Brighten your day with classical music
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 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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Anon.
Song of the Birds
Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Ensemble: CBSO Cellos.- Inspiration.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Carl Stamitz
Concerto for Flute & Oboe in G Major (Attrib. C. Stamitz): I. Allegro
Performer: Ana de la Vega. Performer: Ram贸n Ortega Quero. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.- Haydn, A. Stamitz & C. Stamitz: Concertos.
- PENTATONE.
- 201.
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Claude Debussy
En bateau (Petite suite)
Orchestrator: Henri B眉sser. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.- Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6.
- Naxos.
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Elizabeth Poston
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.- In Winter's House: Christmas with Tenebrae.
- Signum Classics.
- 1001.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in E Major (2nd mvt)
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra.- J. S. Bach: The Complete Violin Concertos.
- Les Productions Analekta Inc..
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Harold Edwin Darke
In the Bleak Midwinter
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Music Arranger: Martti Haapakoski. Choir: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.- On Christmas Night.
- Orchid Classics.
- 105.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in G major K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.- Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
- EMI Classics.
- 2.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Cinderella's arrival at the ball & Grand waltz (Cinderella, Op 87)
Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Oscar Holch. Performer: Rowena Calvert. Performer: Lysandre. Music Arranger: John Metcalfe. Singer: Sam Becker.- Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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John Gardner
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.- Christmas with St. John's.
- Signum Classics.
- 2201.
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Franz Liszt
Weihnachtsbaum: V. Scherzoso "Lighting the Tree"
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra.- Another Night Before Christmas & Scrooge.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Franz Liszt
Weihnachtsbaum: VI. Carillon "Chimes"
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra.- Another Night Before Christmas & Scrooge.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Franz Liszt
Weihnachtsbaum: X. Ehemals "Old Times"
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra.- Another Night Before Christmas & Scrooge.
- Naxos.
- 2.
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Franz Liszt
Weihnachtsbaum: XII. Polnisch "Polish"
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra.- Another Night Before Christmas & Scrooge.
- Naxos.
- 3.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Grand duo concertant Op.48 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Yuja Wang.- Blue Hour 鈥� Weber, Brahms, Mendelssohn.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 10.
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Philip Lane
3 Christmas Pictures: No. 1. Sleighbell Serenade
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Bell.- A Family Christmas.
- Signum Classics.
- 1401.
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Trad.
Away in a Manger - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Ding, Dong! Merrily on High
Composer: William James Kirkpatrick. Composer: Richard S. Willis. Music Arranger: Masato Suzuki. Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- Verbum caro factum est: A Christmas Greeting.
- BIS.
- 1201.
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Luigi Cherubini
脡liza, ou Le Voyage aux Glaciers du Mont Saint-Bernard: Overture
Conductor: Ivor Bolton. Orchestra: Basel Symphony Orchestra.- Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Tragic Overture - Cherubini: 脡liza (.
- harmonia mundi.
- 5.
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Philip Stopford
Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Ensemble: VOCES8. Director: Barnaby Smith.- After Silence.
- VOCES8 Records.
- 10.
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Eric Boswell
Little Donkey
Performer: Craig Ogden.- Christmas Time.
- Decca (UMO).
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Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dance no.2
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- DG.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F Major, Op 93 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Beethoven: The Symphonies.
- Decca.
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Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la Nuit: Ondine
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. -
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Trad.
Still, still, still
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Tecwyn Evans. Choir: C么rdydd.- Carols & Christmas Songs.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite: Philharmonia/Tilson Thomas.
- CBS.
- 1.
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C谩tulo Castillo
En un burrito orej贸n
Composer: V铆ctor Slister. Music Arranger: Enrique Crespo. Ensemble: German Brass. Choir: Windsbacher Knabenchor.- Joy To The World (The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs Around The World).
- Berlin Classics.
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Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari
Il Segreto di Susanna: Overture
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.- Verismo.
- Onyx Classics.
- 7.
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