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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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 9 May 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • 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.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op.130 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    O Lord, arise

    Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • Weelkes: Anthems.
    • Naxos.
  • Mari Kalkun

    Ööliblikas (The Moth)

    Performer: Mari Kalkun.
    • õٲ.
    • marikalkun.bandcamp.com.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Orchestra: The Apollon Ensemble.
    • Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise

    Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk. Music Arranger: Leonard Rose.
    • Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata & Vocalise.
    • Onyx.
    • 8.
  • Tarquinio Merula

    Ciaconna

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Il Giardino Armonica: Artist Portrait.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Noctuelles (Miroirs)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • WARNER.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • David Dubery

    Night Songs (An August Midnight)

    Singer: James Gilchrist. Performer: Michael Cox. Performer: David Dubery.
    • David Dubery - Observations.
    • éپ.
    • 11.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Virtuous Wife: Slow Air; Air

    Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises. Director: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas.
    • Purcell: Tyrannic Love.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 16.
  • Franz Lehár

    Gold and Silver - Waltz Op.79

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vienna Soiree: Gardiner/Vienna PO.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • William Byrd

    Fantasia a 6 No 2 in G minor

    Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Still Music Of The Spheres.
    • SIMAX.
    • 1.
  • Leos Janáček

    Sinfonietta

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Janáček: Glagolitic Mass; Taras Bulba; Sinfonietta; The Fiddler’s Child.
    • Decca Music.
    • 9.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Prélude in C Minor, Op. 11, No. 20

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 56

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • David Raksin

    Theme from 'Laura'

    Performer: Andy Wood. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Hollywood Soundstage.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in A minor, RV 356

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Op.26

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Francesco Cavalli

    Incomprensibil nume (Pompeo Magno)

    Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Beyond.
    • Warner Music.
    • 7.
  • Misha Mullov-Abbado

    Little Astronaut

    Singer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: Viktoria Mullova.
    • ONYX.
  • 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.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in G major, Op 31 No 1 (3rd mvmt, Rondo)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Sony Classical.
  • François Francœur

    Sicilienne (Violin Sonata in G)

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Justin Taylor.
    • Les Frères Francœur.
    • ALPHA.

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