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John Toal presents Radio 3’s 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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  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Stabat Mater in F Minor, RV 621: No. 1. "Stabat Mater dolorosa"

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Alessandro Tampieri.
    • Invocazioni Mariane.
    • Naive.
    • 16.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rondo in G Minor, Op.94

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Sony.

  • Judith Weir

    Still, Glowing

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Dalia's Mixtape.
    • Platoon.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tiefgebückt und voller Reue (Cantata BWV.199)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Petra Müllejans.
    • Bach: Cantata, BWV 199.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 104.

  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen! (4 Lieder, Op.27)

    Music Arranger: Anonymous. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Nils‐Erik Sparf. Performer: Margareta Nilsson. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • A Simple Song.
    • BIS.
    • 7.

  • Fela Sowande

    Joyful Day (African Suite)

    Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F Major, D 803: V. Menuetto. Allegretto

    Ensemble: Scharoun Ensemble Berlin.
    • Schubert: Octet D 803.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Jota aragonese, Op 64

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Saint-Saens - Africa.
    • Cala.
    • 6.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Wonderland.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    String Quartet in F Major, Op. 12: IV. Finale. Allegro con spirito

    Ensemble: The Lyric Quartet.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Works for String Quartet.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 4.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Stephen Cleobury. Conductor: George Guest.
    • DECCA.

  • Robert Schumann

    Faschingsschwank Aus Wien, Op. 26: I. Allegro. Sehr lebhaft

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17 - Carnival Scenes from Vienna - Humoreske.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze, Hob. XX:2: II. Chor und Sol

    Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Conductor: Justin Doyle. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir.
    • Haydn: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze, Hob. XX:2.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: European Film Philharmonia Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph Israel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassio

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 1-3.
    • BIS.
    • 102.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem)

    Choir: San Francisco Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Brahms: Ein Deutsches requiem: Blomstedt.
    • Decca.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: Aziz Shokhakimov.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical", Suites Nos. 1 & 2 from Romeo and Juliet.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55: I. Ondine

    Performer: Anna Fedorova.
    • Intrigues of the Darkness.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia, Op. 70

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 02.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV112 'Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt'

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Singer: Stephen Varcoe. Singer: William Towers. Singer: Katharine Fuge. Singer: Norbert Meyn. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.

  • Sultan Stevenson

    He Has Made Me Whole

    Performer: Sultan Stevenson.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 3 in E Flat Major, K. 447: I. Allegro

    Performer: Martin Owen. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat Mater: I. Stabat Mater

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: James Bowman. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.

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