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Andrew Peach presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. Bach Before 7 and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing [email protected]

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Pelléas and Mélisande Suite, Op. 46: II. Mélisande

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Sibelius: Luonnotar, Tapiola, Spring Song, Rakastava & Suite from Pelléas och Mé.
    • Chandos.
    • 302.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80: III. Adagio

    Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite - III. Minuet, allegretto grazioso [arr. for strings by Ireland]

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: David Curtis.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 1 in B flat, BWV.825: Prelude, Allemande, Courante

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • DECCA.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Forlana (5 Bagatelles Op.23)

    Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Performer: Robert Plane. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Five Bagatelles: Robert Plane, Northern Sinfonia.
    • Naxos.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Trio sonata no. 3 in D major

    Ensemble: The Bach Players.
    • Coviello.

  • Eleanor Daley

    Come, renew us

    Ensemble: Choir of Royal Holloway. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Come, renew us.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart - The great piano concertos Vol.1.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Earl Wild

    Seven Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin: No. 2, Oh, Lady, Be Good!

    Composer: George Gershwin. Performer: Xiayin Wang.
    • The Piano Music of Earl Wild.
    • Chandos.
    • 117.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no. 2 in A major Op.16 - 4th mvt 'Quasi Menuetto'

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DG.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op.16c (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Jaime Laredo. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Sony.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra Müllejans.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Monn: Cello Concerto.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor, Kk 213

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Humoreske

    Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • French Music for Winds.
    • WARNER.
    • 7.

  • Frederick Delius

    Summer Evening

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • EMI.

  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op.17 for violin and piano

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • DECCA.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Mazurka in G major Op.18

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.
    • Glazunov: Symphony No.2 etc.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

  • Isabella Leonarda

    Trio Sonata No.7 in A minor

    Ensemble: Ensemble Giardino Di Delizie.
    • Leonarda: Complete Trio Sonatas.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.
    • 2.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georges Prêtre.
    • New Year's Concert 2010.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • William Byrd

    Praise Our Lord, all Ye Gentiles

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • The Golden Renaissance: William Byrd.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 21.

  • William Grant Still

    Serenade

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in F major Op.77 no.2 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.
    • HYPERION.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Hyperion.

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  • Fri 2 Jan 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3