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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

  • Michael Praetorius

    La canarie

    Conductor: Carles Magraner. Ensemble: Capella de Ministrers.
    • La Spagna.
    • CDM.
    • 22.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 5: Adagietto

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • London Symphony Orchestra.

  • Arnold Bax

    Dance in Sunlight (3 Pieces for small orchestra)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • The Banks of Green Willow.
    • EMI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 5 (Bourrée, Loure, Gigue)

    Performer: CĂ©dric Pescia.
    • J. S. Bach: The French Suites.
    • La Dolce Volta.

  • Antonio Rosetti

    Horn Concerto in E major, C50/III:44 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Ensemble: KurpfÀlzisches Kammerorchester. Conductor: Johannes Moesus.
    • CPO.

  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • EMI.

  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11; 2. Romance

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
    • Chopin Piano Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartet No 2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Lombardini Quartett.
    • Sirmen: 6 String Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 101.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata in A Major for Eight Trumpets and Orchestra

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Music Arranger: Raymond Leppard. Conductor: Raymond Leppard. Conductor: Raymond Leppard. Conductor: Raymond Leppard. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Baroque Music for Trumpets.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.

  • Claude Debussy

    La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Joanna Marsh

    Now I lay

    Conductor: Robert Hollingworth. Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • A Plastic Theatre.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 102.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI MUSIC.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite: Philharmonia/Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS.
    • 7.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker - suite (Op.71a), no.2c; Russian dance "Trepak"

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite: Philharmonia/Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS.
    • 4.

  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák

    Symphony No.9 in E minor "From the New World" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Krzysztof UrbaƄski.
    • Dvoƙák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World" & A Hero's Song,.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • 瞿維

    Flower Drum

    Music Arranger: Xuefei Yang. Performer: Xuefei Yang.
    • Decca.

  • Isaac Strauss

    Hébé-Polka

    Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Orchestra: Les Siùcles.
    • Les nuits de Paris.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 4.

  • LĂ©o Delibes

    Lakmé (Flower Duet)

    Singer: Hera Hyesang Park. Singer: Emily D’Angelo. Conductor: Jochen Rieder. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice.
    • Breathe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 23.

  • Louis James Alfred LefĂ©bure‐WĂ©ly

    Bolero de concert

    Performer: Lukas Hasler.
    • Gold.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 4 in G Major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: III. Rondo. Vivace.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Morfydd Owen

    Romance for Strings

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • M. Owen: Romance for Strings.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.

  • John Parry

    Myfanwy

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: The Black Mountain Male Chorus. Choir: Risca Male Choir. Conductor: Gareth Jones.
    • DG.

  • Antonio Lotti

    Concerto for Oboe d'amore, Strings and Continuo in A (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: New Seasons Ensemble.
    • In Venice.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 14.

  • Maurice Ravel

    La valse

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Klaus MĂ€kelĂ€.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La danza (Soirées musicales)

    Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: The London Orchestra. Conductor: Yvan Cassar.
    • Roberto Alagna: My Life is an Opera.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet no. 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Byol Kang. Performer: Anna Reszniak. Performer: Barbara Buntrock. Performer: Julian Steckel.
    • Avi Music.

  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    The Jewels of the Madonna: Serenata

    Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 12.

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