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Boost your morning with classical music

Linton Stephens 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

  • Amy Beach

    Robin Redbreast (Summer Dreams)

    Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov.
    • Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
    • CPO.
    • 402.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Rose Garden (The Sea Hawk)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold: BBC Phil / Gamba.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Joachim Raff

    Symphony no.3 in F major, Op.153 'Im Walde' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Francesco d'Avalos.
    • Raff: Symphony No.3.
    • ASV Digital.
    • 3.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite Op 29`2 (Finale; The Dargason)

    Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Rees.
    • Wilson: St Kentigern Suite: Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Rees.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 23.

  • Anne Cawrse

    Songs Without Words - 3. Swansong

    Ensemble: Benaud Trio.
    • Anne Cawrse: Songs Without Words.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wir eilen mit schwachen (Cantata BWV.78)

    Singer: Ingrid Schmithüsen. Singer: Charles Brett. Orchestra: La Chapelle Royale. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach / Trauer-ode / La Chapelle Royale.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.

  • Aaron Copland

    Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Warner.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D major Kk.430

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.

  • Otto Nicolai

    The Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • Decca.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Concerto No 2 in G major, Op 13 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestrator: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestrator: Bernt Simen Lund. Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Three Concerti for Violin and Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.

  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Canario

    Performer: Matthew Wadsworth. Performer: Gary Cooper. Performer: Mark Levy.
    • Kapsberger/Piccinini: 14 Silver Strings: Matthew Wadsworth.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 22.

  • John Ireland

    Sea Fever

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • The Art of Bryn Terfel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Arthur Sullivan

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

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Sullivan: Symphony in E major 'Irish': BBC Phil/Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    3 Serious dances Op.51 (no.2)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jörg Widmann. Ensemble: Arcanto Quartett.
    • Mozart Clarinet Quintet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 003.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Platée (Prologue: Overture)

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Rameau: Ballet Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Baïlèro (Chants d'Auvergne - set 1)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Pascal Rophé.
    • BIS.

  • Johann Joseph Fux

    Rondeau à 7 in C major

    Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Fux: Serenada/Rondeau/Sonata a Quattro: Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt.
    • WARNER APEX.
    • 1.

  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    Intermezzo no.2 (Suite 'The Jewels of the Madonna')

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Christine Messiter. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Wolf-Ferrari: Overtures & Intermezzi: Academy of St. Martin in the Field/Marrine.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata in E flat major BWV.1031 (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Andrew Balio. Performer: Andrew Balio. Performer: Bruce Bengtson.
    • Soli Deo Gloria: Bach transcriptions for Trumpet and Organ.
    • Delos.
    • 503.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Waltz of the Cornflowers and Poppies [Summer] (The Seasons, Op.67)

    Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Wilfred Lehmann.
    • Colours of Spring.
    • ABC Classics.
    • 6.

  • Florence Price

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (5 Folksongs in Counterpoint)

    Performer: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.
    • Navona Records.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    La belle Hélène (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • French Bonbons: BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Ave Maria (Bogoroditse Djevo) from Vespers, Op 37

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris (orchestral version)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: André Previn.
    • Previn plays Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, London Symphony Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Wilhelm Fitzenhagen

    Concert Waltz Op.13

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Ingemar Brantelid. Performer: Henrik Dam Thomsen. Performer: Fredrik Sjölin.
    • 48 Strings: Music for 1, 2, 4 & 12 Cellos.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.

  • Claude Debussy

    Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • Musica Mundi.

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 Aug 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3