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Start the day on the right note with classical music
John Toal 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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Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 6, To Spring
Performer: Lang Lang.- Piano Book.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 14.
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Ēriks Ešenvalds
There Will Come Soft Rains
Choir: Valsts Akadēmiskais koris "Latvija". Conductor: Māris Sirmais.- From the Dim and Distant Past.
- State Choir Latvija.
- 3.
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Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet in E flat, Op.47 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.- Schumann: Piano Quartet - Piano Quintet.
- harmonia mundi.
- 3.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor, Op 73 (2nd mvmt, Adagio ma non troppo)
Performer: Jörg Widmann. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Peter Ruzicka.- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 - Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 - Widmann: Dr.
- Orfeo.
- 8.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata in C Minor, BWV 1017: I. Sicilian
Performer: Rodolfo Richter. Performer: James Johnstone.- Metronome.
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Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Persee - Tragedie In A Prologue And 5 Acts - Overture
Director: Hervé Niquet. Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Singer: Mathias Vidal. Singer: Hélène Guilmette. Singer: Katherine Watson. Singer: Tassis Christoyannis. Singer: Jean Teitgen. Singer: Chantal Santon Jeffery. Singer: Marie Lenormand. Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Singer: Marie Kalinine. Singer: Thomas Dolié. Singer: Zachary Wilder.- Alpha : 967.
- Alpha.
- 1.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Janine Jansen.
- Decca.
- 7.
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