Launch the day with classical music
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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Edu Lobo
Beatriz
Composer: Chico Buarque. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Sérgio Assad.- Saudade.
- Decca Records US.
- 3.
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Rachel Portman
Emma; Main Titles
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.- Emma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Hollywood Records.
- 1.
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Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: VOCES8.- Eventide (10th Anniversary Edition).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 14.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV.816 (Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gavotte)
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- Bach, J.S.: French Suites Nos. 1-6/Italian Concerto etc..
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No 2 in F major, Op 102 (2nd mvt)
Performer: John Ogdon. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.- EMI.
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Jules Massenet
Meditation from Thais
Performer: Michael Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Last Night of The Proms - The 100th Season.
- Teldec.
- 12.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (3rd mvt.)
Performer: Peter Moore. Performer: James Baillieu.- Life Force.
- Rubicon Classics.
- 5.
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Anna Lapwood
O Nata Lux
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- Signum.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Radiohead
Glass Eyes
Ensemble: London Concertante. -
Alessandro Striggio
Sanctus & Benedictus (Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno)
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.- Striggio: Mass for 40 and 60 voices.
- Glossa.
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Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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Cecilia McDowall
Shipping Forecast: III. Naming
Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Orchestra: Orchestra Nova Ensemble. Conductor: George Vass.- McDowall: Shipping Forecast.
- Dutton Epoch.
- 14.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
- Warner Classics.
- 3.
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Errollyn Wallen
Mighty River
Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Andrew Morley.- Errollyn Wallen: Mighty River (Live).
- NMC Recordings.
- 101.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Music Arranger: Timothy Walker. Performer: Sean Shibe.- An Orkney Wedding.
- LINN.
- 8.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E major RV 267a 'per Anna Maria'
Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.- Vivaldi: Concerti per una vita.
- harmonia mundi.
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Fritz Kreisler
Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani
Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.- BIS.
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Dani Howard
Trombone concerto - 3rd mvt (Illumination)
Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.- Dani Howard: Orchestral Works.
- Rubicon.
- 4.
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Alexander Scriabin
Nocturne in D flat major, Op 9 No.2, for piano left hand
Performer: Nicholas McCarthy.- Solo.
- Warner Classics.
- 11.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor, K.626: 3. Sequentia: Confutatis maledictis
Choir: ѿý Singers. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.- Mozart: Requiem; Maurerische Trauermusik.
- Decca (UMO).
- 7.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor, K.626 - 3. Sequentia: Lacrimosa
Choir: ѿý Singers. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.- Mozart: Requiem; Maurerische Trauermusik.
- Decca (UMO).
- 8.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No 2 in D (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Brahms: Symphonies 1-4. Berliner Philharmoniker - Rattle.
- EMI.
- 4.
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Arvo Pärt
Summa
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.- 25 Years.
- Nonesuch.
- 14.
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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Colas Breugnon, Op 24 (Overture)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Kabalevsky: Piano concerto etc: Kathryn Stott/ѿý Philharmonic/Sinaisky.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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Erroll Garner
Misty
Performer: Ben Paterson. Performer: David Wong. Performer: Kenny Washington. Singer: Samara Joy.- Linger Awhile.
- Verve.
- 5.
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Gustav Holst
Dance of Spirits of Fire (The Perfect Fool)
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
Broadcast
- Thu 24 Apr 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3