Wake up 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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Franz Liszt
Au bord d'une source (Années de pèlerinage Ier annee, Suisse)
Performer: Nicholas Angelich.- Nicholas Angelich - Franz Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage.
- Mirare.
- 4.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 - 2nd mov Andante
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Channel.
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Isaac Albéniz
Asturias (Leyenda)
Music Arranger: Olivier Chassain. Performer: Thibaut Garcia.- Leyendas.
- Warner Classics.
- 101.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ja, ich halte Jesum feste (Cantata No 157)
Performer: Hilary Hahn. Singer: Matthias Goerne. Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Director: Alexander Liebreich.- Bach: Violin and Voice.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
- 7.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
- Decca.
- 13.
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Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Lambert Orkis.- SONY.
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Eric Coates
The Three Bears (Phantasy)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Eric Coates : Orchestral Works, Volume 4.
- Chandos.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Vagabond; Let beauty awake (Songs of Travel)
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.- Bryn Terfel - The Vagabond.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1-2.
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Leos Janáček
On an overgrown path (The little owl has not flown away)
Performer: Thomas Adès.- Signum.
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Vincenzo De Crescenzo
Rondine al nido
Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Conductor: Henry Mancini.- The Pavarotti Edition, Vol. 10: Italian Popular Songs.
- Decca.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.1 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- BR Klassik.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.2 no. 9 in E major BWV.878; Prelude
Performer: James McVinnie. -
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dance, Op 64 No 2 (Allegretto grazioso)
Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.- Edvard Grieg : Symphony, Symphonic Dances.
- Fazer Records/Finlandia.
- 6.
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Antonín Dvořák
Piano Trio in E minor Op.90 'Dumky' (5th mvt)
Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.- Dvořák: Piano Trios, Op. 65 & 90.
- harmonia mundi.
- 5.
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Célèbre tarantelle
Performer: Michael Gurt. Orchestra: Hot Springs Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.- Gottschalk: Complete Works for Orchestra.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D major RV.549
Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- L'Estro Armonico.
- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
- 1-3.
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Percy Grainger
Green Bushes
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Brion.- Grainger: Power of Love (The).
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto No 3 in A major, Wq 172 (1st mvt, Allegro)
Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 8.
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Claude Debussy
Danse profane
Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.- Works by Ravel/Debussy.
- NAIVE.
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Johann Strauss II
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.- J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
- EMI Classics.
- 4.
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Louise Farrenc
Overture in E flat major Op.24
Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier. -
George Frideric Handel
Alessandro (Overture)
Orchestra: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- Handel: Arias and Duets from the era of 'The Rival Queens'.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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