Wake up 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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Franz Schubert
Symphony No 2 in B flat major, D 125 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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Michael Tippett
Steal away (5 Spirituals from A Child of Our Time)
Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- a la Gloire de Dieu: The Sixteen.
- Coro.
- 6.
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Scott Joplin
Weeping Willow
Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa. Music Arranger: Marcus Eley.- But Not Forgotten: Music by African-American Composers for clarinet and piano.
- SONO LUMINUS.
- 11.
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Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata (Act 3 Prelude)
Librettist: Francesco Maria Piave. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 9.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
- Bach, J.S.: The Solo Keyboard Works.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 154.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in D Major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo
Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.- Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat (Alpha Collection).
- Alpha Classics.
- 1.
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Alexandre Desplat
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Florentino Calvo. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Alexandre Desplat.- Airlines.
- Warner Classics.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz in B minor Op 69 No 2
Performer: Maria João Pires.- ERATO.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.- Much loved music: Halle Orchestra and Choir/Hughes.
- EMI.
- 2.
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Johann Strauss II
Cuckoo Polka, Op.336
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georges Prêtre.- New Year's Concert 2010.
- Decca.
- 3.
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Ronald Binge
Sailing By
Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- Hyperion.
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Performer: Martin James Bartlett. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.- Rhapsody.
- Warner Classics.
- 33.
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Ottorino Respighi
Pini di Roma - 1st mvt: I pini di Villa Borghese
Conductor: Alessandro Crudele. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Respighi: Pini di Roma, Impressioni brasiliane & Belkis, regina di Saba.
- Linn Records.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Minor, K. 304 - II. Tempo di minuetto
- Mozart: Classical BBQ.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 360.
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Richard Wagner
The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Wagner: The Ring: Daniel BarenBoim, Orchestre de Paris.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Henry Purcell
Fly Swift, Ye Hours, Z. 369
Performer: John Toll. Performer: Nigel North. Performer: Richard Boothby. Singer: Nancy Argenta.- Purcell: Songs and Airs.
- Erato.
- 4.
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Max Richter
On The Nature Of Daylight (Orchestra Version)
Orchestra: Baltic Sea Philharmonic. Conductor: Kristjan Järvi.- Exiles.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Aaron Copland
Saturday Night Waltz (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Copland: Appalachian Spring: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
- Sony Classical.
- 11.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- EMI.
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Kate Bush
This Woman's Work
Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.- Decca.
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Johann Stamitz
Sinfonia in B-Flat Major, 1st mvt
Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Timo Handschuh.- CPO.
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Antonín Dvořák
Legend, Op 59 No 6
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- SFS MEDIA.
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Pérez Prado
Qué Rico el Mambo
Performer: Sarah Willis. Music Arranger: Joshua Davis. Ensemble: Havana Horns.- Alpha.
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Nikolai Andrej Rimsky Korsakoff
Sheherazade, Op. 35: II. The Legend of the Kalendar Prince
Performer: Sergej Galaktionov. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: Filarmonica Teatro Regio Torino.- Fone Records.
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Charlotte Sohy
Kyrie
Conductor: Christophe Grapperon. Choir: Chœur de Radio France.- Motets romantiques.
- Alpha Classics.
- 11.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sextet in E flat major Op.81b (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.- Beethoven: Septet; Sextet.
- HELIOS.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, 2nd mvt
Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Գ-ëԲ.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Edward Elgar
Adieu
Performer: Lucilla Rose Mariotti. Performer: Alessio Enea.- Orchid Classics.
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- Wed 8 Oct 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3