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Roll out of bed into 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

  • Olivia Belli

    Tàmâr Mĕtūshelāḥ

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Olivia Belli.
    • Gaïa.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Concerto in B Flat Major: II. Un poco adagio

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Orchestra: Academy for Early Music, Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Dario Marianelli

    Liz on Top of the World

    Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Sérgio Assad.
    • Liz on Top of the World (Arr. Assad for Guitar) (From \"Pride & Prejudice\").
    • Decca Records US.
    • 1.

  • Max Richter

    The Blue Notebooks: On the Nature of Daylight

    Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Allein Gott in der Höh sey Ehr, BWV 676

    Performer: Maurizio Croci.
    • J. S. Bach: Dritter Theil der Clavier Übung.
    • Arcana.
    • 9.

  • Trad.

    Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.
    • Songs of Comfort and Hope.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 18.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 4 in C Major, Op. 112: III. Moderato, quasi allegretto

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4.
    • The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio in A minor Op.114 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Brahms: Trio Op. 114. Robert & Clara Schumann: Romances.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 13.

  • Josef Suk

    Pohádka léta (A Summer's Tale), Op. 29: III. Intermezzo. Blind Musicians

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Suk: A Summer's Tale, Op. 29.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 103.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Rondeau, Op. 97

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Music Arranger: Jarle Storløkken. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • She Composes Like A Man.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor 'con due violini obligati', RV 522

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Hob XVI:37: I. Allegro con brio

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • WARNER.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, "Romantic": IV. (f) Im früheren Zeitmass

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann.
    • Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 "Romantic": Im früheren Zeitmass.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Nonet in F minor Op.2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

  • Barrie Hingley

    Elegy on the Royal Air Force March Past

    Ensemble: Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Conductor: Wing Commander Barrie Hingley OBE.
    • Royal Air Force 100th Anniversary.
    • Chandos.
    • 214.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de Matin, Op. 15/2

    Performer: Thomas Bowes. Music Arranger: Eleanor Alberga. Orchestra: Sinfonia Arcadiana. Conductor: Nic Fallowfield.
    • Rubicon.

  • Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky

    Sinfonietta, Op. 68: II. Andantino grazioso

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7, Op. 131 - Myaskovsky: Sinfonietta, Op. 68, No. 2.
    • LAWO Classics.

  • Marie Dare

    Three Highland Sketches: III. Strathspey & Reel

    Ensemble: Quatuor Hanson.
    • Marie Dare: Three Highland Sketches: III. Strathspey & Reel.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
    • 1.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Wiener Blut: Waltz Op.354

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Summer Night Concert 2021.
    • Sony.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in A major Op.5 no.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathon Heyward.
    • A New Dawn.
    • PLATOON.
    • 04.

  • Paul Dukas

    Villanelle

    Performer: Hans van der Zanden. Music Arranger: Odette Metzneger. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Dukas: Cantates, chœurs et musique symphonique.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 10.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E Flat Major: IV. Allegro molto vivace

    Ensemble: Esmé Quartet.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 39 in E Flat Major, K543: I. Adagio - Allegro

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 1.

  • Luigi Gatti

    Quartet in F Major: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Céline Moinet. Performer: Sindy Mohamed. Performer: Mohamed Hiber. Performer: Tim Park.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy & Bess: VII. Bess, You Is My Woman Now

    Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.
    • An American Dream?.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Spartacus; Ballet Suite No. 3: Dance of the Egyptian Maidens

    Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian. Orchestra: Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus Ballet Suites Nos.1-3.
    • ASV.
    • 12.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo a capriccio, Op. 129 "Rage over a Lost Penny"

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Piano Book 2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

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  • Tue 15 Sep 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3