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Wake up your senses with classical music

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition/Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andante in F major, WoO 57, 'Andante favori'

    Performer: Gianluca Cascioli.
    • Beethoven: Variations: Gianluca Cascioli.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Concertante Quartet No 5 in G major (2nd mvmt, Gratioso)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 502.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (Cantata No 147)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Johann Stamitz

    Sinfonia in B-Flat Major, 1st mvt

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Timo Handschuh.
    • CPO.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise

    Performer: Michael Nyman. Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.
    • The Composer's Cut Series, Vol. III: The Piano.
    • Michael Nyman Records.
    • 14.

  • Enrique Granados

    Andaluza (Danzas españolas Set 2)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Milos - The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.

  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier

    Violin Concerto in D Minor

    Performer: Gregory Maytan. Conductor: Andreas Stoehr. Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester.
    • Amanda Maier: Complete Works.
    • dB Productions.
    • 01.

  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    Summer Song, Op 45 No 4

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • My Playlist for Sewing & Knitting.
    • Naxos.
    • 701.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dmitri Maximovich Shostakovich. Orchestra: I Musici de Montréal. Conductor: Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich.
    • Shostakovich: Piano concerto no. 2: I Musici de Montréal.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Schön Rosmarin, old Viennese dance no.3 for violin and piano

    Performer: Benjamin Baker. Performer: Robert Thompson.
    • Champs Hill Records.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Music Arranger: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Puccini: Orchestral Music.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • ALPHA CLASSICS.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 1: No. 13, Summer Fairy

    Conductor: André Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Cinderella & Symphony No. 1, Op. 25 "Classical".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Robert Schumann

    No.1 from Three Romances, Op.94

    Performer: Oleg Shebeta-Dragan. Performer: Gunnar Mextorf.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in B flat major Op.3`1

    Orchestra: Berliner Barock Solisten. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 1-3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento (Così fan tutte)

    Singer: Miah Persson. Singer: Christine Rice. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Tutto Mozart!: Bryn Terfel/Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Kullervo, Op. 7: I. Introduction. Allegro moderato

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sibelius: Kullervo Symphony, Op. 7.
    • Hyperion.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in F major Op.1`1

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • Linn.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Harmoniemesse in B-Flat Major, Hob XXII:14: IIIa. Credo. Vivace

    Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie. Singer: Mélissa Petit. Singer: Beth Taylor. Singer: Bastien Rimondi. Singer: Andreas Wolf.
    • Haydn: Harmoniemesse.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

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