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Rise and shine with classical music

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong, 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

  • Jean Lhéritier

    Sub tuum presidium

    Conductor: David Skinner. Ensemble: Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
    • L'héritier: Sub tuum presidium.
    • Inventa Records.
    • 1.

  • Louis Spohr

    Potpourri for Clarinet and Orchestra

    Performer: Christoffer Sundqvist. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Gaudenz.
    • Spohr: The Complete Works for Clarinet & Orchestra.
    • CPO.
    • 208.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude (From "49th Parallel")

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Vaughan Williams: Film Music Classics.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: Chorus

    Conductor: Stephan MacLeod. Ensemble: Gli Angeli Genève.
    • Bach: The Complete Chorale Cantatas / Cantatas 28-30.
    • Aparté.
    • 119.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Viva Verdi.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • George Frederick Bristow

    Symphony No. 2, 'Jullien' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • New World.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    String Quartet No.4 in D major (1st mvt: Allegro)

    Ensemble: Pleyel Quartet.
    • CPO.

  • Edvard Grieg

    To Spring (Lyric pieces - book 3 Op.43)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DG.

  • William Boyce

    Symphony No 2 in A major

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Mikado (The Mikado's Song)

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: John Tomlinson. Choir: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir. Conductor: David Parry.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Flute Sonata in D Op.94 (4th mvt)

    Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer.
    • Ceremony.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Don Macdonald

    When the Earth Stands Still

    Ensemble: Mancunium Consort.
    • Still Waters.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 13.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Overture in D major

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • CHANDOS.

  • César Franck

    Violin sonata in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Beethoven, Schumann, Franck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet no.12 in F major, Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Dvorak String Quartets - Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.
    • 7.

  • Max Bruch

    Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra, Op. 88a: 4. Andante - Allegro

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mendelssohn & Bruch: Concertos For 2 Pianos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv.

  • Félix Pérez Cardozo

    Pájaro Campana

    • Los Reyes Paraguayos.
    • DCD Radio.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: I. Allegro molto

    Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jaime Martín.
    • Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Ondine.
    • 101.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major Kk.455

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.

  • Henryk Górecki

    Symphony No 3, Op 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' (2nd mvt)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Gorecki: Symphony No. 3: Dawn Upshaw.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • An die Musik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sextet in E-Flat Major, Op. 81b: I. Allegro con brio

    Performer: Bart Aerbeydt. Performer: Gijs Laceulle. Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Beethoven: Sextet in E-Flat Major, Op. 81b: I. Allegro con brio.
    • Aparté.
    • 1.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Dardanus: Chaconne

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Director: Raphaël Pichon.
    • Les grandes eaux musicales de Versailles.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 27.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Kodaly: "Hary Janos" Suite: Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 15.

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