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Launch the day with classical music

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 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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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet, Op.20`1 in E flat major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    King Lear incidental music: Act IV Prelude

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Melodiya.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante E-Flat, K. 297b (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Gordon Hunt. Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Performer: Michael Thompson. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen.
    • Symphony No.29.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ein ungefarbt Gemuete, BWV 24: Aria (Alto)

    Singer: Robin Blaze. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 9 - Bwv 24, 76, 167.
    • BIS.
    • 15.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Dargason (St Paul's Suite)

    Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto no.2 in G minor Op.63 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Visions of Prokofiev.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    La Lisonjera, Op. 50 for piano solo

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • The Flatterer.
    • Steinway & Sons.
    • 1.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Corde natus (Concerto da chiesa)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Naxos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (1st mvt.)

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No 3 in C Major BWV 1005 (4th mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes.

  • Rachel Portman

    The Little Prince Orchestral Suite

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • 颁颈苍茅尘补.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 11.

  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F major Op.31 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Matthew Locke

    Curtain Tune (The Tempest)

    Ensemble: Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • Hyperion.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in B major, Op 72 No 1

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances etc.: RPO/Detroit SO/Dorati.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 7 in F minor (3rd mvmt, Scherzo)

    Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7.
    • CPO.
    • 107.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Balada de la doncella enamorada (El Decameron negro)

    Performer: John Williams.
    • The Black Decameron.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F Major (3rd mvt. Allegro agitato)

    Performer: Orion Weiss. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • The Best of JoAnn Falletta.
    • Naxos Special Projects.
    • 1001.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride, Act 3)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.
    • B. Smetana; Moldau/The Bartered Bride: The Cleveland Orchestra/Dohnanyi.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Folk Songs from Somerset (English Folk Song Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made in Britain.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 9.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto 脿 5 in B flat major, Op.7`3

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachiana brasileira No.7 - 3rd mvt, Tocata (Desafio)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique B谩tiz.
    • Villa:Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 1-9 / Guitar Concerto.
    • EMI.
    • 011.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 (1st mvt)

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem Op.48 for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra; In Paradisum

    Performer: John Scott. Choir: Corydon Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 (The Young Juliet)

    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
    • All These Lighted Things.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Scottish Waltz - Allegretto (4 Scottish dances)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 17.

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