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Ease into the day with 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

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Pink Sakura

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Handler.
    • Pink Sakura.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    5 Preludes, W419: no.5 in D major

    Performer: Plínio Fernandes.
    • Saudade.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 12.

  • Trevor Duncan

    Meadow Mist

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Duncan: Orchestral Works.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute concerto No 1 in G major, K 313 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Zofia Neugebauer. Orchestra: Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen. Conductor: Johannes Klumpp.
    • Il Vento non Scritto.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Missa brevis in A Major: Gloria

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • Bach: Missae breves BWV 234 & 235 (Alpha Collection).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)

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

  • Robert Lowry

    Shall We Gather at the River

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Director: Blake Morgan. Ensemble: Ringmasters.
    • Shall We Gather.
    • Universal Music Operations Limited.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Romance, Op 39

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • DECCA.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 72 No 2

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 10.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No 3

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Masterworks.

  • Max Bruch

    Die Loreley, Op. 16: Overture

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Bruch: Double Concertos, Adagio appassionato & Loreley Overture.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 5.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral works: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 5 in D Minor "Reformation": II. Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Oratorios.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 119.

  • George Frideric Handel

    As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Tahiti Trot - Tea for Two

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 501.

  • Levko Kolodub

    Solemn Overture

    Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ukrainian Mixtape.
    • Platoon.
    • 101.

  • Jean Françaix

    String Trio : IV. Rondo. Vivo

    Ensemble: Trio Boccherini.
    • Conversations à trois.
    • BIS.
    • 109.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Brahms: Complete Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 94 in G Major "Surprise": IV. Finale. Presto

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 16: The Surprise.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 8.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Légende Op.17

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Eric Coates

    March: The Dam Busters

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates – Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.

  • Jean‐Féry Rebel

    La Terpsicore

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Terpsichore - Apotheosis of Baroque Dance.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 5: II. Scherzo. Allegro

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 9.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 11.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354

    Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Sommernachtskonzert 2019 / Summer Night Concert 2019.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • John Barry

    Out of Africa: I Had a Farm in Africa

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Stéphane Denève.
    • Cinema.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Nat Simon

    Poinciana

    Lyricist: Buddy Bernier. Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer. Singer: Jill Gomez. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • South of the border: Jill Gomez.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String quintet in E major Op.11 no.5 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Irène Duval. Performer: Jonian Ilias Kadesha. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: Tim Posner. Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Concerto for Piano and Strings: III. Moderato e deciso ma con moto

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Carwithen: Concerto for Piano and Strings: III. Moderato e deciso ma con moto.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.

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