Rise and shine with classical music
John Toal presents Radio 3鈥檚 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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Hildegard von Bingen
O viridissima Virga, Ave
Ensemble: Sequentia. Director: Barbara Thornton.- Canticles of Ecstasy.
- deutsche harmonia mundi.
- 011.
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Roman Hoffstetter
String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt, Serenade)
Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.- Portraits.
- Mirare.
- 111.
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Arvo P盲rt
Silouan's Song
Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- WARNER.
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Adrian Sutton
Polperro Beach (5 Miniatures)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.- CHANDOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of Fugue, BWV1080: Contrapunctus 1 & Contrapunctus 2
Performer: Maria Perrotta.- En Phases.
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Domenico Zipoli
Elevazione
Performer: Caroline Dale. Performer: John Anderson. Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra.- Such Sweet Thunder.
- Dharma Records.
- 11.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
The Bamboula
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.- Summertime.
- DECCA.
- 16.
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William Byrd
Civitas sancti tui
Music Arranger: David Fraser. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Daniel Hyde.- Now the Green Blade Riseth: Choral Music for Easter.
- Kings College Cambridge.
- 6.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in E flat major Op.33`2 'Joke' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Henry Purcell
Abdelazer, Z. 570: No. 2, Rondeau (Arr. for baroque orchestra and saxophone)
Performer: Asya Fateyeva. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.- Time Travel.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
- 26.
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Sergey Prokofiev
'Young Juliet' and 'Friar Lawrence' (10 Pieces from 'Romeo and Juliet')
Performer: Antoine Pr茅at. -
Johannes Meinardus Coenen
Nocturne (Andante)
Performer: Jacques Zoon. Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.- Brilliant Classics.
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Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek
Moon Waltz (The Excursions of Mr Broucek - Suite)
Music Arranger: Jaroslav Smolka. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.- Janacek: The Eternal Gospel; The Excursions of Mr Broucek.
- Hyperion.
- 8.
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto no.1 in B Flat Minor Op.23 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: James Gaffigan.- Mirios Classics.
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William Walton
Touch Her Soft Lips (Henry V)
Music Arranger: Bob Chilcott. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Sun, Moon, Sea and Stars: Songs and Arrangements by Bob Chilcott.
- Signum Records.
- 21.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Nature, Life and Love: In Nature's Realm, Op. 91, B. 168
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9.
- Pentatone.
- 5.
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Max Bruch
8 Pieces (Op.83), no.1 in A minor: Andante
Performer: Ralph Manno. Performer: Guido Schiefen. Performer: Liese Klahn. Ensemble: ensemble incanto.- Johannes Brahms/Max Bruch.
- EBS.
- 5.
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Johann Strauss II
Perpetuum mobile Op.257
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 7, And He Shall Purify
Lyricist: Trad.. Conductor: Peter Whelan. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Irish Baroque Choir.- Handel: Messiah.
- Linn Records.
- 7.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 119: 1st movement
Performer: Natalie Clein. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Saint-Sa毛ns: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Cello Concer.
- Hyperion.
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James MacMillan
O Radiant Dawn
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Claude Debussy
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Preludes, Bk.1)
Performer: Krystian Zimerman.- Debussy: Preludes: Krystian Zimerman.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Alexander Arutiunian
Trumpet Concerto
Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Petr Popelka.- Echoes: Trumpet concertos by Arutiunian, Penderecki and Weinberg.
- LAWO Classics.
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Michael Tippett
5 Spirituals from A Child of our Time (By and by)
Choir: East Carolina University Chamber Singers. Conductor: Daniel Bara.- Greater Love.
- GOTHIC.
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John Foulds
April- England
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- LYRITA.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Tarantella (The Lady and the Fool)
Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Romantic Ballets: Karajan, Lanchbery, Mackerras, Previn, etc..
- EMI Classics.
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