Kickstart your day 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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Giovanni Bolzoni
Minuet
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Favourite Encores: Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi.
- Chandos.
- 5.
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Michael Haydn
Symphony in E flat major, P 26
Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Hans‐Peter Frank.- BIS.
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Ruth Gipps
Leviathan Op.59
Performer: Bill Anderson. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
- Chandos.
- 104.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No 2 in D minor for violin, BWV 1004 (Allemande)
Performer: Isabelle Faust.- J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas. Isabelle Faust.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 1.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Ruslan i Lyudmila (Overture)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Bernard Haitink - A Portrait.
- DECCA.
- 79.
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Franz Schubert
Wandrers Nachtlied II D768
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Ilker Arcayürek.- Franz Schubert: Der Einsame.
- CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
- 23.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Romance Op.36
Performer: Radovan Vlatković. Ensemble: Ensemble orchestral de Paris. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.- EMI.
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Jacques Offenbach
Barcarolle (Les contes d'Hoffmann)
Performer: Geoffrey Saba.- Great piano transcriptions: Geoffrey Saba.
- I.M.P..
- 6.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Happiness (Waltz Suite Op.110)
Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 - Waltz Suite.
- Naxos.
- 9.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No 4 in A major, Op 90, 'Italian' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4: Norrington/London Classical Players.
- EMI.
- 5.
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Paule Maurice
Tableaux de Provence (V. Lou Cabridan)
Performer: Claude Delangle. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.- Under The Sign of the Sun.
- BIS.
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Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Op.80
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- CHANNEL.
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Johann David Hermann
Concerto for harp - 2nd mvt
Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Leonard Bernstein
Wonderful Town (Overture)
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Wonderful Town.
- EMI.
- 1.
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto no.3 in D minor Op.58 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Bruch Violin Concertos Nos. 1&3, Sarasate "Navarra": Chloe Hanslip, LSO, Brabbin.
- Warner Classics.
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Eunike Tanzil
Pink Sakura
Performer: Eunike Tanzil. -
Havergal Brian
The Tinker's Wedding
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Brian: Symphonies Nos 7 and 31; The Tinker's Wedding.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.2 in D major Op.36 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Beethoven for all.
- Decca.
- 004.
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Dumisani Maraire
Mai Nozipo [Mother Nozipo]
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.- Released 1985-1995 / Unreleased.
- Nonesuch.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 (3rd mvt.)
Ensemble: Solomon's Knot.- J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046.2 (Live).
- Prospero Classical.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Ruslan and Lyudmila: No.10 Finale
Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov.- Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila.
- PENTATONE.
- 4.
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Richard Wagner
Tannhauser (Overture)
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Wagner: Overtures & Preludes.
- Decca.
- 2.
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Peter Warlock
Pieds en l'air (Capriol Suite)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.- English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
- Apex.
- 11.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K467 (2nd mvt Andante)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.- Mozart Momentum - 1785.
- Sony.
- 5.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major, TWV.55:D18 (Ouverture)
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- Telemann: Orchestral Suites.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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- Wed 17 Sep 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3