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Start the day strong 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

  • Joseph Parry

    Myfanwy

    Choir: Morriston Orpheus Choir.
    • Morriston Orpheus Choir - Myfanwy.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Stephen Taylor. Performer: Raymond Mase. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Vladimir Valivov

    Ave Maria

    Composer: Giulio Caccini. Music Arranger: Maria Leszczynska-Thieu. Ensemble: SCS Cello Ensemble. Conductor: Jacob Shaw.
    • The Road to Vienna.
    • Evidence Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue on a Theme by Legrenzi in C Minor, BWV 574

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 12 (At the Organ of Martin’s Church in Groningen).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Phyllis Tate

    Springtime at Kew (London Fields)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • LYRITA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 11 (1st movement)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4, Capriccio Italien: Berliner Philharmoniker, Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Kenneth Fuchs

    Rush: II. Morning

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Fuchs: Piano Concerto "Spiritualist".
    • Naxos.
    • 15.

  • Johannes Brahms

    3 Songs, Op. 42: No. 3, Vineta

    Choir: The King’s Singers.
    • Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cockaigne (In London town) - overture (Op.40)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • ONYX.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Concerto in 7 parts no.3 in F major

    Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Scarlatti: 6 Concerti Grossi; Cello Sonatas.
    • Arts.
    • 8-12.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Douze Études, W. 235: I. Allegro non troppo - des arpèges

    Performer: Franz Halász.
    • Villa-Lobos: Complete Works for Solo Guitar.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Alla Turca. Allegretto

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 310-311 & 330-333.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Morgenblatter - Walzer Op.279

    Conductor: Willi Boskovsky. Orchestra: Johann Strauss Orchestra Of Vienna.
    • 100 Best Waltzes & Polkas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Rolando Villazón. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Marcello Viotti.
    • Italian Opera Arias: Rolando Villazon/Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Viotti.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 10.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for flute, piano and chamber orchestra (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Diana Ambache. Ensemble: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • Liberte, Egalite, Sororite.
    • Ambache.
    • 18.

  • Trad.

    Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Lyricist: Trad.. Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Conductor: Rory Macdonald. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy (Mirror).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 14.

  • Henry Purcell

    Abdelazer (Rondeau)

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • John Eliot Gardiner - The Blossoming Conductor.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in F major: Allegretto. Finale

    Ensemble: Constanze Quartet.
    • Emilie Mayer: String Quartets Vol. 2.
    • CPO.
    • 204.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Danse infernale (The Firebird)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Russian Masterpieces: SNO, LSO, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Adolphe Blanc

    Septet in E Major (1st movement)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Reicha: Octet in E Flat Major, Op. 96 - Blanc: Septet in E Major, Op. 40.
    • Orfeo.
    • 5.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: I. Allegro affettuoso

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Clara & Robert Schumann: Piano Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 53 in D Major, "L'Impériale": 3rd movement

    Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 52, 53 & 59.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Serenade

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Bertrand.
    • Amalie's Cosmos.
    • PENTATONE.

  • George Gershwin

    Of Thee I Sing (Overture)

    Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Wayne Marshall.
    • Born to Play, Wayne Marshall, Gershwin.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 108.

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