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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

Hannah French presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Sat 25 Jul 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Dardanus: Chaconne

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Director: Raphaël Pichon.
    • Les grandes eaux musicales de Versailles.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 27.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • Homage: James Ehnes.
    • Onyx.
    • 19.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Performer: Arthur Stockel. Orchestra: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leo McFall.
    • Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Clarinet Quintet.
    • Aparté.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.118 'O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht'

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 106; 118/231; 198.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde (Ballet Music in G major)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia in D Major Hob.I:106: Allegro

    Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Francesco Corti.
    • ARCANA.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Where Beauty Dwells, Op. 21 No. 7 (Arr. Wild)

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Rhapsody.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 27.

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite

    Orchestra: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • Colourise.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 406.

  • Robert Schumann

    3 Romances Op.94 (no.2)

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

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Gershwin, Ravel: Piano Concertos: Grimaud, Zinman.
    • Erato.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus (Finale)

    Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.

  • Zeuss

    Bring me all your dreams

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    III. Allegro from Concerto in B Minor, RV 580 (Adapt. for 4 Mandolins, Strings and Continuo)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • French Orchestral Favourites.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

  • Pater Ignatius Augustiner

    Aufzug a 2 clarini, 2 trombe & timpani

    Ensemble: Ars Antiqua Austria. Conductor: Gunar Letzbor.
    • Accent.

  • Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter

    Missa Laetemur in ea à 12: Kyrie

    Ensemble: Ars Antiqua Austria. Conductor: Gunar Letzbor. Choir: St. Florianer Sängerknaben.
    • Accent.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Havanaise Op 83

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Oberek

    Ensemble: Karski Quartet.
    • Bacewicz: String Quartet No. 4, Piano Quintet No. 1.
    • Evil Penguin Classic.
    • 9.

  • Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek

    Symphony in D Major, Op 24 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Arriaga & Voříšek: Symphonies.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 23: II. Allegretto

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • The Vienna Recital.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B Minor 'Pathétique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Jul 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3