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Embrace the morning calm of classical music

Linton Stephens 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

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 13 in B Flat Major: V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 10 & 13, Opp. 74 & 130.
    • BIS.
    • 9.

  • Laurie Christman

    Rolling Fields

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Navona.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Oboe Concerto in A Minor: I. Rondo Pastorale

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: James MacMillan.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 5 in G major, BWV 816 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Holst: The Planets – Bax: Tintagel.
    • LSO Live.
    • 102.

  • Maryam Giraud

    Rain

    Lyricist: Cassidy McKinlay. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Arise, Shine.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet in A Major, K. 298: I. Tema con variazione. Andante

    Performer: Cocomi. Performer: Ryota Higashi. Performer: Meguna Naka. Performer: Yusuke Yabe.
    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in C major Op.6`10: 6th movement; Minuetto (Vivace)

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Arcangelo Corelli: Opus 6 - Concerti Grossi.
    • Linn Records.
    • 23.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.

  • Jean‐Marie Leclair

    Concerto in C Major: II. Adagio

    Performer: Céline Moinet. Orchestra: Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Robert Schumann

    Abegg Variations in F Major, Op. 1

    Performer: Anna Geniushene.
    • Opus 1.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 4.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Strathspey (Four Scottish Dances, Op 59)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Arnold: Homage to the Queen etc, PO / Irving.
    • EMI.
    • 39.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Grieg : Peer Gynt Suites 1, 2 & Symphonic Dances.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 3.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Valse d'automne, Op. 169

    Performer: Mélanie Laurent. Music Arranger: Mélanie Laurent.
    • Indesens Calliope Records.

  • Joachim Raff

    Symphony No. 10 in F Minor, Op. 213 "In Autumn": I. Impressions and feelings

    Orchestra: Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Francis Travis.
    • Tudor.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Salon Polka in F sharp major, Op.7 No.1

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • TELDEC.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique: Un bal

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Bassoon Concerto in F major s63/w23 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jaakko Luoma. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Janne Nisonen.
    • Mozart, Winter, Hummel & Rossini: Bassoon Concertos.
    • Ondine.
    • 103.

  • Henry Purcell

    Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: III. Allegro

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Balsom Ensemble.
    • Royal Fireworks.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B Minor 'Pathétique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major, M. 82

    Performer: Cédric Tiberghien. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Ravel: Concertos pour piano - Mélodies.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Cantabile in D Major

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: James Stephenson. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Paganini.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 "Italian": IV. Saltarello. Presto

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • ALPHA CLASSICS.

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