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Wake up your senses 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

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Kitty Waltz (Dolly Suite)

    Orchestrator: Henri Rabaud. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Faure: Orchestral works: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    String Sonata no.3 in C major

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Bernhard Forck. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 34.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40, No. 2

    Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Butterworth 路 Holst.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 8.

  • Claude Debussy

    Beau Soir

    Performer: Smerald Spahiu. Performer: Miguel Estelrich.
    • PRODUCCIONS BLAU.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Theme and Variations, Gran Partita K.361

    Ensemble: I Solisti Della Scala.
    • BRILLIANT.

  • Christian Sinding

    Suite, Op. 10, in A Minor: Presto

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Op. 35, in D, Sinding: Suite, Op. 10, in A Minor,.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.

  • Christian Sinding

    The Rustle of spring Op.32 no.3

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Norwegian Classical Favourites: Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Engeset.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Melodie dell'Orfeo (Arr. Sgambati for Piano)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Lyricist: Ranieri de鈥� Calzabigi.
    • The Vienna Recital.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 18.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Wine, Women and Song - Waltz

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2025 / New Year's Concert 2025 / Concert du Nouvel An 2025.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Trio in G Major, Op. 9 No. 1: IV. Presto

    Ensemble: Ssens Trio.
    • Beethoven: String Trios, Op. 9.
    • LAWO Digital.
    • 4.

  • Percy Grainger

    The Lost Lady Found (A Lincolnshire Posy)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • Grainger: Works for Wind Orchestra: RNCM WInd Orchestra, Reynish, Rundell.
    • Chandos.

  • Galina Grigorjeva

    In Paradisum

    Lyricist: Orthodox Liturgy. Conductor: Paul Hillier. Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
    • Galina Grigorjeva: Nature morte.
    • Ondine.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Il mondo della luna, Hob. XXVIII:7: Overture. Allegro (Live at Teatro Com

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • The Symphony Edition.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin (Arr. Bream for Guitar)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.
    • Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin (Arr. Bream for Guitar).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Nicola Piovani

    Main Theme (From "La vita 猫 bella")

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic.
    • Violin Shadows.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 39.

  • Frederic Curzon

    The Boulevardier

    Orchestra: Light Music Society Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Vivian Dunn.
    • British Light Classics.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: V. Gavottes I & II

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.
    • Bach: Cello Suites.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Entr'acte and Waltz (Eugene Onegin)

    Choir: The John Alldis Choir. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Five Easy Pieces for Piano Duet: 1. Andante

    Ensemble: Arthur Gold. Ensemble: Robert Fizdale.
    • Stravinsky: Works for Two Pianos and Four Hands.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Five Easy Pieces for Piano Duet: 5. Galop

    • Stravinsky: Works for Two Pianos and Four Hands.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Gabriel Yared

    Depart pour Grasse (From the film Coco and Igor)

    Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Dirk Bross茅.
    • Gabriel Yared - Music For Film.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 23.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in B flat major for 3 oboes, violins and continuo

    Performer: Hans-Peter Westermann. Performer: Michael Niesemann. Performer: Piet Dhont. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Telemann: Wind Concertos: Musica Antiqua Koln, Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 7.

  • Robert Schumann

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Schumann: The Symphonies & Overtures.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quartet in G Major, Op. 52 No. 3, G. 234: IV. Allegro giusto

    Ensemble: Sarasa Ensemble.
    • Boccherini: Stabat Mater, G. 532, String Quartet, Op. 52 No. 3 & String Quintet,.
    • Naxos.
    • 104.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430 (Set 1): IV. Air with 5 Variations \"The

    • H盲ndel: Die 8 Grossen Suiten.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 18.

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