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Start the day strong with classical music

Linton Stephens 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

  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 02.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Trio No 22 for strings, Op 14 No 4 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
    • Boccherini: Trio, Quartet, Quintet & Sextet for strings: Europa Galante.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 13.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    A Little Prayer

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Music Arranger: Robert Childs. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Virtuoso - Music for Euphonium and Brass Band.
    • Naxos.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Vineyards (from 'Othello')

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adriano.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.174 'Ich Liebe Den Hochsten Von Ganzem Gemute' (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • JS Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    String serenade Op.48 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Morton.
    • Linn.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major, K 136 (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Ensemble: Engegard Quartet.
    • Mozart String Quartets K. 499 "Hoffmeister", Divertimenti K. 136, 137 & 138.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 1.

  • Max Bruch

    Kol Nidrei

    Performer: Astrig Siranossian. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Sir!.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 10.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Etude No 3 in E major, 'Tristesse', Op 10

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Max Reger

    Clarinet Quintet in A major, Op 146 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Ensemble: Escher Quartet.
    • Brahms & Reger: Clarinet Quintets.
    • BIS.
    • 106.

  • Jacopo Peri

    Gioite al canto mio (from L'Euridice) - arr. Pluhar

    Singer: Rolando Villazón. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Orfeo son io.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 15.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Scarf Dance (Callirhoë)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Compositrices - New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 101 in D major, 'The Clock' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Linn.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Silouan's Song

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • WARNER.

  • Gordon Jacob

    Bassoon Concerto (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Performer: Christian Kunert. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Vivaldi, Jacob, Françaix & C.P.E. Bach: Bassoon Concertos (Movimentos Edition).
    • Genuin.
    • 4.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 5 in C major, Op 39

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Elgar: Sea Pictures, Polonia, Pomp and Circumstance Marches.
    • Halle.
    • 11.

  • Eric Coates

    The Merrymakers (A Miniature Overture)

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • E. Coates: British Light Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker Suite (Overture)

    Composer: Duke Ellington. Composer: Billy Strayhorn. Music Arranger: Jeff Tyzik. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Grams.
    • The Nutcracker Suite.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-down (Rodeo) - Live at the BBC Proms

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 2 'Resurrection' (4th mvt, Urlicht)

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Choir: Chœur de Radio France. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'.
    • Naive.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Folk Songs from Somerset (English Folk Song Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made in Britain.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 9.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Flute Sonata, Op 94 (2nd mvt, Presto) - orch. Koncz

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer.
    • Ceremony.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite) (TWV.55:D6) in D major (Ouverture)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel - Au Temps de Louis XV: Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Saval.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Étude no.41 in E flat major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • Hélène de Montgeroult: Études.
    • BIS.
    • 108.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 9, 'The Great' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 \"Unfinished\" & 9 \"The Great\".
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Antonín Kraft

    Cello Concerto in C major (2nd mvt, Romance)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Antonín Kraft, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Mambo (West Side Story)

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bernstein: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite, Slava!, CBS Music & A Bernstein Birth.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Ar lan y mor

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gareth Jones.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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