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Mark Forrest 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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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile

    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1.
    • First Hand Records.
    • 2.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta Diva (Norma) arr. for cello & orchestra

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Music Arranger: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.
    • Pop Songs.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Summer Night: Dreams (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.
    • DG.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata no.42)

    Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Bach - Sinfonia.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Verdi: Aida / Act 1: \"Celeste Aida\" (Remastered 2013)

    Lyricist: Antonio Ghislanzoni. Lyricist: Auguste Mariette.
    • Pavarotti: 24 Greatest HD Tracks.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.80: II. Andante semplice - Andantino

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
    • Coleridge-Taylor, Dvořák, Stewart.
    • Canary Classics.
    • 102.

  • Cole Porter

    Miss Otis regrets

    Performer: Richard Rodney Bennett. Music Arranger: Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • Gershwin/Kern etc: That certain feeling: Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: IV. Finale. Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace

    Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-6; Ballet music, etc.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Francisco Garro

    Asperges me

    Ensemble: Ensemble Pro Victoria. Director: Toby Ward.
    • Delphian.

  • Hania Rani

    Riksarkivet

    • Sentimental Value.
    • Gondwana Records.
    • 5.

  • Bernart de Ventadorn

    La Dousa Votz

    Ensemble: Martin Best Mediaeval Ensemble.
    • NIMBUS.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Clarinet Concerto in G minor Op.9 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Robert Plane. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Champs Hill Records.

  • Bob Marley

    Redemption Song

    Performer: Bob Marley. Lyricist: Bob Marley.
    • Redemption Song.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Abduction from the Seraglio (Overture)

    Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Ensemble: Sarband. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • Archiv.

  • Anne Chmelewsky

    The Other Bennett Sister: By the Fountain

    Performer: Anne Chmelewsky. Performer: Martin Lissola. Performer: Clifton Harrison. Performer: Tessa Seymour. Performer: Maïa Collette.
    • Madison Gate Records.

  • Guillaume Dufay

    Missa "Se la face ay pale": Kyrie

    Conductor: David Munrow. Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London.
    • Dufay: Messe "Se la face ay pale".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.7 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.
    • Decca.

  • Trad.

    Lamma Bada Yatathana

    Performer: The Ayoub Sisters. Music Arranger: The Ayoub Sisters. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nayer Nagui.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Holst: The Planets – Bax: Tintagel.
    • LSO Live.
    • 102.

  • Franz Lehár

    Sirens of the Ball - waltz (The Merry Widow)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nick Davies.
    • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs the Greatest Classics.
    • EMI Gold.
    • 2.

  • Traditional Russian Orthodox

    God is with us

    Choir: Kiev Blagovest Choir. Conductor: Victor Skoromny.
    • CDK Music.

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