Launch the 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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Cécile Chaminade
Le Noel des oiseaux
Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem. Music Arranger: Julian Riem.- Le Noël des oiseaux (Arr. for Cello & Piano by Julian Riem).
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 26 in D major, K 537 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos / Perahia, English CO.
- Sony.
- 1.
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Trad.
The Angel Gabriel
Music Arranger: Fraser Wilson. Ensemble: Apollo5.![]()
Edward Elgar
The Wand of Youth Suite no.1 (Sun Dance)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Capriccio.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No 6: Gavottes I & II
Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.- Bach: Cello Suites.
- Sony Classical.
- 17.
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Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dance No 6
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Dvořák: Slavonic Dances.
- PENTATONE.
- 14.
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Katherine Davis
Little Drummer Boy
Ensemble: Black Dyke Band.- A Festival of Christmas Carols.
- Metro.
- 17.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 43 in E flat major, 'Mercury' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Alpha.
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Gustav Holst
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op.32)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.- London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
- LPO.
- 4.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No 8 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili.- Giorgi Gigashvili Plays Prokofiev - With All My Breath and All My Blood.
- Alpha Classics.
- 9.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.- Tchaikovksy:1812 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Balakirev: Islamey : Esa-Pekka S.
- Philips.
- 6.
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Gaspar Fernandes
Xicochi Conetzintle
Choir: Coro de Camara de la Universidad De Las Americas, Puebla. Conductor: Gisela Crespo.- Quindecim Recordings.
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Charles Gounod
Symphony No 1 (4th mvt)
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra.- Gounod: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
- Chandos.
- 104.
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Florence Price
Symphony No. 3 in C minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Carl Nielsen
My Heart Roams Forever
Music Arranger: Paul Hellmuth. Choir: Musica Ficta. Conductor: Bo Holten.- A Danish Christmas.
- Naxos.
- 12.
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Edvard Grieg
In The Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Op.23)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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John Francis Wade
O Come All Ye Faithful
Music Arranger: Yuri Zhislin. Ensemble: Camerata Tchaikovsky.- Christmas Without Words.
- Orchid Classics.
- 501.
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Pietro Mascagni
Le maschere: Sinfonia
Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- Verismo.
- Onyx Classics.
- 10.
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Franz Schubert
Overture in the Italian Style, D 591
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- WARNER.
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John Williams
Christmas at Hogwarts (From "Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone")
Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.- The Essential Harry Potter Film Music Collection.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
- 2.
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John Williams
Sound the Bells!
Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles.- A Tribute to John Williams - An 80th Birthday Celebration.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Manuel de Falla
Miller's Dance (The Three-Cornered Hat)
Orchestra: Orquesta Nacional de España. Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.- EMI.
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Hector Berlioz
L'Enfance du Christ: Trio des Jeunes Ismaelites pour Deux Flûtes et Harpe
Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs‐Élysées. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- Berlioz: L'enfance du christ.
- harmonia mundi.
- 7.
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André Messager
Solo de concours for clarinet and piano
Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Julien Quentin.- Music for Clarinet and Piano.
- EMI.
- 4.
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Giacomo Puccini
La fanciulla del West: Una parola sola - Or son sei mesi
Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Puccini.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 4.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso Op 6 No 8 "Christmas Concerto"
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.- Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6.
- HdB.
- 33-38.
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Percy Grainger
Handel in the Strand
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- The Grainger Edition, Vol.2 - Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
- 11.
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah, Pt.2, no.42; Hallelujah [chorus]
Conductor: Robert Shaw. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus.- A Christmas Concert with Robert Shaw.
- Vox.
- 20.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Romance (Suite No 2 for two pianos, Op 17)
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Performer: Martin Roscoe.- RACHMANINOV: Music for 2 Pianos.
- NAXOS.
- 6.
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Leopold Mozart
A musical sleigh ride
Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- The Night Before Christmas.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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