto
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Warner.
- 190296684586.
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Marie Jaëll
Cello Concerto in F Major, 3rd Mvt: Andantino Sostenuto
Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Rakitina.- Sony.
- G010005505549R.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz A-Flat Major, Op. 42
Performer: Dmitri Alexeev.- EMI.
- 190374816434.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Die Schone Melusine - overture Op.32
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio Méndez..- Linn Records.
- CKD555M.
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Orlando Gibbons
Fantasia a 6 (MB.48.35)
Performer: Susanna Pell. Performer: Asako Morikawa. Ensemble: Phantasm.- Avie.
- AV0032.
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Antonín Dvořák
Scherzo capriccioso Op. 66
Orchestrator: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- EMI.
- 5008782.
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Nadia Boulanger
3 Pieces for cello and piano; no.1 in E flat minor; Modere
Performer: Johannes Moser. Performer: Gamal Khamis. -
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Heyr þú oss himnum á (Hear us in the heavens)
Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.- Harmonia Mundi.
- HMM905330.
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Claude Debussy
Symphony in B minor (arr. T. Finno for orchestra) - II. Un poco lento, cantabile
Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.- Naxos.
- 8509002.
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George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks; Overture
Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Sinkovsky.- Pentatone.
- PTC5187013.
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Hubert Parry
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor: II. Molto adagio
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- CHANDOS.
- 1332706.
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Georges Bizet
Jeux d'enfants, Op.22; Galop - Le Bal
Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.- Mirare.
- MIR036.
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Florence Price
Clouds
Performer: Lara Downes.- Flipside Music.
- FL0026.
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Giacomo Puccini
Turandot - opera in 3 acts: Act 3 sc.1; Nessun dorma
Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: The Apollo Voices. Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni.- Decca.
- 00028948529650.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria (Arr. for Clarinet and Bass)
Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Sebastien Dubé.- Sony.
- G0100055490334.
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Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas
Concerto no. 4 in D major for violin and orchestra: 1st mvt; Allegro
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege.- Cedille.
- CDR90000035.
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Johannes Eccard
Maria, das Jungfräuelein
Choir: Vocal Concert Dresden.. Choir: Capella de la Torre. Conductor: Peter Kopp. -
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No.14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": I. Allegro
Music Arranger: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.- Alpha.
- ALPHA265.
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Elizabeth Maconchy
Proud Thames - coronation overture
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- Lyrita.
- SRCD288.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro - opera in 4 acts K.492: Act 2, no.11; Voi, che sapete
Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- DG.
- 4779172.
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Edward Elgar
La Capricieuse Op.17 for violin and piano
Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.- Decca.
- 478 9377.
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- Wed 13 Aug 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3