Brighten your day with classical music
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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Philip Glass
Morning Passages (The Hours)
Performer: Michael Riesman. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Nick Ingman.- The Hours - Film Soundtrack.
- Nonesuch.
- 2.
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Maddalena Laura Sirmen
String Quartet No 5 in F major (4th mvmt, Minuetto)
Ensemble: La magnifica comunità.- Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartets Nos. 1-6.
- Tactus.
- 504.
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Ferruccio Busoni
Divertimento, Op.52
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repušić.- Warner Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622 (Arr. Andrew Davis)
Music Arranger: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
- Chandos.
- 109.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major (4th mvt)
Performer: Francesco Piemontesi. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- Piano Concerto No. 2 & Three Intermezzi Op. 117.
- Pentatone.
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Reginald Smith Brindle
Fuego fatuo
Performer: Duilio Meucci.- Smith Brindle: Complete Works for Solo Guitar, Vol. 2.
- Naxos.
- 119.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in C major, RV 180, 'Il piacere'
Performer: Fabio Biondi. Director: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
- Virgin Veritas.
- 13.
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Anton Bruckner
Locus iste
Choir: St. Albans Cathedral Choir. Director: Andrew Lucas.- FIRST HAND RECORDS.
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Léo Delibes
Coppélia Suite (Prelude; Mazurka)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.- Famous Ballet Music.
- Brilliant Classics.
- 11.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne no. 7 in C sharp minor
Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. -
Richard Wagner
Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)
Singer: Rosalind Elias. Singer: Leonie Rysanek. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Antal Doráti.- DECCA.
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Dora Pejačević
Symphony in F sharp minor Op.41 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.- Dora Pejacevic Symphony.
- CPO.
- 3.
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Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld
Etude in A-Flat Major, Op. 36
Performer: Nicholas McCarthy.- Solo.
- Warner Classics.
- 12.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 (1st mvt)
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- Violin Concerto.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 1.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G major, Op 77 No 1 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets Opp.77 and 103.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major, K.271 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.- Mozart Piano Concertos nos. 8 & 9.
- Philips.
- 3.
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Bernard Herrmann
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (Overture)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: John Debney.- In Session (A Film Music Celebration).
- Varese.
- 12.
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Bernard Herrmann
The Twilight Zone (Walking Distance: Memories)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Joel McNeely.- In Session (A Film Music Celebration).
- Varese.
- 13.
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Henriëtte Bosmans
Cello Concerto No. 2: II. Scherzo. Allegro
Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ed Spanjaard.- Bosmans: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Poème.
- CPO.
- 106.
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Lars‐Erik Larsson
Pastoral
Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- CPO.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.3 in E flat major "Eroica" (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Beethoven: The Symphonies.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 9.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin (Polonaise)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- EMI.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1: III. Foxtrot
Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
- BIS.
- 103.
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Henry Purcell
Hail, bright Cecilia (Hail, bright Cecilia)
Choir: Choir of Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Purcell; Handel; Haydn - To Saint Cecilia.
- Naive.
- 13.
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- Thu 4 Sep 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3