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Wake up 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

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13: III. Larghetto

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony 1 + Symphonic Dances.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Healey Willan

    How they so softly rest

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Beyond All Mortal Dreams: American A Capella: The Choir of Trinity College, Camb.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No 6 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: The Complete String Symphonies.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 602.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio, Part 2 (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Peter Dijkstra.
    • Bach: Soli Deo Gloria.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 209.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Wedding-cake Op.76

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.

  • Conradin Kreutzer

    Grand septet in E flat major, Op 62 (2nd mvt)

    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.
    • 8.

  • Aaron Copland

    Morning on the Ranch (The Red Pony)

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Copland: Music For Films.
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Jules Massenet

    Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Ensemble: Abbey Road Ensemble. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Itzhak Perlman - A Portrait.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ethiopia Saluting the Colours

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 101.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata No. 2: I. Allegro vivace

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.
    • Beethoven Violin Sonatas Op. 12.
    • PM Classics Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48: II. Waltz. Moderato, tempo di va

    Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky, P.I.: Romeo and Juliet / Serenade / Francesca da Rimini / Ewald, V..
    • Ondine.
    • 3.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Gli uccelli: 1. Preludio

    Conductor: John Neschling. Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège.
    • Respighi: The Birds & Ancient Dances and Airs.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute and Harp Concerto in C major, K.299/297c: II. Andantino

    Performer: Peter-Lukas Graf. Performer: Ursula Holliger. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart & Spohr: Concertante Works.
    • Claves Records.
    • 2.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Violin Concerto, Op. 24 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Charlie Lovell-Jones. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Canario (Fantasía para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: Craig Ogden. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia para un gentilhombre & Concierto pa.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Düsseldorfer Symphoniker. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 102.

  • Mel Bonis

    Au crépuscule, Op. 111

    Performer: François Dumont.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 4.

  • Rebecca Dale

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Composer: Sara Teasdale. Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons.
    • Signum Records.
    • 8.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 56

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "Die Große": I. Andante - Allegro, ma non trop

    Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Schubert: Die Liebe liebt das Wandern.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 1.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Khachaturian: Piano Concerto etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine - improvisation (Officium defunctorum)

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Performer: Jan Garbarek.
    • ECM.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Ravel, Debussy & Fauré String Quartets.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.

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