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Breakfast with the best classical music

Linton Stephens 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

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major (2nd mvt, Adagio Assai)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos & Falla: Noches En Los Jardines De España.
    • Hyperion.
    • 002.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No 15 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Hermès.
    • Echoes of Vienna.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 2.

  • Arthur William Foote

    Melodie (Three Pieces for Flute & Piano)

    Performer: Fenwick Smith. Performer: Randall Hodgkinson.
    • Chamber Music With Flute.
    • KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052R (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Conductor: Bernhard Forck. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

  • François Couperin

    Le Tic-Toc-Choc (Ordre no.18)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Tic, Toc, Choc.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 002.

  • Elfrida Andrée

    Ur drömliv

    Ensemble: Singer Pur.
    • Among Whirlwinds.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 9.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Lyn Fletcher. Orchestra: Hallé. Director: Mark Elder.
    • Halle, Elder: English Landscapes.
    • Halle.
    • 2.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Chinese Dance [Aladdin Suite]

    Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story (Maria)

    Singer: Rolando Villazón. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Daniele Callegari.
    • Rolando Villazon: Tenor.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 3.

  • Blind Tom Wiggins

    The Rain Storm

    Performer: John Davis.
    • Halley's Comet: Around the Piano with Mark Twain & John Davis.
    • Newport Classic, Ltd..

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Milos Karadaglic: Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Franz Berwald

    Grand Septet in B-Flat Major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Anima Eterna Brugge.
    • Schubert & Berwald: Chamber Music.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 8.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Deus in adiutoriummeum intende (1610 Vespers)

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth. Singer: Matthew Long. Ensemble: The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble.
    • Claudio Monteverdi: 1610 Vespers.
    • CORO.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 5 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Orchestra: Insula Camerata.
    • "Beethoven Extended": Symphony No. 5.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

    The Well-Tempered Guitars: No 4 in E Major

    Ensemble: Duo Tedesco.
    • Castelnuovo-Tedesco: The Well-Tempered Guitars, Op. 199.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G minor Z.730

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Nabucco (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Verdi: Overtures and Preludes: Muti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in F major RV.293 'Autumn'

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Bacchanale (Autumn, The Seasons Op 67)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • The Seasons etc..
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trio Sonata in C Major (Largo)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Ben Goldscheider.

  • Florence Price

    Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Dances in the Canebrakes)

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR CLASSICS.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cello Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Silent Woods; Rondo ((Remastered)).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Le pas espagnol (Dolly Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • Sir Thomas Beecham: The French Collection.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Toccata (Organ Symphony No.5 in F minor, Op.42`1)

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • BNL.

  • Jorunn Vidar

    Vökuró

    Choir: Graduale Nobili. Conductor: Þorvaldur Örn Davíðsson.
    • Vökuró.
    • Universal Music Classics.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Sep 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3