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The best classical music wake-up call

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

  • Anton Rubinstein

    Nocturne in A flat major (3 Pieces Op.71)

    Performer: Martin Cousin.
    • Rubinstein: Six Preludes & Fugues in Free Style & Three Pieces, Op. 71.
    • Naxos.
    • 13.

  • Franz Liszt

    Dante Symphony (2nd mvt 'Purgatorio')

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Liszt - Symphonic Poems Volume 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Thomas Tallis

    If Ye Love me

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Euphonium concerto (2nd mvt - Romanza)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • The Symphonic Euphonium.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata No 29, 'Wir danken dir, Gott')

    Performer: Robert Quinney.
    • The Feast of Saint Peter the Apostle at Westminster Abbey: Quinney/O'Donnell.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Julian Bliss: Nielsen Clarinet Concerto, Mozart Clarinet Concerto.
    • Signum Records.
    • 8.

  • Herbert Howells

    Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks (4 Anthems)

    Performer: Christopher Dearnley. Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: John Scott.
    • Howells: St Paul's Service & Other Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge

    Frolic (Carnival Suite)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach To Black: Suites for Piano, Vol. II.
    • Albany Records.
    • 53.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No 2 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: Serenades.
    • DECCA.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • The Silver Violin.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C major (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Orchestra: Les Siècles.
    • Bizet/Chabrier: Les Siecles, Francois-Xavier Roth.
    • Mirare.
    • 3.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Justorum animae

    Choir: The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Conductor: David Newsholme.
    • Great Cathedral Anthems.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • Franz Schubert

    Trio in E flat major D.929 for piano and strings: 3rd mvt; Scherzando ...

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Schubert: Chamber Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 203.

  • Richard Strauss

    Also sprach Zarathustra (opening)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Holst: The Planets / John Williams: Star Wars Suite / Strauss, R.: Also sprach Z.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • William Byrd

    Sing joyfully

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: James O’Donnell.
    • Byrd: The Great Service & Other Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Summa

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Richard Studt.
    • Arvo Part: Fratres: Tasmin Little, Martin Roscoe, Richardt Studt, Bournemouth Si.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 11: III. Presto

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • A Room of Her Own.
    • Chandos.
    • 105.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • BIS.

  • Edward Bairstow

    Though I speak with the tongues of men

    Performer: Andrew Parnell. Choir: St. Albans Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Barry Rose.
    • Praise and Majesty.
    • Lammas.
    • 12.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 94 'Surprise' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Piano Quintet in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Piers Lane. Ensemble: Goldner String Quartet.
    • Taneyev; Arensky - Piano Quintets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 3 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra.
    • Louise Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 1-3, Overtures Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Otto Nicolai

    The Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Lance Friedel.
    • Naxos.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Stephen Cleobury. Conductor: George Guest.
    • DECCA.

  • Edvard Grieg

    String Quartet No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Opus13.
    • Mendelssohn & Grieg: String Quartets.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.

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