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Ease into the day 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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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    On Wings of Song, Op 34 No 2

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Sebastian Knauer.
    • 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major Op.20 (6th mvt)

    Ensemble: Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Harmonie Musik.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Concerto for piano and orchestra, FP 146: II. Andante con moto - Commencer très

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Conductor: Stéphane Denève.
    • Poulenc: Concertos, Aubade - Le Sage / Braley.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV 86; Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch

    Singer: Peter Harvey. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann. Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart.
    • Vision Bach - The First Cantata Year - Vol.10.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 101.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV 86; Ich will doch wohl Rosen brechen

    Singer: Alex Potter. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann. Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart.
    • Vision Bach - The First Cantata Year - Vol.10.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 102.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G major Op.77`1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Decca.

  • Dorothy Howell

    Three Divertissements (No 2)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Dorothy Howell Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The little girl Juliet (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64.
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart: Overtures: Staatskapelle Dresden/Sir Colin Davis.
    • RCA.
    • 16.

  • Claude Debussy

    Lindaraja

    Performer: Hélène Mercier. Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Debussy: Piano Duets, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Josef Strauss

    Music of the Spheres, Op.235

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • 1992 New Year's Concert.
    • SONY Classical.
    • 10.

  • Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen

    String Quartet No 4 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Lombardini Quartett.
    • Sirmen: 6 String Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 401.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: His Hideous Love - Love Sounds Th'alarm

    Composer: John Gay. Composer: Ovid. Singer: Jeremy Budd. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • Acis and Galatea.
    • CORO.
    • 16.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the tumblers (Snow maiden - suite)

    Music Arranger: WIlfred Heaton. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird: III. The Princesses' Game with the Golden Apples

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Sonatina in G major, Op 100 (4th mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • James Ehnes, Eduard Laurel - Dvorak, Janacek, Smetana.
    • Analekta.
    • 10.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri

    Singer: David Webb. Singer: Charles Rice. Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Sullivan: Songs for Tenor.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 3.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    The Murmur of the Wheat (Au sein de la nature)

    Performer: Mengjie Han.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 8 in B Minor, D 759 'Unfinished' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat major Op.47 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • Schumann: Piano Quartet - Piano Quintet.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.

  • George Gershwin

    Catfish Row suite from 'Porgy and Bess'; Catfish Row, Porgy Sings, Good Mornin'

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Frederic Mompou

    Canços i danses: No. 10b, Dansa. Amabile (Version for Guitar)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino: Spanish and French repertoire for guitar.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 4.

  • Max Richter

    The Four Seasons Recomposed: Summer III

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Orchestra: Covent Garden Sinfonia. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Recomposed by Max Richter.
    • Rubicon Classics.
    • 16.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloé: Part 3

    Choir: Sinfonia of London Chorus. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet).
    • Chandos.
    • 114.

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