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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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Music Played

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Serenade in F major, Op 95 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Capricorn.
    • Parry Nonet & Stanford Serenade (Nonet).
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Elias Parish Alvars

    Concertino in E Minor for Harp & Orchestra, Op. 34 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gabriella Dall'Ollio. Director: Peter Fisher. Ensemble: Chamber Ensemble of London.
    • Eclogue.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Polka in B flat major, Op 53a No 1, 'For Prague students'

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances etc.: RPO/Detroit SO/Dorati.
    • Decca.
    • 16.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.6 in B flat major BWV.1051 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act II: 10. Scène: Moderato; Piu mosso

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 19.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto No. 9 in B flat major, G.482 - 3rd mvt: Rondo allegro

    Performer: Ophélie Gaillard. Orchestra: Pulcinella Orchestra.
    • Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Stabat Mater & Quintet.
    • 貹é.
    • 9.
  • Leos Janáček

    Starodavny 1 (Lachian Dances)

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd.
    • Naxos.
  • Amy Beach

    Romance, Op.23

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Michael Brown.
    • Echoes.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Luigi Denza

    Finiculi, Finiculá

    Lyricist: Giuseppe Turco. Music Arranger: Giancarlo Chiaramello. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Choir: Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Anton Guadagno.
    • The Essential PAVAROTTI.
    • Decca.
    • 16.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 3 in G Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Aylen Pritchin. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 35 & 36, Violin Concerto No. 3.
    • 貹é.
    • 106.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.2 in A minor Op.13 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Aparte.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no. 1 in D major Op.47

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Michael Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto No. 2 in C - Cadenza: Hardenberger: 2. Allegro molto

    Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • Haydn: Wind Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Danzón no.2

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Os justi, WAB 30

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Jonathan Sells.
    • Echoing Across the Centuries.
    • SDG.
    • 109.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Johannes Brahms Symphonies 3 and 4.
    • LPO.
    • 007.
  • Ronald Binge

    The Water Mill

    Performer: Ruth Scott. Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics: New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Transcriptions of Songs Op 41 (No 6, 'To Spring')

    Performer: Alexander Ullman.
    • Alexander Ullman: Grieg.
    • Rubicon Classics.
    • 6.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto No.2 in D major; 1. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Ruben Gazarian.
    • Horn Concertos.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Trad.

    Deux guitares

    Performer: Julie Berthollet. Performer: Camille Berthollet. Performer: Vincent Forestier.
    • Dans nos yeux.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra Mai Fu

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Best of Lang Lang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Frederick Delius

    Irmelin (Prelude)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Intrada; Brobdingnag Gigue; Lilliput Chaconne (Gulliver Suite)

    Ensemble: The Danish Violon-Bande.
    • RONDO RECORDS.
  • Richard Wagner

    Symphony in C Major: 4th mvt - Allegro molto e vivace

    Orchestra: MDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Wagner: Symphony in C Major.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • DIVOX.
    • 3.

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