Brighten your day with classical music
Mark Forrest presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
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Franz Liszt
Liebestraum No 3 in A flat major
Performer: Saskia Giorgini.- Consolations.
- PENTATONE.
- 13.
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Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Amadis (Chaconne)
Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante. Director: Skip Sempé.- Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles.
- Alpha.
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Gustav Holst
Nocturne (A Moorside Suite)
Music Arranger: Peter Dörpinghaus. Ensemble: Salaputia Brass.- Roots.
- Oehms Classics.
- 202.
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Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces, Op 43 No.1 Butterfly & No.4 Little Bird
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- EMI.
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Ēriks Ešenvalds
Stars
Choir: Vasari Singers. Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse.- Heaven Full of Stars.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Stabat Mater in F Minor, RV 621: Nos. 1-4
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Alessandro Tampieri.- Invocazioni Mariane.
- Believe Group.
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Cécile Chaminade
Sérénade espagnole
Performer: Christian-Pierre La Marca. Performer: Amandine Savary.- L'heure exquise.
- Sony Classical.
- 9.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 1: II. Intermezzo (Arr. by Ernest Guiraud)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.- Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 & Symphony No. 1 - Gounod: Petite Symphonie.
- Linn Records.
- 2.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in D major H.16.37
Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.- CHANDOS.
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Gerald Finzi
A Severn Rhapsody Op.3
Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi.
- Decca.
- 16.
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Hugo Alfvén
Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King Op.37)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- World Encores: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Jansons.
- EMI Classics.
- 3.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: I. Adagio - Allegro con brio
Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Wen Xiao Zheng. Performer: Hanno Simons. Performer: Christopher Corbett. Performer: Marco Postinghel. Performer: Eric Terwilliger. Singer: Heinrich Braun.- Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Op. 61, Septet, Op. 20 & Variations on Folk Songs, O.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Leokadiya Kashperova
Two Autumn Leaves: No 1 (Au sein de la nature)
Performer: Mengjie Han. -
John Ireland
A Downland Suite (3rd mvt: Minuet)
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- John Ireland: Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
- 4.
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: No. 7, Notturno. Andante tranquillo
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- Mendelssohn: Symphonies.
- Alpha Classics.
- 5.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto (finale)
Performer: Emanuele Delucchi. Music Arranger: Leopold Godowsky.- Godowsky: Transcriptions.
- PIANO CLASSICS.
- 4.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 "Turkish" - III. Rondeau
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.- Mozart: The Violin Concertos.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 15.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Pastorale
Performer: Emily Beynon. Performer: Andrew West.- HYPERION.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Folk Festival (The Gadfly)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol.2: ѿý Phil, Sinaisky.
- Chandos.
- 8.
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Caroline Shaw
And the swallow
Conductor: Paul Hillier. Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen.- ...and....
- Naxos.
- 1.
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William Grant Still
Summerland (3 Visions)
Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.- Fantasie.
- Sony Classical.
- 9.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16: I. Allegro moderato
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Brahms: Serenades.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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John Dankworth
Who is Sylvia?
Performer: Cleo Laine. Performer: John Dankworth.- Philips.
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Maurice Ravel
String Quartet (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- Debussy, Attahir, Ravel.
- ERATO.
- 11.
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- Sun 17 Aug 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3