Start the day right with classical music
Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
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Gabriel Fauré
Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse
Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.- French Duets - Fauré: Dolly Suite; Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc etc..
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in B flat major, Op.130 (5th mvt)
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- ECM.
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Thomas Weelkes
O Lord, arise
Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.- Weelkes: Anthems.
- Naxos.
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Mari Kalkun
Ööliblikas (The Moth)
Performer: Mari Kalkun.- õٲ.
- marikalkun.bandcamp.com.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056
Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Orchestra: The Apollon Ensemble.- Bach: Violin Concertos.
- Sony Classical.
- 10.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Vocalise
Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk. Music Arranger: Leonard Rose.- Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata & Vocalise.
- Onyx.
- 8.
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Tarquinio Merula
Ciaconna
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.- Il Giardino Armonica: Artist Portrait.
- Warner Classics.
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Maurice Ravel
Noctuelles (Miroirs)
Performer: Beatrice Rana.- WARNER.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
- BIS.
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Hugo Alfvén
Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King)
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.- Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
- Sony Classical.
- 6.
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Rebecca Clarke
Down by the Salley Gardens
Performer: Sholto Kynoch. Singer: Helen Charlston. -
George Frideric Handel
Where'er you walk (Semele)
Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera. Performer: Ian Page.- Where'er You Walk.
- Signum Classics.
- 1402.
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Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor Op.11 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.- Decca.
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David Dubery
Night Songs (An August Midnight)
Singer: James Gilchrist. Performer: Michael Cox. Performer: David Dubery.- David Dubery - Observations.
- éپ.
- 11.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Philips.
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Henry Purcell
The Virtuous Wife: Slow Air; Air
Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises. Director: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas.- Purcell: Tyrannic Love.
- Alpha Classics.
- 16.
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Franz Lehár
Gold and Silver - Waltz Op.79
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Vienna Soiree: Gardiner/Vienna PO.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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William Byrd
Fantasia a 6 No 2 in G minor
Ensemble: Phantasm.- Still Music Of The Spheres.
- SIMAX.
- 1.
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Leos Janáček
Sinfonietta
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- Janáček: Glagolitic Mass; Taras Bulba; Sinfonietta; The Fiddler’s Child.
- Decca Music.
- 9.
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Alexander Scriabin
Prélude in C Minor, Op. 11, No. 20
Performer: Julius Asal.- SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 3.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 56
Performer: Julius Asal.- SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4.
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David Raksin
Theme from 'Laura'
Performer: Andy Wood. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Hollywood Soundstage.
- Chandos.
- 2.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in A minor, RV 356
Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.- Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides Op.26
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5.
- Chandos.
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Francesco Cavalli
Incomprensibil nume (Pompeo Magno)
Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.- Beyond.
- Warner Music.
- 7.
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Misha Mullov-Abbado
Little Astronaut
Singer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: Viktoria Mullova.- ONYX.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony no.1 in D major 'Classical' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Claudio Abbado Conducts Prokofiev, Hindemith & Janácek.
- Decca.
- 3.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in G major, Op 31 No 1 (3rd mvmt, Rondo)
Performer: Igor Levit.- Sony Classical.
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François Francœur
Sicilienne (Violin Sonata in G)
Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Justin Taylor.- Les Frères Francœur.
- ALPHA.
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- Thu 9 May 2024 06:30鶹 Radio 3