Roll out of bed into 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 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
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Manuel Ponce
Estrellita
Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Julien Quentin.- DECCA.
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Franz Schubert
Entr'acte in B flat major (Rosamunde)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.- Schubert: Rosamunde - Ameling, Rundfunkchor Leipzig.
- Philips.
- 7.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli: Agnus Dei I
Choir: Stile Antico.- The Golden Renaissance: Palestrina.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Alessandro Marcello
Oboe Concerto in D minor (2nd mvt, Adagio)
Performer: Douglas Boyd. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Schneider.- Mozart, Vivaldi, Marcello, Wolf, J. Strauss: Schneider 80th Birthday Concert.
- COE Records.
- 009.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir: Sinfonia
Performer: Vincent Dubois. Music Arranger: Marcel Dupré.- Eternal Notre-Dame.
- Warner Classics.
- 4.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Juliet - the young girl (Romeo and Juliet - suite no. 2)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Prokofiev: The Symphonies.
- BIS.
- 501.
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Robert Schumann
Violin sonata No 3 in A minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.- Hyperion.
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George Butterworth
A Shropshire lad - rhapsody for orchestra [1912]
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Holst & Butterworth.
- ONYX.
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Philip Glass
Etude No 2
Performer: Vanessa Wagner.- Infine Music.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio (Overture)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.- Beethoven: Overture, Fidelio & Symphony No. 3.
- London Philharmonic Orchestra.
- 105.
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Olivia Belli
Eurycleia
Performer: Olivia Belli. Performer: Jess Gillam.- Daimon.
- Sony Classical.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 55 "The Schoolmaster" (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.- Haydn 2032, Vol. 18: Il maestro di scuola.
- Alpha Classics.
- 11.
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No 7 in D minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Lev Markiz.- Mendelssohn: The Complete String Symphonies: Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, Lev Ma.
- BIS.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Berceuse
Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong. -
Richard Rodgers
Prologue: The Carousel Waltz (from 'Carousel')
Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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John Playford
Wallom Green (English Dancing Master)
Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.- Rubicon RCD1017.
- Rubicon.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in E-Flat Major
Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: José Antonio Méndez Padrón.- Mozart y Mambo.
- Alpha Classics.
- 3.
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Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Rossini: opera arie e sinfonie.
- Naive.
- 3.
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Fritz Kreisler
Marche miniature viennoise
Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra.- The Trumpet Fairy.
- Warner Classics.
- 14.
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Louise Farrenc
Sextet in C Minor, Op 40 (Version for Piano Quintet): III. Allegro vivace
Performer: Emmanuel Despax. Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.- Resonance.
- Signum Records.
- 3.
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Bedrich Smetana
String Quartet No 1 "From My Life" (2nd mvt) arranged for orchestra
Music Arranger: George Szell. Conductor: Leon Botstein. Orchestra: The Orchestra Now.- Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 JB 1:105 "From My Life": II. Allegro moderato à la.
- AVIE Records.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988) arr. for 2 guitars
Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Performer: Antoine Morinière.- Warner Classics.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 7 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Mahler: Symphony No. 7.
- National Symphony Orchestra.
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Samuel Dushkin
Sicilienne
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Samuele Telari. Performer: Thomas Carroll.- Violin Cafe.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Johannes Brahms
Rondo alla Zingarese (Piano Quartet Op.25)
Orchestrator: Arnold Schoenberg. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI.
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Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Piano Trio No 2 in E Minor, Op 92 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.- ERATO.
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- Thu 20 Nov 2025 06:30Âé¶¹Éç Radio 3