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Thursday - Ian Skelly

Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Also, including your requests for works by neglected composers, amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 20 Feb 2014 06:30

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy: Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 18.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    2 Marches K.335 (no.1 in D major)

    Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Mozart.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Signor Bruschino (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini: Overtures: London Symphony Orchestra/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in C major for two keyboards, BWV 1061, arr Loussier (Fuga)

    Performer: G眉her Pekinel. Performer: S眉her Pekinel. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • Take Bach: Jacques Loussier Trio/Guher & Suher Pekinel.
    • Teldec.
    • 9.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Caprice Viennois Op.2

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: P茅ter Nagy.
    • Favourite Encores: Kavakos/Nagy.
    • Delos.
    • 9.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Bourr茅e fantasque

    Orchestrator: Felix Mottl. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral Works: Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings in E minor Op.20

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Teldec.
  • Jean-Baptiste Arban

    The Carnival of Venice

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Philip Jones Brass Ensemble: The Lighter Side.
    • Decca.
  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Sonata for viola and piano (Op.36) in B flat major, 3rd mvt; Finale Scherzando

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Kirill Gerstein.
    • Brahms/Clarke/Vieuxtemps: Zimmermann/Gerstein.
    • Myrios Classics.
    • 6.
  • Franz Leh谩r

    Meine Lippen, sie k眉ssen so heiss (Giuditta)

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Armin Jordan.
    • Virgin.
  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point - overture

    Conductor: Bryden Thomson. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major, K 595 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Director: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • George Gershwin

    Sweet and low-down (Tip-Toes)

    Composer: Ira Gershwin. Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • Gershwin by Grofe: Harmonie Ensemble, New York.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor BWV.232 (Sanctus, Pleni sunt coeli)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Sacred Choral Works: Gardiner.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 10.
  • Louis Spohr

    Clarinet Concerto no. 4 in E minor WoO.20 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin O鈥橬eill.
    • Spohr - Clarinet Concertos 3 and 4.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Patrick Hawes

    Angelus Domini

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford.
    • DECCA.
    • 374 2046.
    • 10.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Za茂s (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
    • Archiv.
    • 1.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Little Suite for Brass Band No 1 (Siciliano)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • Arnold on brass: Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Howarth/Arnold.
    • Conifer.
    • 18.
  • Gaspar Cassad贸

    Requiebros

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Rina Dokshinsky.
    • Music for Cello and Piano: Alban Gerhardt.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 15.
  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op 23 no 6 in E flat major

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDA 67700.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Schubert: Symphonies No. 5 & 6: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Zinman.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.

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