Wake up your senses 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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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B minor for 4 violins and cello, RV 580 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Vivaldi: La Viole de gambe in Concerto: Savall.
- Alia Vox.
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Louise Farrenc
Piano Quintet No.1 in A minor (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.- Farrenc: Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2.
- CPO.
- 2.
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Hubert Parry
Songs of Farewell: VI. Lord, let me know mine end
Conductor: Anne Heider. Choir: His Majestie's Clerkes.- Hear My Prayer - Choral Music Of The English Romantics.
- Cedille.
- 14.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053 (1st mvt.)
Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.- Bach: Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1052, 1053, 1054 & 1056.
- Warner Classics.
- 4.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt.
- Teldec.
- 4.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 "From the New World" (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.- Signum Classics.
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Fritz Kreisler
Tambourin chinois
Performer: Charlie Siem. Performer: Itamar Golan.- Between The Clouds.
- Signum Classics.
- 3.
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Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite; 7. The Fairy Garden
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Ravel: Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in B flat major, D 935 No 3
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Schubert: Impromptus D 899 & D935: Perahia.
- Sony.
- 7.
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George Frideric Handel
Almira - Suite (Overture)
Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Francesco Corti.- Handel: Apollo e Dafne & Armida abbandonata.
- Pentatone.
- 29-34.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
- Warner Classics.
- 3.
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Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
La Cumparsita
Music Arranger: Stephen Goss. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.- Milos Karadaglic.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 15.
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Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite, Op. 40: 3rd mvt Gavotte (Allegretto)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Grieg: Holberg Suite; Lyric Suite.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Jonathan Dove
Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars
Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Glen Dempsey. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.- Locus Iste.
- Signum Classics.
- 701.
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William Herschel
Symphony No.13 in D major
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- CHANDOS.
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Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo (Toccata)
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- Naive.
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Ronald Binge
Elizabethan Serenade
Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- HYPERION.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in F minor K 185
Performer: Javier Perianes. -
Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne
Violin concerto in A major Op.5`2 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Orchestra: Kölner Kammerorchester. Conductor: Helmut Müller‐Brühl.- Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos.
- NAXOS.
- 6.
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Henry Litolff
Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 47: IV. Finale. Presto
Ensemble: Leonore Piano Trio.- Litolff: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op 67 (3rd & 4th mvts)
Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.- Beethoven: The Symphonies: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska.
- BIS.
- 7.
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Eric Whitacre
Lux Aurumque
Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.- SIGNUM CLASSICS.
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Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jörg Widmann. Performer: Sir András Schiff.- ECM.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: V. Romeo and Juliet Before Parting
Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.- All These Lighted Things.
- Alpha Classics.
- 7.
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