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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Kitty Waltz (Dolly Suite)

    Orchestrator: Henri Rabaud. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Faure: Orchestral works: BBC Philharmonic/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • William Grant Still

    Bayou Home (Three Songs)

    Music Arranger: James Girling. Ensemble: Meraki Duo.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Gavotte (Holberg Suite)

    Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene. Conductor: Øyvind Gimse.
    • Trondheimsolistene - In Folk Style.
    • 2L.
    • 3.

  • Dag Wirén

    Portia's Castle Orchestra (from Romantic Suite)

    Orchestra: Dala Sinfonietta. Conductor: Stefan Karpe.
    • Wiren: Gyckeldans.
    • Nosag.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV35: Sinfonia

    Performer: Johannes Lang. Conductor: Václav Luks. Ensemble: Collegium 1704.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas for Alto.
    • Glossa.
    • 105.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Moonlight Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.

  • Páll Ísólfsson

    Úr Myndabók Jónasar Hallgrímssonar: Menúett

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
    • Icelandic Works for the Stage.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • DECCA.

  • Ballaké Sissoko

    Jeu sur la Symphonie Fantastique

    Performer: Ballaké Sissoko. Performer: Patrick Messina. Performer: Vincent Ségal.
    • Djourou.
    • NØ FØRMAT!.
    • 3.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in A major TWV.53:A2 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Verità Baroque.
    • The German Album.
    • Evil Penguin Classic.
    • 7.

  • Edmond Dédé

    Chicago

    Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.
    • Dédé: Orchestral Works.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu (Serse)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Eternal Light.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 4.

  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier

    Piano Trio in E-Flat Major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Eléonore Billy. Ensemble: Trio Ernest.
    • The Wonderful Adventures of Amanda Maier.
    • Aparté.
    • 4.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 3 "Rhenish" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Schumann Complete Symphonies.
    • PLATOON.
    • 9.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird, Op. 119 No. 3

    Lyricist: Mary Elizabeth Coleridge. Choir: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A major, Wq 172 (1st mvt.)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Stanley Myers

    Cavatina (The Deer Hunter)

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Legend of the Kalendar Prince (Sheherazade Op.35)

    Performer: Sergey Galaktionov. Orchestra: Filarmonica Teatro Regio Torino. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Fone Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No 5 (Tempo di minuetta)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Víkingur Ólafsson – Bach / Chopin.
    • DIRRINDI.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No 5 (Passepied)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Víkingur Ólafsson – Bach / Chopin.
    • DIRRINDI.
    • 6.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite (1910): Infernal Dance

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • The Firebird Suite / Pulcinella Suite / Scherzo Fantastique / Suites Nos. 1 & 2.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 1.

  • Johann Kuhnau

    Magnificat in C Major: Chorus

    Conductor: Hermann Max. Choir: Rheinische Kantorei. Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert.
    • Bach, Caldara & Kuhnau: Magnificat.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 2

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Münchener Kammerorchester.
    • Mozart Horn Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Claudia Montero

    Preludio y Nanita (Suite de los Buenos Aires)

    Performer: Alena Walentin. Performer: Niklas Johansen.
    • Skyscraper Soup.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley. Performer: Michel Dalberto.
    • Saint-Saens: Le Carnival des Animaux: Renaud & Gautier Capucon.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 13.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Platée (Prologue: Overture)

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Rameau: Ballet Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Arturo Márquez

    Concierto de Otoño (1st mvt)

    Performer: Pacho Flores. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería.
    • Estirpe.
    • Universal Music Spain S.L..
    • 1.

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