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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

  • Carl Reinecke

    Octet, Op 216 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Reinecke: Octet / Von Der Wiege Bis Zum Grabe (From the Cradle To the Grave) /.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Frederick Delius

    Late swallows

    Music Arranger: Eric Fenby. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem)

    Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Kosma

    Autumn Leaves

    Ensemble: Thomas Leleu Trio.
    • Ars Produktion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12: Sinfonia

    Conductor: Paul Agnew. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants.
    • J. S. Bach: A Life in Music (Vol. 2) - The Weimar Years (1708-1717).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu No 2

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & 142.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Franz Danzi

    Sinfonia concertante in B-Flat Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Demarre McGill. Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Allen Tinkham.
    • Winged Creatures.
    • Cedille.
    • 3.

  • Joan Tower

    Still/Rapids: I. Still

    Performer: Blair McMillen. Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.
    • Joan Tower: Strike Zones, Small, Still/Rapids & Ivory and Ebony.
    • Naxos.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina (La bohème)

    Singer: Joseph Calleja. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • The Maltese Tenor.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Patrick Doyle

    My father's favourite (Sense and Sensibility)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Thomas Weelkes

    Thule the period of cosmographie

    Conductor: Jeremy Summerly. Choir: Oxford Camerata.
    • English Madrigals and Songs.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La Gioconda, Act III: Dance of the Hours

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of youth - suite no. 1 Op.1a - Sun Dance

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • EMI.

  • George Harrison

    Here comes the sun

    Music Arranger: Christopher Austin. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Ensemble: Navarra String Quartet.
    • Mercury.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per archi.
    • Tactus.
    • 106.

  • Gareth Glyn

    Morluniau Môn: Llanddwyn

    Ensemble: Ensemble Cymru. Conductor: Gareth Glyn.
    • Yr Oriau Oll a Welsom.
    • Tŷ Cerdd Records.
    • 3.

  • Gareth Glyn

    Morluniau Môn: Cemaes

    Ensemble: Ensemble Cymru. Conductor: Gareth Glyn.
    • Yr Oriau Oll a Welsom.
    • Tŷ Cerdd Records.
    • 4.

  • Robert Schumann

    Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Finale)

    Performer: Llŷr Williams.
    • Robert Schumann: Piano Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 48.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il trovatore, Act II: Anvil Chorus

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Verdi Choruses.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Duchess of Saxe-Weimar Anna Amalia

    Divertimento in B-Flat Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Shirley Turner. Performer: Peter Mallinson. Performer: Richard Hosford. Performer: Joanna Baillie Stark.
    • A Musical Soirée.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 12.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Concerto in C Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Auf Mozarts Spuren (Oboe Music by Mozart & Lebrun).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

  • Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Folk faer andlit

    Music Arranger: Peter Martin. Singer: Anna Semple. Choir: SANSARA. Ensemble: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Tom Herring.
    • in the midst.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire - overture Op.21

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

  • Philippe Gaubert

    Madrigal

    Performer: Elizaveta Ivanova. Performer: Sanja Bizjak.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 2 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bruckner / Sibelius / Nielsen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Rückert Lieder)

    Performer: Branford Marsalis. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
    • Rückert Lieder, Op. 44: III. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 1.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Gloria (Dixit Dominus II)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Singer: Sally Bruce-Payne. Singer: Guy Cutting. Singer: Matthew Brook. Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford.
    • Handel; Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus.
    • Avie.
    • 8.

  • Otilie Sukova

    Lullaby

    Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
    • Roland Pöntinen: Pathways II.
    • EUROPEAN GRAMOPHONE.

  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Magnificent Seven (main theme)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Elmer Bernstein.
    • Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein.
    • Denon.
    • 1.

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