Boost your morning with classical music
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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William Byrd
Prelude and ground à 5
Ensemble: Newberry Consort. Director: Mary Springfels.- A Candle in the Dark: The Newberry Consort.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 18 in F Major, K. 130: II. Andante grazioso
Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Mozart: The Symphonies.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Khovanshchina (Prelude [Dawn over the Moscow River])
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Accentus Music.
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Craig Armstrong
Balcony Scene (From "Romeo & Juliet")
Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.- Shakespeare In Music & Words.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
- 8.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein, No. 4, BWV 734
Performer: Murray Perahia. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.- Songs Without Words.
- Sony Classical.
- 3.
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Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello
Overture-Suite in D Major (Ciaccona)
Orchestra: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.- Forza azzurri! Music by Dall’abaco, Brescianello, Sammartini, Vivaldi and Zavate.
- Signum Classics.
- 24.
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Frédéric Chopin
'Raindrop' Prelude in D flat major (24 Preludes Op.28)
Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.- Prelude Chopin: Alexandra Dariescu.
- Champs Hill.
- 15.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pastorale
Performer: Branford Marsalis. Music Arranger: Michel Colombier. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Romances For Saxophone.
- Sony Classical.
- 5.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante semplice - And
Performer: Anthony Marwood. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.- Coleridge-Taylor & Somervell: Violin Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Violin Concert.
- Hyperion.
- 2.
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Leos Janáček
Sokol Fanfare (Sinfonietta)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- Great Orchestral Showpieces, Vol.1.
- Philips.
- 1.
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Hamish MacCunn
The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (Overture)
Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
- Hyperion.
- 001.
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Franz Liszt
Les Jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage (3eme annee)
Performer: Imogen Cooper.- Le temps perdu.
- CHANDOS.
- 12.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Violin Concerto in A Major, TWV 51:A4 \"Die Relinge\": I. Allegro
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.- Telemann: Violin Concerto in A Major, TWV 51:A4 \"Die Relinge\": I. Allegro.
- harmonia mundi.
- 1.
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Florence Price
Colonial Dance
Orchestra: Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen. Conductor: John Jeter.- Price: Songs of the Oak.
- Naxos.
- 5.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163: IV. Allegro
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9.
- Pentatone.
- 8.
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George Frideric Handel
The many rend the skies (Alexander's Feast, HWV 75)
Choir: Bach Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: David Hill.- BIS.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Dance of the Paper Umbrellas
Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Northey.- The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection.
- Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
- 84.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.1 in C Major Op.21, 1st Movement
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Emanuel Ax.- Sony.
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Giulio Caccini
Ave Maria
Singer: Inese Galante. Orchestra: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aleksandrs Viļumanis.- Debut.
- Campion.
- 8.
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Ferdinando Antonia Lazzari
Sonata a 6 in D major
Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.- The fam'd Italian Masters: Parley of Instruments/Holman.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Performer: Martin James Bartlett. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.- Rhapsody.
- Warner Classics.
- 33.
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Trad.
Walking in the Woods
Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Ensemble: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Director: Bo Holten.- Arstiderne.
- OUR RECORDINGS.
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George Butterworth
English Idyll No 2
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Krišs Russman.- Butterworth: Orchestral Works & Works for Voice & Orchestra.
- BIS.
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H VIIe 1 (1st mvt)
Performer: Maurice André. Ensemble: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Director: János Rolla.- Haydn/Hertel/Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Andre/Rolla.
- EMI Classics.
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- Tue 26 Aug 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3