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Brighten your day 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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Music Played

  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 2 in C minor (H.25)

    Music Arranger: Michael McHale. Performer: Michael McHale. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Conductor: Courtney Lewis.
    • RTE Lyric FM.

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas (To the Hills and Vales)

    Choir: VOCES8. Ensemble: Les Inventions.
    • SIGNUM : SIGCD375.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 2.

  • Träd

    Deep River II

    Performer: Ashley Jackson. Music Arranger: Ashley Jackson.
    • Decca.

  • François Devienne

    Flute Concerto No 1 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: András Adorján. Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Hans Stadlmair.
    • Tudor.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.4 in D major BWV.1059 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rusalka: Song to the Moon

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Simon Parkin.
    • River of Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 1 in D major, K 412 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alessio Allegrini. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos: Allegrini/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Helen Leach

    Diary of the Bee: II. Thistle

    Performer: John Bradbury. Ensemble: Victoria String Quartet.
    • Diary of the Bee: Chamber Works by Helen Leach.
    • Divine Art.
    • 11.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins, RV.580

    Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Concerto in D minor Op.20 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O coruscans lux stellarum [O glistening starlight]

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • COLLEGIUM.

  • Kalevi Aho

    Symphony no.7 'Insect' (The Foxtrot and Tango of the Butterflies)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • BIS.

  • Léo Delibes

    Les Chasseresses (Sylvia - suite)

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

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Ensemble: Signum Quartett.
    • Quartet Movements: Signum Quartett.
    • Capriccio.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major, Op 83 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 5.

  • Francisco Escalada

    Canten dos jilguerillos

    Singer: Yaniv d'Or. Ensemble: Ensemble NAYA. Director: Amit Tiefenbrunn.
    • Latino Ladino: Songs of Exile and Passion.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Georges Bizet

    Les Toreadors (Carmen Suite No 1)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.
    • LINN.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    L'Italiana in Algeri: Overture

    Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Michele Mariotti.
    • Rossini: Overtures.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 301.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op.76`3 'Emperor' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • COLBURN.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 5 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 101.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Recorder Concerto in C major, TWV 51 C1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Holtslag. Performer: Mark Caudle. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.
    • Telemann: Recorder Concertos: Peter Holtslag, The Parley of Instruments.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 18, K576 (3rd mvt)

    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 55.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire - overture Op.21

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

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