Rise and shine with 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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Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in D major TWV.55:D15 (Overture)
Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori. Conductor: Martin Gester.- Telemann: Ouvertures Pittoresques.
- BIS.
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Jules Massenet
Thaïs (Meditation)
Performer: Diana Yukawa. Performer: Nigel Clayton.- Diana Yukawa: Elegy.
- RCA.
- 7.
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Antonín Dvořák
Rondo in G Minor, Op.94
Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.- Sony.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in B flat, K.361 'Gran Partita' (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.- Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B flat major, K361 'Gran Partita': Linos Ensemble.
- Capriccio.
- 3.
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Ottorino Respighi
Belkis, Queen of Sheba (The Dance of Belkis at Dawn)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Respighi: Belkis Queen of Sheba and Metamorphoseon.
- Chandos.
- 3.
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Francis Poulenc
Flute Sonata (1st mvt)
Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: James Baillieu.- Vocalise.
- OPUS ARTE.
- 1.
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George Lloyd
Symphony no.9 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: George Lloyd.- Conifer.
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Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto no. 2 in D major H.7b.2: 3rd movement; Rondo
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- Hyperion.
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Scott Joplin
Heliotrope Bouquet: A Slow Drag Two-Step
Composer: Louis Chauvin. Performer: Alexander Peskanov.- Scott Joplin: Piano Rags.
- Naxos.
- 12.
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Alexander Glazunov
Mazurka-Oberek in D major
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Ensemble: The Abbey Road Ensemble. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.- EMI.
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Gioachino Rossini
Il Signor Bruschino (Overture)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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Benjamin Britten
Simple Symphony (Playful Pizzicato)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- Decca.
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Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy, Op.46 - 3. Andante sostenuto
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory MacDonald.- ѿýcoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Jean Mouton
Nesciens mater virgo virum
Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Director: Paul McCreesh.- A Spotless Rose.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 5.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Concert piece no. 1 in F minor Op.113
Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Wolfgang Meyer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.- Weber/Mendelssohn/Baermann: Meyer/Meyer/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sill.
- EMI Classics.
- 5-7.
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Charles Gounod
Waltz (Faust)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- Delibes: Coppélia / Chopin: Les Sylphides / Gounod: Faust Ballet Music.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 26.
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George Gershwin
Variations on 'I got rhythm'
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Piano Concerto: Thibaudet.
- Decca.
- 2.
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Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances, Op. 64: II. Allegretto grazioso
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Grieg: Symphonic Dances.
- Chandos.
- 102.
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Edward Elgar
Introduction & Allegro
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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Richard Strauss
Alphorn AV.29
Singer: Christiane Karg. Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Performer: Felix Klieser.- Heimliche Aufforderung - Secret Invitation.
- BERLIN CLASSICS.
- 5.
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Frédéric Chopin
Mazurka in F minor, Op 63 No 2
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Chopin: Late Masterpieces, Stephen Hough.
- Hyperion.
- 2.
Broadcast
- Fri 26 Sep 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3