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Rise and shine with 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

  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance No 2

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Grieg: Symphonic Dances.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet, Op 77, No 1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 42, 77 & Seven Last Words.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op 23 No 4

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Rachmaninoff: 24 Préludes.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E major BWV.1042 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Ronald Binge

    The Water Mill

    Performer: Ruth Scott. Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics: New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Max Bruch

    String Quartet No 1 in C minor (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Goldner String Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in D Major, K. 382

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 12.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Charlotte Bray

    Agnus Dei (a reflection on Byrd's Agnus Dei from the Mass for 5 voices)

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite (3rd mvt: Minuet)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • John Ireland: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op 3 No 1, HWV 312

    Ensemble: Berlin Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Ensemble: Tempera Quartet.
    • Sibelius: String Quartets 1890 - 1922.
    • BIS.
    • 12.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 7 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Edward Gardner conducts Dvořák & Schumann.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 103.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    III. Allegro from Concerto in B Minor, RV 580 (Adapt. for 4 Mandolins, Strings and Continuo)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 5 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Dragon Quartet.
    • Dragon Quartet: Borodin - Shostakovich - Weinberg.
    • Channel Classics Records.
    • 2.

  • Charles Gounod

    "Ah, je veux vivre dans cette reve!" (Romeo & Juliette)

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
    • Destination Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 22.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse macabre Op.40

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Le Boeuf sur le toit.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    3 Morceaux, Op. 15 (III. Humoresque)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Music Arranger: Jarle Storløkken. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • She Composes Like A Man.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 11.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances (Nos 4-6)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Olof Wendel. Music Arranger: Jonas Dominique. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: Martin Frost.
    • Martin Frost: Roots.
    • Sony.
    • 10-14.

  • Florence Price

    Dances in the Canebrakes (Nimble Feet)

    Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 5 'Emperor' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos Lewis - Belohlavek.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Francesca Caccini

    Ciaccona

    Performer: Luigi Cozzolino. Ensemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini. Director: Gian Luca Lastraioli.
    • Maria, dolce Maria.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 3.

  • Robert Schumann

    Scherzo, Op 52 No 2

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jörg Widmann.
    • Invitation: Mozart, Mendelssohn & Schumann.
    • Pentatone.
    • 110.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musical Offering, BWV1079: Fuga Canonica In Epidiapente (6)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

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  • Wed 4 Mar 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3