Breakfast with the best 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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Fanny Mendelssohn
Easter Sonata: III. Scherzo. Allegretto
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.- Mendelssohn.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 12.
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Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances
Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.- Bartok: Dance Suite etc: Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra/Fischer.
- Nimbus.
- 1.
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Gabriel Fauré
Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor Op.15 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Kathryn Stott. Ensemble: Hermitage String Trio.- Chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D major for three violins, BWV 1064 mov. 1
Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Performer: Petra Müllejans. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos: Freiburger Barockorchester.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.- Sony.
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Giuseppe Torelli
Trumpet concerto in D major
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Thomas Klug.- Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
- EMI Classics.
- 7.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Vocalise, Op 34 No 14
Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.- BIS.
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Gabriela Montero
Rondeau (Improvisation on the Theme of "Rondeau" from Purcell's Abdelazer)
Composer: Henry Purcell. Performer: Gabriela Montero.- Baroque.
- Warner Classics.
- 116.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jörg Widmann. Ensemble: Arcanto Quartett.- Mozart Clarinet Quintet.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 003.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No 1 in D major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- DG.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sanctus; Benedictus (Mass in G minor)
Performer: Ashok Gupta. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Singer: Harriet Colley. Singer: Jessica Wallington. Singer: Nicholas Morrell. Singer: Stefan Berkieta. Conductor: Timothy Brown.- Vaughan Williams: Sacred Choral Music.
- Naxos.
- 6.
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Maurice Ravel
Menuet antique
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 7.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Minuet and Trio (Fantasiestücke, Op 5 No 4)
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.- Azica Records.
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Niccolò Paganini
Moto perpetuo in C major, Op 11
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- Boston Symphony Orchestra - Great Recordings.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 62.
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Francis Poulenc
Rondeau (Les Biches)
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.- Signum.
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Trad.
Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond
Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.- ѿýcoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
- Decca.
- 014.
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Johanna Müller-Hermann
Heroic Overture Op.21
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. -
Billy Mayerl
Jasmine Op.84
Performer: Phillip Dyson.- Billy Mayerl: The Nimble Fingered Gentleman: Philip Dyson.
- ASV.
- 15.
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Johannes Brahms
Horn Trio in E Flat Major Op.40 (1st mvt)
Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Performer: Benjamin Marquise Gilmore. Performer: Daniel Grimwood.- Brahms: Chamber Music.
- BIS.
- 301.
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Jean Sibelius
Valse lyrique
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Sibelius: Violin Concerto.
- Chandos.
- 8.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G: Allegretto grazioso (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Sony.
Broadcast
- Wed 10 Sep 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3