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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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Antonio Vivaldi
Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV.630
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Catherine Rimer. Performer: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Jan Waterfield. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Christian Curnyn.- Decca.
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Dario Marianelli
Pride & Prejudice (Music From The Motion Picture); Dawn
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.- Pride & Prejudice (Music From The Motion Picture).
- Decca.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto no.1 in D major K.412
Performer: Alessio Allegrini. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Mozart: Horn Concertos: Allegrini/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808: Gavotte I & II (Transcribed for Guitar
Performer: John Williams. Performer: Peter Hurford.- John Williams Plays Bach.
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade no. 2 in A major Op.16: 5th movement; Rondo
Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SDG.
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque no.1 in E major
Performer: Pascal Rogé.- ONYX.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No 5 in D major, Op 107, 'Reformation' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi.- Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 - 5; THe Hebrides, etc. - Wiener Philharmoniker, D.
- Decca.
- 2.
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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.
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Agnes Zimmermann
Violin Sonata no.3 in G minor, Op.23 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Mathilde Milwidsky. Performer: Sam Haywood.- Zimmermann: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3.
- Toccata Classics.
- 103.
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Antonín Dvořák
Polonaise in E flat major, B.100
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.- Dvorak: Slavonic Dances etc.: RPO/Detroit SO/Dorati.
- Decca.
- 15.
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Giacomo Puccini
Crisantemi
Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.- Naxos.
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Gustav Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - II. Ging heut' Morgen übers Feld
Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- SFS MEDIA.
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Joaquim Malats
Serenata Española
Music Arranger: Christoph Denoth. Performer: Christoph Denoth. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.- Nocturnos de Andalucía.
- Signum Classics.
- 301.
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Edward Elgar
Sospiri
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- British Composers - Elgar, Stanford & Parry.
- Warner Classics.
- 9.
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Malcolm Arnold
Four Cornish Dances arr for brass band (No 1)
Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.- The Malcolm Arnold Edition: Music for Brass.
- Decca.
- 23.
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Frédéric Chopin
3 Waltzes Op.34 (no.1 in A flat major)
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Chopin Valses Tharaud.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 16.
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Johann Strauss II
Amazonen-Polka
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.- Neujahrskonzert/New Year's Concert 2011; Weiner Philharmoniker/Wesler-Most.
- Decca.
- 3.
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Arnold Bax
The Happy Forest
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Made In Britain.
- Avie.
- 5.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: V. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace
Performer: Sebastian Manz. Performer: Theo Plath. Performer: Felix Klieser. Performer: Franziska Hölscher. Performer: Haesue Lee. Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Dominik Wagner.- Beethoven - C. Kreutzer: Septets.
- CAvi-music.
- 5.
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Manuel de Falla
Spanish Dance no.1 (La Vida Breve)
Music Arranger: Nemanja Radulović. Music Arranger: Aleksandar Sedlar. Orchestra: Double Sens. Conductor: Nemanja Radulović.- Roots.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Joseph Kosma
Les feuilles mortes [Autumn leaves]
Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Jérôme Ducros.- Erato.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Dvorak: Symphonies no. 7 & 8: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Jansons.
- EMI.
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Ernest John Moeran
Stalham River
Performer: Eric Parkin.- William Baines / E J Moeran – Piano Music.
- Lyrita.
- 22.
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Johann Baptist Georg Neruda
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- EMI.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)
Singer: Rolando Villazón. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Daniele Callegari.- Rolando Villazon: Tenor.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
- 10.
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Gang Chen
The Butterfly Lovers Concerto: vii. Adagio cantabile
Composer: Zhanhao He. Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Tsung Yeh. Ensemble: Singapore Chinese Orchestra.- Sony.
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Billy Mayerl
Marigold
Performer: Susan Tomes.- Loose Elbows - Susan Tomes plays the piano music of Billy Mayerl.
- Virgin Classics.
- 4.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Les Indes galantes: Air pour Les Sauvages
Performer: Loris Guastella. Ensemble: UnderStories.- A French Odyssey - Music for Two Cellos by Rameau, Barriere, Corrette, Boismorti.
- Challenge Classics.
- 11.
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