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The best classical music wake-up call

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

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String serenade in E major Op.22 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Supraphon.

  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 9 in E Minor, H. 46

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde (Entr'acte no.3 in B flat major)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.
    • Bach from Italy: The Vivaldi & Marcello Influences.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Entr'acte (Pelleas and Melisande)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105, Suite from "King Christian II", Op.
    • Ondine.
    • 8.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Claude Debussy

    Nocturne and Scherzo

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • HYPERION.

  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants (Galop - Le Bal)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Mirare.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    The Mountain King Suite, Op. 37: mvts 3. Summer Rain & 4. Shepherd Girl's Dance

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Lukasz Borowicz.
    • CPO.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G Minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • In Her Hands.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture & Rossignol (Overture (Suite) In G Major Twv.55:G2 "La Bizarre")

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • A Telemann Companion.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 19.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 4 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Brahms: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 2 Waltz)

    Orchestra: French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Paavo Järvi: The Complete Erato Recordings.
    • ERATO.
    • 11.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Quintet in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Stephan Katte. Ensemble: Klenke Quartett.
    • Accentus.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A minor 'Für Elise'

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Beethoven: Bagatelles: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
    • 30.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto in D Major, RV 404

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Cappella Gabetta. Conductor: Andrés Gabetta.
    • Il Progetto Vivaldi 3.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 19.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Callirhoé (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kevin Bowyer.
    • J.S.Bach: The Works for Organ Volume 5.
    • NIMBUS RECORDS.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G major

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar: Cello concerto etc: Paul Watkins/BBC Philhamonic/Davis.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March in C major Op.39 no.5

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS CHAN.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:4

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
    • Haydn: Sonatas.
    • Pentatone.
    • 101.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 68

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Bartok: The Wooden Prince (Final Version).
    • Onyx Classics.

  • Ina Boyle

    String Quartet in E Minor (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.
    • Boyle, Vaughan Williams, Moeran & Ireland.
    • Rubicon.
    • 4.

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