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Roll out of bed into 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

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Kitty Waltz (Dolly Suite)

    Orchestrator: Henri Rabaud. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Faure: Orchestral works: BBC Philharmonic/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Valentin Erben. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quintet, String Quartets No. 15 & No. 14 "Death and the Maiden".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Ron Goodwin

    New Zealand Suite: VI. Finale. Po atarau

    Conductor: Ron Goodwin. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
    • Goodwin: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.
    • Love and Death.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem: Introitus & Kyrie

    Singer: Joanne Lunn. Orchestra: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • LINN.

  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    Violin Concerto in D Major

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Violin Concertos.
    • Universal Music Italia srL..
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith'

    Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho.
    • Deutsch Grammophon.

  • John Adams

    China Gates

    Conductor: John Wilson. Ensemble: Onyx Brass.
    • Transatlantic.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Tempest, Op.109: Suite No.2

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • LINN.

  • Dame Ethel Mary Smyth

    Komm süsser Tod

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Havanaise

    Performer: Arabella Steinbacher. Conductor: Lawrence Foster. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Fantasies, Rhapsodies and Daydreams.
    • Pentatone.
    • 104.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Il Tamerlano (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Vivaldi: Il Tamerlano (Il Bajazet) RV 703.
    • Naive.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure)

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Wagner - Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Franz Ignaz Beck

    Symphony No 6 (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Michael Schneider. Orchestra: La Stagione Frankfurt.
    • Beck: Symphonies Op. 4, Nos. 4-6 & Pandore (Excerpts).
    • CPO.
    • 111.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Rêverie et caprice

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Fantastique Berlioz ! (Radio Classique).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • John Williams

    E.T. - music for the film, 'Flying'

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams: The Berlin Concert.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.

  • Antonio Bazzini

    La Ronde des lutins

    Ensemble: Brodsky String Quartet.
    • Golden Oldies – More Favourite Encores.
    • Chandos.
    • 119.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Les Sylvains Op.60

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Darrell Ang.
    • Naxos.

  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' (Sogni dell autore)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Christian Curnyn. Performer: Catherine Rimer. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Nicola Benedetti, Italia.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 5 'Emperor'

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Rudy Wiedoeft

    Dans L'Orient

    Performer: Chad Smith. Performer: Lynette Wardle.
    • Saxophobia - Celebrating the Sax Craze of the 1920's.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Aria (Bachiana brasileira no.5)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: New World Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.
    • 5.

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