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Start the day on the right note 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

  • John Hingeston

    Fantazia from Suite a 6 No 2 in F major

    Ensemble: Ensemble Echo du Danube. Conductor: Christian Zincke.
    • Hingeston: Fantasy-Suites.
    • CPO.
    • 101.

  • John Hingeston

    Suite No. 2 à 6 in F Major: II. Almande

    Ensemble: Echo du Danube Ensemble. Conductor: Christian Zincke.
    • Hingeston: Fantasy-Suites.
    • CPO.
    • 102.

  • Samuel Wesley

    Symphony in A major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Wesley: Symphonies.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899 (no.4 in A flat major)

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto in A major, BWV.1055 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Antoine Torunczyk. Ensemble: Café Zimmermann.
    • ALPHA.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvmt, Andante)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 2.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Sonata for violin and continuo in G major: Presto-Adagio; Aria

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci.
    • Pan Classics.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Service for all the faithful departed a4 : Sanctus

    Ensemble: Vox Luminis. Director: Lionel Meunier.
    • Ricercar.

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles, (Prelude)

    Performer: Robert Plane. Ensemble: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Finzi: Clarinet Concertos: Robert Plane/Northern Sinfonia/Griffiths.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles, (Carol)

    Performer: Robert Plane. Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Finzi: Clarinet Concert, Five Bagatelles: Robert Plane.
    • Naxos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet Op 18 No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1.
    • Zig Zag Territories.
    • 3.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello concerto in B flat major, Wq 171 I. Allegretto

    Performer: Elinor Frey. Ensemble: D!ssonanti.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Preludes, Op. 28 - No.7 in A Major

    Performer: Behzod Abduraimov.
    • Alpha.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Longe mala, umbrae, terrores

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse.
    • Antonio Vivakdi - Pietà.
    • Erato.
    • 21.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56, 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 902228.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki

    Laetatus sum

    Ensemble: Wroclaw Baroque Ensemble. Singer: Susan Gilmour Bailey. Singer: Matthew Venner. Singer: Maciej Gocman. Singer: Tomáš Král. Director: Andrzej Kosendiak.
    • CD Accord.

  • Hubert Parry

    An English Suite (Finale- Frolic)

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • British Music for Strings I.
    • CPO.
    • 107.

  • Sam Fonteyn

    Pop Looks Bach [Ski Sunday theme]

    Ensemble: London Music Works.
    • Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa.
    • Rhino.
    • 19.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 4

    Performer: Martin Owen. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A Minor Op.54 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio Méndez.
    • Schumann & Mendelssohn Piano Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 101.

  • Nico Muhly

    Prosperitie

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Nico Muhly: No Resting Place.
    • Linn Records.
    • 4.

  • Ethel Smyth

    String Quintet in E major Op.1 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Joachim Griesheimer. Ensemble: Mannheim String Quartet.
    • CPO.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Masques et Bergamasques

    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • The Secret Fauré 2.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marie‐Pierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Handel - Tailleferre.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in D major, Op 70 No 1, 'Ghost' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Annalee Patipatanakoon. Performer: Roman Borys. Performer: James Parker. Ensemble: Gryphon Trio.
    • Beethoven: Piano trios op.70 nos.1&2, op.11: Gryphon Trio.
    • Analekta.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    How can I stay when Love invites, Esther Act II Scene 3

    Singer: Carlo Vistoli. Ensemble: Le Concert d’Astrée. Director: Emmanuelle Haïm.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

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