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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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3 hours

Music Played

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Suite española No 1 (Aragon)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espanola - Larrocha.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Tudor.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2: Andras Schiff.
    • ECM.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV.881

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Septet in E flat major Op.65 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Paris Orchestra Soloists.
    • Saint-Saens: Complete Chamber Music with Winds.
    • Indesens.
    • 4.
  • Manos Hadjidakis

    Oniro pedión tis gitoniás

    Music Arranger: Stavros Xarchakos. Singer: Agnes Baltsa. Ensemble: Athens Experimental Orchestra. Conductor: Stavros Xarchakos.
    • Agnes Baltsa - Songs My Country Taught Me.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella In the Palace (Waltz suite Op.110)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Max Richter

    Vivaldi, The Four Seasons - Spring 1, Recomposed by Max Richter

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: André de Ridder.
    • Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425

    Performer: Duilio Galfetti. Ensemble: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Galfetti/I Barocchisti/Fasolis.
    • Claves.
    • 13.
  • William Walton

    5 Bagatelles (Alla Cubana)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams & Fancies.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 3.
  • Claude Debussy

    Marche écossaise

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • DG.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro - Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Tring.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major D.803 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Danusha Waskiewicz. Performer: Kristin von der Goltz. Performer: James Munro. Performer: Lorenzo Coppola. Performer: Teunis van der Zwart. Performer: Javier Zafra.
    • Schubert: Oktett.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Mazurka-Oberek in D major

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Ensemble: Abbey Road Ensemble. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • EMI.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: Accentus. Choir: Accentus. Ensemble: Orchestre national de France. Ensemble: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Naive.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Farnham Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • British Light Overtures 2: RBS, Sutherland.
    • White Line.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Andante, Sonata no.33 in c minor

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • chandos.
  • David Raksin

    Theme from "Laura" (1944)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Music Arranger: Angela Morley. Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra.
    • Cinema Serenade II - "The Golden Age".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in C major HWV.318 'Alexander's Feast'

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Concerto Grosso 'Alexander's Feast'.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 1-4.
  • George Gershwin

    George Gershwin song-book

    Performer: Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • CFP.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in A flat major Op.46 no.3

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Václav Neumann.
    • Dvorak: 16 Slavonic Dances: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Neumann.
    • Apex.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in D major, Op 70 No 1, 'Ghost' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Gryphon Trio.
    • Beethoven: Piano trios op.70 nos.1&2, op.11: Gryphon Trio.
    • Analekta.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Apr 2025 06:30