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Brighten your day 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

  • Claude Debussy

    Rêverie

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Debussy: Rêverie, CD 76.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Judith Weir

    Still, Glowing

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Dalia's Mixtape.
    • Platoon.
    • 3.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Full Fathom Five (3 Shakespeare Songs)

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata No 169, 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben')

    Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina.
    • Bach Sinfonia Academia Bizantina Ottavio Dantone.
    • Decca.

  • Charles Gounod

    Judex (Mors et Vita)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pešek.
    • Adagio.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.

  • Johann Heinrich Schmelzer

    Balletto di Matti

    Ensemble: Oslo Circles.
    • Bizzarrie!.

  • Joseph Marx

    Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major "Spring Sonata": 2nd movement

    Performer: Minna Pensola. Performer: Simone Sgarbanti.
    • Marx: Chamber Music, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 107.

  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Music Arranger: John Philip Sousa. Ensemble: Michigan State University Symphonic Band. Conductor: Kenneth G. Bloomquist.
    • Michigan State University Symphonic Band: To the Fore! - Percy Grainger's Great.
    • Delos.
    • 1001.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 1, Op. 11: II. Andante

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major, H.15.25, 'Gypsy' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol.1: The Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Divertimento: IV. Pas de deux. Adagio - Variation. Allegretto grazioso - Coda. P

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Fairy Tales.
    • Naxos.
    • 111.

  • Daniel Auber

    La Gitana: El Jaleo de Xeres

    Conductor: Dario Salvi. Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava.
    • Auber: Overtures, Vol. 9.
    • Naxos.
    • 104.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.10 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Dvorak - Complete Symphonies and Concertos.
    • DECCA.
    • 001.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Onyx Classcis.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Valse brillante No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 51

    Performer: Maria Stratigou.
    • Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 5.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 107.

  • Edward Elgar

    Carissima

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Elgar: The longed for light: BBC Concert Orchestra/John Wilson.
    • Somm.
    • 5.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Ave Maria

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • UCJ.

  • Jean Françaix

    Wind Quintet, No. 1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Monet Quintett.
    • Dubugnon, Taffanel, Holst and Françaix: Wind Quintets.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 12.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos: Andsnes, Jansons.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E flat major, Op.7

    Ensemble: Ensemble à vent Paris Bastille. Director: François Leleux.
    • Francois Leleux - Richard Strauss.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O Soave Fanciulla (La Bohème)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Kristine Opolais. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Sony.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

  • François-André Danican Philidor

    Le jardinier et son seigneur, Overture: I. Allegro

    Conductor: Christian Benda. Orchestra: Prague Sinfonia.
    • Knecht: Le Portrait musical de la nature - Philidor: Overtures.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No. 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • DECCA.

  • Mel Bonis

    Salomé Op.100

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

Broadcast

  • Monday 06:30
    BBC Radio 3