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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.3 in F major Op.90 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick NĂ©zet‐SĂ©guin.
    • Brahms: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.

  • Mel Bonis

    Berceuse, Op 23 No 1

    Performer: Maria Stembolskaya.
    • Mel Bonis: Femmes de legende.
    • Ligia.
    • 13.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Quartet concertant in C major Op.15 no.3

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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV 115: II. Aria. Ach schlÀfrige Seele, wie?

    Singer: Alexander Chance. Ensemble: Le Banquet CĂ©leste.
    • J. S. Bach: Mein Geist.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.935 (no.2 in A flat major)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • OTTAVO.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacrée et danse profane

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Works by Ravel/Debussy.
    • NAIVE.
    • 11-12.

  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Sonata in D major, G.1

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Jubilo - Fasch, Corelli, Torelli & Bach.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6-9.

  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • English Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 9 "Jeunehomme" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Evren Ozel. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 in E-Flat Major, KV 271 "Jenamy" & 12 in A Major,.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Octet in E-Flat Major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists.
    • Beethoven: Music for Winds.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Paul Taffanel

    Sicilienne, Op.7

    Performer: Philippe Bernold. Performer: Ariane Jacob.
    • SAPHIR PRODUCTIONS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Rose Adagio (The Sleeping beauty Op.66)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Mark Ermler.
    • Sleeping Beauty (Complete).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.

  • Gian Carlo Menotti

    The Telephone or l'Amour a Trois (Overture)

    Conductor: Paolo Vaglieri. Orchestra: Milan Chamber Orchestra.
    • Menotti: The Telephone.
    • Nuova Era.
    • 1.

  • Simon Jeffes

    Telephone and Rubber Band

    Ensemble: Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
    • ZOPF LTD.

  • Francisco TĂĄrrega

    Gran Vals in A major

    Performer: Giulio Tampalini.
    • Trois Amies (Bande Originale du Film).
    • Plaza Mayor Company, Ltd..
    • 10.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 5 "Reformation" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 8.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Laudamus te (Gloria in D major, RV 589)

    Singer: Katharine Gowers. Singer: Lucy Ballard. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria, Handel: Gloria, Dixit Dominus: John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 3.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Pirates of Penzance (Overture)

    Orchestra: D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce‐Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 2.

  • HĂ©lĂšne de Montgeroult

    Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op 5 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Montgeroult: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 20.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso (Love Theme - extract)

    Music Arranger: Nikoloz Rachveli. Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Maximilian Hornung. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Nikoloz Rachveli.
    • City Lights.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Armide, Act I: Overture

    Composer: Louis-Joseph Francoeur. Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Lully: Armide 1778.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák

    Cello Concerto in B Minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Raphaël Jouan. Orchestra: Orchestre National de Metz Grand Est. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Dvorak: Cello Concerto.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 1.

  • TomĂĄs Luis de Victoria

    Tu es Petrus

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Rapsodie espagnole (4th mvt 'Feria')

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Iberia.
    • ONYX.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet Op 33 No 4 in B-Flat Major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33, Nos. 4-6.
    • BIS.
    • 104.

Broadcast

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