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Boost your morning 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

  • Olivia Belli

    Piano Concerto "Daimon": I. The Departure

    Performer: Olivia Belli. Orchestra: German Chamber Orchestra, Berlin. Conductor: John Metcalfe.
    • Daimon: Piano Concerto, Ithaca Suite & Sonatina for Nausicaa.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Berenice: Sinfonia to Act III

    Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann. Orchestra: Orfeo 55.
    • Contralto.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wiegenlied

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Breiner.
    • Berceuse.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in E flat Hob. XV.29 - Third movement

    Ensemble: Astatine Trio.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Geist und Seele wird verwirret, Cantata, BWV 35: I. Sinfonia

    Lyricist: Georg Christian Lehms. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Bach: Cantatas 35 & 169 \"Geist und Seele\" & \"Gott soll allein\".
    • Hyperion.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 2 'Resurrection'

    Orchestra: Basel Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Markus Poschner.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 2.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Pavan and Galliard for 6 viols

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • My Days.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1-2.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite (Arabian Dance)

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites, Wiener Philharmoniker.
    • Decca.
    • 11.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C Minor "Pathétique" (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mari Kodama.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 14, 4 & 8.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 9.

  • William Shield

    Rosina: Overture

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Shield: Rosina.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..

  • Will Todd

    My Lord Has Come

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 14.

  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso No 5 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Ophélie Gaillard. Orchestra: Pulcinella Orchestra.
    • The Best Of Ophélie Gaillard.
    • Aparté.
    • 127.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Overture Op.26

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Hyperion.

  • Augusta Holmès

    Trois petites pièces: Chanson

    Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: Hélène Couvert.
    • Compositrices à l'aube du XXe siècle.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op.34 No.14

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Rachmaninoff - Symphony No.3 Vocalise The Isle of the Dead.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.

  • Franz Krommer

    Symphony No 1

    Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Marek Štilec.
    • Franz Krommer: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2; Concertino For Flute, Oboe and Violin.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    Performer: Jérôme Ducros. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Gautier Capuçon.
    • Emotions.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Sea: No. 1, Seascape

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • The Sea in Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 6 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Dvorak: Othello Overture - Symphony Nos. 6 & 7.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 102.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.3 in G major BWV.1048

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 8.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Kyrie (Materna Requiem)

    Singer: Louise Alder. Performer: Jonathan Aasgaard. Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Requiem for My Mother.
    • Decca.
    • 002.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance in F major, Op 36

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 'Classical'

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony Nos. 1 & 5.
    • LINN RECORDS.

  • Trad.

    My Luve is like a Red, Red Rose

    Performer: Gareth McLearnon. Lyricist: Robert Burns. Music Arranger: Ēriks Ešenvalds. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Adams: The Shaker Loops/The Wound Dresser: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Alsop.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Giovanni Battista Viotti

    Violin concerto No 22 in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Brahms, Viotti & Dvořák: Orchestral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 5.

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