The finest classical music to elevate your morning
Hannah French presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. 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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Johannes Brahms
Waltz in A flat major, Op 39 No 15
Performer: Catrin Finch. Music Arranger: Catrin Finch.- Lullabies.
- DG.
- 10.
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Giuseppe Verdi
The Sicillian Vespers (Ballet of the Four Seasons: Summer)
Orchestra: Orchestra La Scintilla. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.- Accentus.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Serenade in E major Op.22 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- Dvorak, Bartok, Wolf: Saito Kinen, Ozawa.
- Philips.
- 2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, K. 447: III. Allegro
Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.- Mozart: Horn Concertos.
- BIS.
- 9.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wie furchtsam wankten meine Schritte (Cantata BWV.33)
Music Arranger: Sonia Wieder‐Atherton. Music Arranger: Imogen Cooper. Performer: Sonia Wieder‐Atherton. Performer: Imogen Cooper.- Brahms Bach.
- RCA.
- 001.
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Joseph Haydn
Notturno no.8 in C major H.2.32
Ensemble: Mozzafiato. Ensemble: L’Archibudelli.- Haydn: 8 Notturni for the King of Naples.
- Sony Classical.
- 8.
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Hans Gál
Oboe Sonata Op.85 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Viola Wilmsen. Performer: Kimiko Imani.- Gál, Martinu, Haas, Janácek & Slavicky: Oboe & Piano.
- CAvi Music.
- 107.
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Edward Elgar
March (The Wand of Youth Suite No 2)
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & 2: New Zealand SO/Judd.
- Naxos.
- 8.
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George Frideric Handel
As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)
Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Charles Gounod
String Quartet no.3 in A minor (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Cambini-Paris.- Gounod: Complete String Quartets.
- 貹é.
- 111.
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Frédéric Chopin
Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- Benjamin Grosvenor: Homages.
- Decca.
- 009.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Cinderella Op.87 (Grand Waltz)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Decca.
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Rodion Shchedrin
The Sealed Angel: VIII.
Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: David Trendell. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber.- Rodion Shchedrin: The Sealed Angel.
- Delphian Records.
- 8.
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Clarence Cameron White
Basque folk song
Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.- Sono Luminus.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Valse-scherzo in C major Op.34
Performer: Esther Yoo. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Tchaikovsky.
- Universal Music Ltd..
- 7.
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Karl Jenkins
Palladio (1st mvt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.- Karl Jenkins: Quirk, Sarikiz & Over the Stone.
- Warner Classics.
- 114.
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Gustav Holst
Symphony in F, Op 8 'The Cotswolds' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Chandos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando
Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Beethoven: The Complete Concertos.
- Warner Classics.
- 3.
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Alessandro Striggio
Ecce beatam lucem
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Director: Hervé Niquet.- Striggio: Mass for 40 & 60 Voices.
- Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
- 17.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in A major, K 331 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Federico Colli.- CHANDOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Double Concerto in D minor, BWV.1043
Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.- J.S.Bach, Solo & Double Violin Concertos.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 1.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Valse nonchalante Op.110
Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.- Erato.
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Max Richter
Sketchbook
Ensemble: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Max Richter: Memoryhouse.
- Late Junction.
- 8.
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Pierre Villette
Hymne à la Vierge, Op. 24
Lyricist: Roland Bouhéret. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: Holst Singers.- Villette: Choral Music.
- Hyperion.
- 2.
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Gioachino Rossini
The Silken Ladder (Overture)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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- Fri 29 Aug 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3