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Ease into the day with classical music

Al Ryan presents 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 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Clarinet Quintet - Souvenirs de Voyage: III. Andantino. Canto amoroso

    Performer: Ma Yue. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Joshua Tan.
    • John Williams Flute Concerto – Bernard Herrmann Souvenirs de Voyage.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ständchen in C Major, D 889: No. 1, La Sérénade

    Performer: Irina Zahharenkova. Performer: Sol Gabetta.
    • Lise Cristiani (Deluxe Album).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Khovanshchina: Dawn over the Moscow River

    Music Arranger: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 – Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina.
    • LSO Live.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 3 Violins in D Major, BWV 1064R: I. Allegro

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Christoph Poppen. Performer: Muriel Cantoreggi. Orchestra: Bach‐Collegium Stuttgart. Conductor: Helmuth Rilling.
    • Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 401.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": II. Largo

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9; Simon: Four Black American Dances.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285: I. Allegro

    Performer: Cocomi. Performer: Ryota Higashi. Performer: Meguna Maja. Performer: Yusuke Yabe.
    • Universal Music Operations Ltd.
  • Marianna Martines

    Keyboard Concerto in G Major: III. Allegro

    Performer: Idith Meshulam Korman. Orchestra: Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey.
    • Martines: The Complete Keyboard Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 3.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": II. Allegro con grazia

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • William Lloyd Webber

    The Gardens at Eastwell "A Late Summer Impression"

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Music Arranger: Dimitri Soudoplatoff. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Elgar: Violin Concerto, Op. 61.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.73 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Brahms: Symphonies 2 & 4.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 3.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A Major for Two Violins, RV 519: III. Allegro

    Performer: Claire Duff. Performer: Sophie Gent. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Whelan.
    • Welcome ĢƵ, Mr Dubourg.
    • Linn.
  • Albert Lortzing

    The Poacher (Overture)

    Orchestra: Malmö Operaorkester. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Lortzing: Opera Overtures.
    • Naxos.
    • 401.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Má vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • B. Smetana; Ma Vlast: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Belohlavek.
    • Supraphon.
    • 2.
  • Dmitry Bortniansky

    Creonte, Act I: Sinfonia

    Orchestra: National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine. Conductor: Herman Makarenko.
    • Dmytro Bortniansky: Creonte.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 101.
  • Tarquinio Merula

    Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera, Op. 12: No. 1, La gallina

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Terra Mater.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Amy Beach

    Bal masque, Op. 22 (Version for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: Münchner Symphoniker. Conductor: Joseph Bastian.
    • Beach: Works.
    • Solo Musica.
    • 8.
  • Léo Delibes

    Les Chasseresses (Sylvia - suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.
  • César Franck

    Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1 No. 1, FWV 1: II. Allegro molto

    Ensemble: Trio E.T.A..
    • SWR Classic.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 101 in D Major, "The Clock": III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 11.
  • Ethel Smyth

    String Quartet in E Minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Villiers Quartet.
    • Smyth: String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 1 - Delius: String Quartet in C Minor.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 7

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • The 7 Symphonies.
    • Ondine.
    • 8.
  • Franz Berwald

    Septet in B flat major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lorenzo Coppola. Performer: Donna Agrell. Performer: Teunis van der Zwart. Performer: Marc Destrubé. Performer: Albert Brüggen. Performer: Robert Franenberg.
    • A Bassoon in Stockholm....
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco

    Concerto a piu istrumenti in D major Op.5`6

    Performer: Nadja Zwiener. Performer: Tuomo Suni. Performer: Joseph Crouch. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Harry Bicket.
    • The English Concert: Dall'abaco, Porpora, Marcello, Tartini, Telemann.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

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