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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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  • Franz Schubert

    Entr'acte in B flat major from Rosamunde

    Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Schubert: Nacht und Träume.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Charles Gounod

    Petite Symphonie (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Gounod/Bizet: Symphony no.1/L'Arlesienne: St Paul Chamber Orch/Hogwood.
    • Decca.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Blue (A Colour Symphony)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No 1 in B minor BWV 1002 (Corrente/Double)

    Performer: Lara St. John.
    • Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo.
    • Ancalagon LLC.
    • 6.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • DaCapo.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le tombeau de Couperin (No 4, Rigaudon)

    Composer: Raaf Hekkema. Ensemble: Vienna Reed Quintet.
    • 4 Woods + 1 Sax Play Rameau, Mozart & Ravel.
    • Naxos.
    • 404.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Introduction and rondo capriccioso

    Performer: María Dueñas. Performer: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Mihhail Gerts.
    • Paganini: 24 Caprices — Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Sa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 35.

  • Clémence de Grandval

    Suite for flute and piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: Hélène Couvert.
    • Compositrices à l'aube du XXe siècle.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 36 'Linz' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425: IV. Presto.
    • Aparté.
    • 1.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduttione teatrale in G major Op.4 No.4

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Naive.

  • Claude Debussy

    L'Isle Joyeuse

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Iberia y Francia.
    • Chandos.
    • 112.

  • Ludwig Minkus

    Spanish Dance (Don Quixote)

    Orchestra: Sofia National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Boris Spassov.
    • CAPRICCIO.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Ouverture)

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2022 / New Year's Concert 2022 / Concert du Nouvel An 2022.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 07.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A minor (3rd mvt: Juba)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Dixit Dominus, RV 595 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Vittorio Negri. Choir: John Alldis Choir. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi: Edition Vol.3 - Sacred Music.
    • Philips.
    • 19.

  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the Heaven

    Choir: VOCES8. Choir: Apollo5. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • Renewal?.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 12.

  • Aaron Copland

    Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes (Hoe-down)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Ma Vlast, JB1:112: II. Vltava

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Smetana: Ma Vlast.
    • Pentatone.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Quartet concertant in G minor, Op 15 No 2 (1st mvmt, Adagio)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • John Adams

    China Gates

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Adams: China Gates.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 9 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Choir: Collegium Vocale 1704. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Duet No 1 in E minor for keyboard, BWV 802

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir András Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.

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