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Rise and shine with classical music

Al Ryan presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With 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

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Truth, And Then There Were Teardrops

    Performer: Simon Mulligan.
    • Truth, And Then There Were Teardrops.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Performer: Valérie Milot. Conductor: Alain Trudel.
    • ATMA Classique.

  • Paul Mealor

    Ae fond kiss

    Composer: Trad.. Lyricist: Robert Burns. Choir: The Elora Singers. Conductor: Noel Edison.
    • And so It Goes: Songs of Folk & Lore.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid

    Orchestrator: Clark McAlister. Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Romances: Gil Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Suite, IV. Gigue & V. Double

    • Raumklang.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op.120 no.1 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestrator: Luciano Berio. Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Belle époque.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 404.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String quintet in E major Op.11 no.5 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Irène Duval. Performer: Jonian Ilias Kadesha. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: Tim Posner. Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • Boccherini: String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11/5, G. 275: III. Minuetto – Trio –.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No 2

    Performer: Ryan Wang. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 8 in G major, 'Le Soir' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • ALPHA.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Thème varié, Op 89

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 9.

  • John Brunning

    Concerto Magna Carta (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Magna Carta: The Complete works for guitar of John Brunning.
    • Prima Facie.
    • 9.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op.101 no.7

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Sony.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Violin Sonata No 2 (Presto)

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Georgijs Osokins.

  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Liszt - My Piano Hero.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hänsel und Gretel (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.
    • Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Horn Concerto in D major TWV.51:D8

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos.
    • Bis.
    • 4-6.

  • Turlough O'Carolan

    Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady

    Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Music Arranger: Frederik Øland. Music Arranger: Asbjørn Nørgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sjölin. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Keel Road.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI.

  • Jean Cras

    Quintette: I. Assez anime

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • French Music for Flute, Harp And String Trio.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 211 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Benedetti Baroque Orchestra.
    • Baroque.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Jim Parker

    Concerto for Clarinet & Strings (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ian Herbert. Orchestra: Apollo Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Chernaik.
    • Jim Parker: Clarinet Concerto, Betjeman's London etc..
    • Meridian.
    • 003.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B minor, K 27

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.

  • Léo Delibes

    Coppelia Suite

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Ballet Music.
    • SONY.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite no.2 in A minor BW. 807 (Prelude)

    Music Arranger: Colin Currie. Music Arranger: Sam Walton. Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • Striking a Balance.
    • EMI.
    • 11.

  • John Williams

    The Flight to Neverland

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Sound Of Cinema: The Film Music Of John Williams.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 1.

  • Ary Barroso

    Aquarela do Brasil

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Performer: Gonzalo Grau. Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.

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