Birdsong and Bach to banish those morning blues
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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Robert Schumann
Phantasiestücke Op.88; 3. Duett
Performer: Martin Owen. Performer: Francesca Dego. Performer: Alessandro Taverna.- CHANDOS.
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Ola Gjeilo
Still
Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8. Performer: Eleanor Turner.- Infinity.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 10.
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Franz Schubert
Piano trio in E flat, D 929 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.- Schubert: Chamber Works.
- Ondine.
- 8.
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Gabriel Fauré
Masques et bergamasques - suite Op.112: i. Overture
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.- Seattle Symphony.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (Sarabande)
Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Music Arranger: Fred Thomas. Ensemble: Manchester Collective.- Bach, JS: Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Edward White
Puffin' Billy for orchestra
Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- HYPERION.
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Erik Satie
Gymnopedie no. 1 arr for guitar
Music Arranger: Sean Shibe.- Camino - Spanish and French repertoire for guitar.
- Pentatone.
- 105.
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Emilie Mayer
Piano concerto in B flat major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Ewa Kupiec. Orchestra: Neubrandenburger Philharmonie. Conductor: Sebastian Tewinkel.- Mayer: Symphony No. 4, Piano Concerto, String Quartet & Piano Sonata.
- CapriccioNR.
- 6.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
- Telarc.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Triple Concerto for violin, cello & piano (2nd mvt)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- DECCA.
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Johann Strauss II
Tritsch Tratsch Polka
Ensemble: German Brass.- A Tribute To Johann Strauss.
- Berlin Classics.
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Philip Glass
Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt.
Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer.- Mari.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 9.
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Muzio Clementi
Piano Sonata & Toccata, Op. 11: No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Toccata
- Clementi: Piano Jewels.
- Naxos.
- 101.
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Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Michael Daugherty
Blue Electra: I. Courage
Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.- Michael Daugherty: Blue Electra, Last Dance at the Surf & To the New World.
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
- 1.
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Leonard Bernstein
Candide (Overture)
Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
- Naxos.
- 801.
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William Marshall
Lady Isabella Wemyss' Strathspey; Miss Ross' Strathspey; Easter Elchies
Ensemble: Strathspey Queens. -
Cécile Chaminade
Autrefois [Pièces humoristiques, Op.87]
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough's New Piano Album: Encores by Schubert, Chaminade, Tchaikovsky, Ri.
- Hyperion.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.101 in D major 'Clock' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Haydn: Symphony no. 101: Congertgegbouw Orchestra, Harnoncourt.
- Teldec.
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Edward Elgar
Salut d'amour
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Peter Limonov.- Decca.
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Salvador Bacarisse
Guitar Concertino in A minor Op.72 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Rolando Saad. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Fuat Mansurov.- Orchid.
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Ruth Gipps
Seascape Op.53 for wind ensemble
Performer: Alex Jakeman. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Performer: Alyson Frazier. Performer: Elise Campbell. Performer: Mark van de Wiel. Performer: Jonathan Parkin. Performer: Graham Hobbs.- Winds of Change.
- Three Worlds Records.
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Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances, Series II, No. 1 in B Major [Slavonic Dance #9 in B major]
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic (orchestra); Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Dvořák: Slavonic Dances.
- PENTATONE.
- 09.
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Gioachino Rossini
William Tell (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Rossini: William Tell: Antonio Pappano.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
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George Enescu
String Octet in C Major, Op. 7 (version for string orchestra)
Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz.- harmonia mundi.
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George Clement Martin
The Lord is my shepherd
Performer: Andrew Lumsden. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Director: Martin Neary.- Psalms Vol. 1: Westminster Abbey Choir.
- Virgin Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet in C minor, K 406 (4th mvt)
Performer: Philip Dukes. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Mozart: String Quintets; Nash Ensemble, Philip Dukes.
- Hyperion.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Riddle Of The Barrel-Organ Player - Postlude: Hunting (Suite in Old Style)
Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Vaiva Eidukaitytė-Storastienė. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras.- ECM.
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- Mon 29 Sep 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3