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Daybreak classics

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

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 18 Oct 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No.1: Entr'acte to Act 3

    Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Pablo Gonz谩lez.
    • NAXOS.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Ensemble: Quatuor Var猫se.
    • 1893.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 63 in C major (La Roxolana): 1st mvt

    Performer: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032 Volume 8: La Roxolana.
    • Alpha.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations BWV.988: Aria and Variations 1-3

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • DG.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Conversations of Beauty and the Beast (Mother Goose)

    Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles.
    • Ravel: Ma M猫re l'Oye, Le tombeau de Couperin & Sh茅h茅razade, ouverture de f茅erie.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 106.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O coruscans lux stellarum [O glistening starlight]

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • COLLEGIUM.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in A major, Op 101 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Beethoven, The Late Piano Sonatas Nos. 28-32: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Waltz of the Flowers)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 21.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Mandolin Concerto in G major, Op.73 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julien Martineau. Orchestra: Toulouse Capitol National Orchestra. Conductor: Wilson Ng.
    • NAIVE.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Debbie Wiseman

    Wilde

    Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Wilde: Original Soundtrack Recording.
    • Music Collection International.
    • 001.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata (Kk.67) in F sharp minor

    Music Arranger: Jacques Loussier. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • Telarc.
  • Michael Nyman

    If (The Diary Of Anne Frank)

    Music Arranger: Richard Boothby. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • If.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 9.
  • Robert Schumann

    Blumenst眉ck Op.19

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
  • Abel Selaocoe

    Hlokomela - Take care

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Alan Keary. Performer: Fred Thomas. Performer: Sidiki Demb茅l茅.
    • Where is 成人快手 / Hae ke Kae.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in B flat major, D 960 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas D845 & D960.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Maria (from West Side Story: Film Soundtrack)

    Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Singer: Jimmy Bryant. Orchestra: West Side Story Orchestra. Conductor: Jonny Green.
    • SONY.
  • Thomas Ad猫s

    O Albion (Arcadiana)

    Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • Ades: Living Toys.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart: Complete Symphonies: Jeffrey Tate.
    • EMI.
    • 8.
  • Jean-Baptiste Cardonne

    D茅guisez bien, mon Coeur [Disguise yourself well, my heart] (from 'Ovide et Julie')

    Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra. Conductor: Gy枚rgy Vashegyi.
    • 础笔础搁罢脡.
  • Leroy Anderson

    Bugler's Holiday

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Mercury Living Presence.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 29 BWV.29 (Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir): Sinfonia

    Music Arranger: Marcel Dupr茅. Performer: Daniel Hyde.
    • PRIORY.
  • Franz Schubert

    Entr'acte No.3 in B flat major (Incidental Music to Rosamunde)

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern lights [Pulchra es, amica mea]

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • VOCES8.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Moments musicaux, Op 16 (No 6 in C major)

    Performer: Martin Jones.
    • Rachmaninov: Corelli Variations/Moments Musicaux: Jones.
    • Nimbus.
    • 7.

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