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Kickstart your day with the best 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

  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto: I. Slowly and Expressively

    Conductor: Blaž Šparovec. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Anna Skryleva.
    • Debussy, Nielsen, Lutosławski & Copland: Clarinet Works.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 401.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'Eaux

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 29 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata 170 "Vergnügte Ruh" (No 3, Wie jammern mich)

    Performer: Johannes Lang. Singer: Benno Schachtner. Orchestra: Collegium 1704. Conductor: Václav Luks.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas for Alto.
    • Glossa.
    • 110.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Symphony in E major, 'Irish' (3rd mvt, Allegretto)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Naxos.

  • Charles Gounod

    Petite symphonie in B flat major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.
    • Linn.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 (3rd mvt. "Nocturne")

    Ensemble: Dragon Quartet.
    • Dragon Quartet: Borodin - Shostakovich - Weinberg.
    • Channel Classics Records.
    • 3.

  • Adolphe Adam

    Giselle, Act 2: No. 10c, Danse des Wilis

    Music Arranger: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Adam: Giselle (Arr. Büsser).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Horn Concerto Op.58 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.
    • Horn Concertos.
    • Willow Hayne Records.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 2 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies, Wq 175 & 183/17.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 114.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, RV 511 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Vivaldi: Double Concertos: Mullova/Carmignola/Marcon.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4.

  • Sam Watts

    The Traitors Main Theme

    Performer: Sam Watts.
    • The Traitors (Original Music from the TV Series).
    • All3Media Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Otello; Act 4 - Ave Maria

    Lyricist: Arrigo Boito. Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Singer: Renée Fleming. Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Verdi - Great Recordings.
    • UMG Recordings, Inc..
    • 57.

  • Heinrich Schütz

    Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, SWV 35

    Performer: James Morgan. Performer: Richard Pearce. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Director: Richard Marlow.
    • Schutz: Psalmen Davids: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge.
    • Conifer.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.104 in D major 'London' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Andante spianato

    Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii.
    • Chopin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto for Violin and Cello (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Orchestra: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.

  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Symphony No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Bacewicz: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Orchestra: Berliner Symphoniker. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Brahms: Double Concerto, Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22; Dvorák: Silent Woods.
    • Ondine.
    • 103.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Dance: Works for piano: Kathryn Stott.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Arthur Benjamin

    Overture to an Italian Comedy

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Myer Fredman.
    • Arthur Benjamin: Overture, Symphony, Dances: RPO, Myer Freman.
    • Lyrita.
    • 1.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    2 Pieces for violin & piano

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No 3 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Isle of the Dead.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quartet in C major, Op 2 No 6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Cremona Quartet.
    • Italian Journey.
    • KLANGLOGO.
    • 010.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria)

    Ensemble: Polyphony. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Director: Stephen Layton.
    • Poulenc: Gloria; Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Enrique Granados

    Piano Concerto in C Minor "Patético" (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Melani Mestre. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • The Romantic Piano Concerto 65 - Albéniz & Granados.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Thursday 06:30
    BBC Radio 3