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Ease into the day with classical music

Al Ryan presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With 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

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O felix anima

    Choir: Anonymous 4.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

    Concerto for 2 Guitars (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Kazuhito Yamashita. Performer: 山下直子. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concertos.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 8.
  • Camden Stewart

    Transcendence

    Performer: Camden Stewart.
    • Camden Luke Bonsu-Stewart.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No 1: Morning Mood

    Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Sommernachtskonzert 2015 / Summer Night Concert 2015.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christe, aller Welt Trost (from Clavier-Übung III)

    Performer: James McVinnie.
    • Bach: Clavier-Übung III.
    • Pentatone.
    • 103.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Scherzo)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Emanuele Barbella

    Mandolin Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Concertos.
    • DG.
    • 8.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Die tote Stadt: Marietta's Lied (Live)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera. Conductor: James Levine.
    • Her Greatest Moments at the MET.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 32.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sonata in G Major for Flute and Violin (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Ashley Solomon.
    • Telemann: Ino Cantata and Double Concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 18.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sonata in G Major for Flute and Violin (4th mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Ashley Solomon.
    • Telemann: Ino Cantata and Double Concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 21.
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • African American Voices.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.
  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Var. 18

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 18. Andante cantabil.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Emma Rawicz

    Vera

    Performer: Emma Rawicz. Performer: Scottie Thompson. Performer: Marc Michel. Singer: Freddie Jensen.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    L'Amant anonyme: Overture (part 1)

    Orchestra: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Sopranista.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    L'Amant anonyme: Overture (part 2)

    Orchestra: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Sopranista.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    L'Amant anonyme: Overture (part 3)

    Orchestra: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Sopranista.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.
  • Peter Ludwig Hertel

    Clog Dance (La Fille mal gardée)

    Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Herold/Lecocq: La Fille mal gardee: Royal Opera House Orchestra/Lanchbery.
    • Decca.
    • 17.
  • Trad.

    The Dark Eyed Sailor

    Performer: Olivia Chaney.
    • Olivia Chaney.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Jane Glover. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Wind Quintet Op 43 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Jonathan Kelly. Performer: Stefan Schweigert. Performer: Radek Baborák.
    • Nielsen: Clarinet & Flute Concertos, Wind Quintet.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    Body Building (Frankenstein)

    Performer: Eldbjorg Hemsing. Conductor: Alexandre Desplat. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Frankenstein.
    • Netflix Music.
    • 15.
  • Léo Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Orchestra: Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Delibes: Coppelia: Orchestre de l'opera de Lyon/Nagano.
    • Erato.
    • 2.
  • Eric Coates

    Concert Waltz 'Footlights'

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Avie.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesfreud

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Ian Brown.
    • Phénoménal Vengerov.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Suor Angelica: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 8.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major, RV 114

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • Vivaldi: Cello Concertos: Queyras/Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 14-15.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Charlie Harmon. Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
    • Naxos.
    • 22.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals

    Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Orchestra: Les Siècles.
    • Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des animaux - L'Assassinat du duc de.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Thomas Campion

    Never weather-beaten sail

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Joseph Curiale

    Adelina de Maya - Movement 2

    Conductor: Joseph Curiale. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Awakening.
    • Black Box.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)

    Performer: Sarah Schuster Ericsson.
    • DORIAN SONO LUMINUS.

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  • Fri 13 Mar 202606:30