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Kickstart your day with the best 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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Music Played

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie no.3 in A minor

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music; Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor: IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Emilie Mayer: Piano Concerto - Symphony No. 1 - Overtures (Symphonic Works, Vol..
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 109.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Choir: Tenebrae. Singer: Joseph Edwards. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Prayer for Deliverance.
    • Signum Records.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No 2 (1st and 2nd mvts)

    Performer: Ilya Gringolts. Performer: Francesco Corti.
    • J. S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord.
    • Arcana.
    • 1.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Butterworth/Delius: English Rhapsody: Halle, Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 4.

  • Fazil Say

    Suite for Alto Saxophone and Piano, (Arr. for Bassoon and Piano)

    Performer: Bram van Sambeek. Performer: Hans Eijsackers. Music Arranger: Bram van Sambeek.
    • Relics and Discoveries.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Act I: Aria. Va tacito e nascosto

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket. Singer: Christophe Dumaux.
    • Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto.
    • Linn Records.
    • 26.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Suite for Strings (5th movement)

    Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • American and English Orchestral Music.
    • Claves Records.
    • 8.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 6 in D major, 'Le matin' - 1st movement, - Adagio-Allegro

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Haydn Symphonies 'Morning', 'Noon' and 'Evening'.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Alfred Brendel. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 4.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    "Sventurata navicella" (Giustino)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • DECCA.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances, Set 1, Op 27 (No 4)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.73 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Philippe Jordan.
    • Wiener Symphoniker.

  • John Dowland

    The Frog Galliard

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Performer: Johannes Moser.
    • Songs of Joy and Sorrow.
    • Platoon Ltd.
    • 11.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 02.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to Come (March)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Classics for Pleasure.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat major Op.44 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Christoph Traxler.
    • The Clarinet Trio Anthology.
    • Decca.
    • 36.

  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Performer: Baptiste Trotignon. Music Arranger: Baptiste Trotignon. Singer: Reginald Mobley.
    • Because.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 17.

  • Anton Vranicky

    Concerto for Two Violas and Orchestra in C Major: iii Rondo Allegro

    Performer: Nils Mönkemeyer. Performer: Teresa Schwamm. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in C minor, Op 10 No 12 (Revolutionary Study)

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Manuel de Falla

    El Amor Brujo

    Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Manuel de Falla.
    • Onyx.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano (1st mvt, extract)

    Performer: Sofia Mekhonoshina. Performer: George Herbert.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet (Come Ye Sons of Art)

    Singer: James Bowman. Singer: Michael Chance. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Purcell Essentials.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.

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