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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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  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV.630

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Catherine Rimer. Performer: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Jan Waterfield. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • Nicola Benedetti: Italia.
    • Decca.
    • 15.
  • Dario Marianelli

    Pride & Prejudice (Music From The Motion Picture); Dawn

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Pride & Prejudice (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Decca.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.1 in D major K.412

    Performer: Alessio Allegrini. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos: Allegrini/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: Gavotte I & II (Transcribed for Guitar

    Performer: John Williams. Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • John Williams Plays Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no. 2 in A major Op.16: 5th movement; Rondo

    Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.
  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Pascal Rogé.
    • ONYX.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 5 in D major, Op 107, 'Reformation' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 - 5; THe Hebrides, etc. - Wiener Philharmoniker, D.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    Intermezzo no.2 (Suite 'The Jewels of the Madonna')

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Christine Messiter. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Wolf-Ferrari: Overtures & Intermezzi: Academy of St. Martin in the Field/Marrine.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Agnes Zimmermann

    Violin Sonata no.3 in G minor, Op.23 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mathilde Milwidsky. Performer: Sam Haywood.
    • Zimmermann: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 103.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Polonaise in E flat major, B.100

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances etc.: RPO/Detroit SO/Dorati.
    • Decca.
    • 15.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Naxos.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - II. Ging heut' Morgen übers Feld

    Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS MEDIA.
  • Joaquim Malats

    Serenata Española

    Music Arranger: Christoph Denoth. Performer: Christoph Denoth. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.
    • Nocturnos de Andalucía.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 301.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • British Composers - Elgar, Stanford & Parry.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Cornish Dances arr for brass band (No 1)

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • The Malcolm Arnold Edition: Music for Brass.
    • Decca.
    • 23.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    3 Waltzes Op.34 (no.1 in A flat major)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Chopin Valses Tharaud.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 16.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Amazonen-Polka

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
    • Neujahrskonzert/New Year's Concert 2011; Weiner Philharmoniker/Wesler-Most.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Arnold Bax

    The Happy Forest

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made In Britain.
    • Avie.
    • 5.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: V. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace

    Performer: Sebastian Manz. Performer: Theo Plath. Performer: Felix Klieser. Performer: Franziska Hölscher. Performer: Haesue Lee. Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Dominik Wagner.
    • Beethoven - C. Kreutzer: Septets.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 5.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Spanish Dance no.1 (La Vida Breve)

    Music Arranger: Nemanja Radulović. Music Arranger: Aleksandar Sedlar. Orchestra: Double Sens. Conductor: Nemanja Radulović.
    • Roots.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Kosma

    Les feuilles mortes [Autumn leaves]

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Jérôme Ducros.
    • Erato.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies no. 7 & 8: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Jansons.
    • EMI.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    Stalham River

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • William Baines / E J Moeran – Piano Music.
    • Lyrita.
    • 22.
  • Johann Baptist Georg Neruda

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • EMI.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)

    Singer: Rolando Villazón. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Daniele Callegari.
    • Rolando Villazon: Tenor.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 10.
  • Gang Chen

    The Butterfly Lovers Concerto: vii. Adagio cantabile

    Composer: Zhanhao He. Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Tsung Yeh. Ensemble: Singapore Chinese Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • Billy Mayerl

    Marigold

    Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Loose Elbows - Susan Tomes plays the piano music of Billy Mayerl.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes: Air pour Les Sauvages

    Performer: Loris Guastella. Ensemble: UnderStories.
    • A French Odyssey - Music for Two Cellos by Rameau, Barriere, Corrette, Boismorti.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 11.

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