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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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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Music Played

  • Yann Tiersen

    Porz Goret

    Performer: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.
    • Pulsations.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc.
    • 7.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    L'Incoronazione di Dario (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • A Tale of Two Seasons.
    • Avie.
    • 1-3.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 Menuets 1 & 2

    Performer: Chris Thile.
    • Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 2.
    • Nonesuch Releases.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Concerto in B flat - 3rd mvt: Allegro

    Performer: Ewa Kupiec. Orchestra: Neubrandenburger Philharmonie. Conductor: Sebastian Tewinkel.
    • Capriccio.
  • John Williams

    Jurassic Park (main theme)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • MCA Records.
  • Robert Schumann

    Drei Romanzen opus 94 I-Nicht schnell

    Performer: Florent Pujuila. Performer: Théo Fouchenneret.
    • R. Schumann Collection Works for Strings, Winds and Piano.
    • B Records.
  • Robert Schumann

    Drei Romanzen opus 94 II-Einfach, innig

    Performer: Théo Fouchenneret. Performer: Florent Pujuila.
    • R. Schumann Collection Works for Strings, Winds and Piano.
    • B Records.
  • Robert Schumann

    Drei Romanzen opus 94 III-Nicht schnell

    Performer: Théo Fouchenneret. Performer: Florent Pujuila.
    • R. Schumann Collection Works for Strings, Winds and Piano.
    • B Records.
  • Zequinha de Abreu

    Tico Tico No Fubá

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • ¡󾱱ٲ!.
    • Telarc.
    • 1.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez

    Performer: Raphaël Feuillâtre. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • Spanish Serenades.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • William Byrd

    Mass for 5 voices (Kyrie)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 1.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in E major, B44

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: The Complete Waltzes: Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Jessie Montgomery

    Strum

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Orchestrator: Jim Gray. Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Johann Strauss II

    Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op.324

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.
  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, ѿýSO, Hugh Wolff.
    • Decca.
  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony a 4 in G minor Z.730 for strings

    Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Royal Welcome Songs for King James II.
    • CORO.
    • 1.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Rigaudon)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: String Serenade: Orheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    Cantique

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Merci.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No.2 in B minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Borodin: Symphonies 1 & 2.
    • DECCA.
    • 7.
  • Eunike Tanzil

    Reverie

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Handler.
    • Reverie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • ARGO.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rodelinda (Dove sei, amato bene)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Linn.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, I. Allegretto

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Orchestre Métropolitain.
    • Sibelius 2 & 5.
    • Les Disques ATMA Inc..
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Moravian Duets, Op. 32, B. 62 - No. 11, The Maid Imprisoned

    Ensemble: Talichovo kvarteto.
    • Gypsy Melodies.
    • La Dolce Volta.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Moravian Duets, Op. 32, B. 62 - No. 4, We Met in Good Spirits

    Ensemble: Talichovo kvarteto.
    • Gypsy Melodies.
    • La Dolce Volta.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.
    • Warner.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Toccata)

    Ensemble: Le Concert d’Astrée. Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers. Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm.
    • Virgin.

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