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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 [email protected].

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Music Played

  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No.3, Op.27 'Sinfonia Espansiva' (2nd mvt)

    Singer: Anu Komsi. Singer: Karl-Magnus Fredriksson. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • BIS.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Viva Verdi.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-Flat Major, K. 281: II. Andante amoroso

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt BWV 68: Chorus: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 14.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Songs My Mother Taught Me (Gypsy Songs, Op. 55)

    Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Performer: Robert Kulek. Music Arranger: Anonymous.
    • Dvořák: The Cello Works.
    • Orfeo.
    • 1.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No 5, Op 64 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Violins & 2 Cellos in D Major, RV 564

    Performer: Jeanne Lamon. Performer: Stephen Marvin. Performer: Anner Bylsma. Performer: Christina Mahler. Orchestra: Tafelmusik.
    • Vivaldi: 11 Concertos.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Rose Adagio (The Sleeping beauty Op.66)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Mark Ermler.
    • Sleeping Beauty (Complete).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11: II. Andante espressivo

    Ensemble: Dartington Piano Trio.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn & Clara Schumann: Piano Trios.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Mark Butler

    Dona nobis pacem

    Composer: Trad.. Ensemble: London Voices. Conductor: Mark Butler.
    • Oxford University Press Music.

  • Samuel Barber

    Souvenirs, Op. 28: I. Waltz

    Performer: John Browning. Performer: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Barber: Symphony No. 1 & Piano Concerto & Souvenirs.
    • RCA Classics.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 9.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Moto perpetuo in C major, Op 11

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Boston Symphony Orchestra - Great Recordings.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 62.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche Suite)

    Performer: Stephen Coombs. Performer: Artur Pizarro.
    • Darius Milhaud - Music for Two Pianos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for strings in E minor, Op.20

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Elgar: Enigma Variations.
    • ONYX.
    • 2-4.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea)

    Performer: Alastair Ross. Performer: Siobhán Armstrong. Performer: Joseph Crouch. Performer: Eligio Quinteiro. Lyricist: Claudio Monteverdi. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Singer: Robin Blaze. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Eternal Light.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 16.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Four Characteristic Waltzes, Op. 22: No. 2, Valse rustique

    Performer: Maya Magub. Performer: Matthew Schellhorn.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Four Charactertistic Waltzes, Op. 22: No. 2, Valse rustique.
    • CRD.
    • 1.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète & Pulcinella Suite.
    • Linn Records.
    • 11.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Dances, Op. 35: No. 4, Allegro molto

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Norwegian Dances.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: IV. Finale. Presto non tanto

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Suor Angelica: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 8.

  • Peter Ludwig Hertel

    Clog Dance (La Fille mal gardée)

    Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Herold/Lecocq: La Fille mal gardee: Royal Opera House Orchestra/Lanchbery.
    • Decca.
    • 17.

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Wagner: Overtures and Preludes: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Barenboim.
    • Teldec.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C Major No. 2, Hob.III:45: I. Vivace

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Haydn String Quartets.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 5.

  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the Heaven

    Choir: VOCES8. Choir: Apollo5. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • Renewal?.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 12.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite in D major, HWV 341, 'Water Piece' (March)

    Performer: John Wallace. Performer: Michael Bochmann. Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Singer: Edward Barham. Choir: Leeds Festival Chorus. Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Boughton.
    • Rule Britanna.
    • Nimbus.
    • 5.

  • Jean Sibelius

    At The Castle Gate (Pelleas et Melisande Op.46)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Sibelius - Symphony no.6, Pelleas & Melisande Op.46.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

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