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Ease into the day with classical music

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

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Music Played

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Andrew Haveron. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus, K 618

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Mozart: Requiem.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88: II. Adagio

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Dvořák.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 22.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue No.2 in C minor BWV 847

    Performer: Aaron Pilsan.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Oberon (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Weber: Overtures: Tapiola Sinfonietta, Kantorow.
    • BIS.

  • Jānis Mediņš

    24 Dainas: Daina No. 9, Andante

    Performer: Arta Arnicane.
    • 24 Dainas: Daina No. 9, Andante.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 1.

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Daniele Rosina.
    • Labyrinths.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Symphony in A major

    Orchestra: L’Orfeo Barockorchester. Director: Michi Gaigg.
    • CPO.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesfreud' - old Viennese dance no. 1 for violin and piano

    Performer: Benjamin Baker. Performer: Robert Thompson.
    • Champs Hill Records.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tales from the Vienna Woods - Waltz, Op 325

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • EMI.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon No.6

    Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.
    • DELOS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor Op.37 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Metamorphosis

    Performer: Sophie Kauer. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Handler.
    • The First of Everything.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

  • Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie

    Benedictus

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Mackenzie: Orchestral Music incl. Twelfth Night and Coriolanus.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sarabande (Suite No 4 in D minor, HWV 437), orch. Equilbey

    Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Musiques de cinéma - Handel: Sarabande (From "Barry Lyndon").
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Emil Szymon Młynarski

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in D, Op. 6 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk.
    • Polish Spirit.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478: II. Andante

    Performer: Finghin Collins. Performer: Rosanne Philippens. Performer: Máté Szücs. Performer: István Várdai.
    • Mozart: Piano Quartets.
    • Claves Records.
    • 2.

  • Karl Goldmark

    'Rustic Wedding' symphony Op.26 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Goldmark: Symphony No. 1, "Rustic Wedding" & Violin Concerto - Dohnányi: Variati.
    • Warner Classics.

  • César Franck

    Panis angelicus (Mass Op.12)

    Music Arranger: Wolfgang Hochstein. Singer: Pablo Strong. Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Timothy Ravalde. Performer: Graham Walker. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

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