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Breakfast with the best 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

  • Jean‐Michel Damase

    Fantaisie pour harpe sur des motifs des Contes d'Hoffmann d'Offenbach

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Nightscapes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.

  • Laurie Christman

    Rolling Fields

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Navona.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Dirge for Fidele

    Orchestra: Kent Sinfonia. Conductor: James Ross.
    • Ralph Vaughan Williams: Royal Throne of Kings.
    • Albion Records.
    • 22.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C Minor, BWV 1060: II Adagio

    Performer: Francesco Corti. Performer: Andrea Buccarella. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Part III.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 11.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 "Scottish": II. Vivace non troppo

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Oratorios.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 111.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite: II. The Bells

    Performer: Michelle Cann.
    • Revival.
    • Curtis Studio.
    • 08.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Brahms: Complete Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto a Cinque No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 9/2: I. Allegro e non presto

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Pinnock's Players. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Baroque Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Esther Abrami

    Transmission

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez.
    • Women (Extended Version).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 16.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV: No. 13, Prelude. Morning Mood

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: I. Allegro

    Performer: Maria João Pires. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos.27 And 20.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Anon.

    Cachua

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 10.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Jazz Suite No. 2: VI. Waltz II

    Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková.
    • Etymology Classics.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 104 in D Major, Hob. I:104 "London": IV. Finale. Spiritoso

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Hdb Sonus.

  • Muzio Clementi

    Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1: II. Tempo di Minuetto

    Performer: Giacomo Scinardo.
    • Clementi: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    Sekstur from Vendsyssel - The Peat Dance

    Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Music Arranger: Frederik Øland. Music Arranger: Asbjørn Nørgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sjölin. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Wood Works.
    • Dacapo.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: I. Miniature Overture

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    African Dance (African Suite)

    Music Arranger: Chris Cameron. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Platoon.

  • Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky

    Sinfonietta, Op. 68: II. Andantino grazioso

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Myaskovsky: Sinfonietta, Op. 68: II. Andantino grazioso.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 1.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    My Neighbor Totoro

    Choir: Tiffin Boys’ Choir. Choir: The Bach Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Austin.
    • A Symphonic Celebration - Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 29.

  • Nikos Skalkottas

    5 Greek Dances, AK 11b: No. 4, Arkadikos. Moderato

    Music Arranger: Nikos Skalkottas. Music Arranger: Walter Goehr. Orchestra: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ζωή Τσόκανου.
    • Topos: 20th-Century Greek Orchestral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 20.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade, Op 35 (The Young Prince and Princess)

    Performer: Maria Larionoff. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz. Orchestra: Seattle Symphony.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Bologne

    L'Amant anonyme, Symphony in D Major, G. 074: I. -

    Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal. Conductor: Théotime Langlois de Swarte.
    • Le Chevalier de Saint-George - Portrait.
    • Château de Versailles Spectacles.
    • 1.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 'The American': IV. Vivace

    Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.
    • Dvořák: American String Quartet & Quintet, Op. 96-97.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 4.

  • Marianna Martines

    Sinfonia in C Major : I. Allegro con spirito

    Orchestra: Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey.
    • Martines: The Complete Keyboard Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 22.

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