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Start the day right with classical music

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. To listen on most smart speakers just say 'ask 大象传媒 Sounds to play Breakfast鈥�. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Nursery Suite (Aubade)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Hilda Dederich

    Moonlight through the Cedar Tree

    Performer: David Reeves.
    • Fleur de Son.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 44 No. 2: III. Andante

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Mendelssohn.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053; I. Allegro (Arr. Br眉ggen / Horsch)

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.
    • The Frans Br眉ggen Project.
    • Decca.

  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G Minor Z.730

    Ensemble: Chelys Consort of Viols.
    • Purcell: Fantazias.
    • BIS.
    • 801.

  • Amy Beach

    Children's Carnival, Op. 25: Promenade

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Beach: Sketches & Mamma's Waltz, Menuetto, Romanza, Children's Carnival, Trois M.
    • Guild GmbH.
    • 13.

  • Claude Debussy

    Dr Gradus ad Parnassum (Children's Corner)

    Music Arranger: B茅la Fleck. Music Arranger: B茅la Fleck. Performer: B茅la Fleck. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Performer: Joshua Bell.
    • Perpetual Motion.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the steppes of central Asia

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Symphonies Nos.1 & 2.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Johann Christoph Bach

    Ach das ich Wassers g'nug hatte

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Concerto di Viole. Ensemble: Basel Consort.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Pedro y Pedro

    Performer: Maria Martinova.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 1 in E flat major K.16; I. Molto allegro

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • THE BEGINNING AND THE END.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.

  • John Dowland

    2 Dowland Laments No. 2, Flow My Tears

    Music Arranger: David Bruce. Lyricist: Anonymous. Ensemble: Manchester Collective. Singer: Ruby Hughes.
    • End of My Days.
    • BIS.
    • 108.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Theme & Fugue

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra.
    • The Classic Experience - 135 of the greatest classical tracks.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Violin Concerto in G Major, FaWV L:G6: I. Allegro

    Performer: Emlyn Ngai. Ensemble: Tempesta di Mare.
    • Fasch: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 107.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Wiener Blut

    Orchestra: Orchester der Wiener Volksoper. Conductor: Franz Bauer-Theussl.
    • Strauss: Walzes: Vienna Volksoper Orch/Bauer-Theussl.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 002.

  • James McMillan

    A New Song

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Timothy Ravalde. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: IV. Allegretto grazioso

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Carl Orff

    Street Song (Schulwerk)

    Composer: Gunild Keetman. Ensemble: Unnamed Ensemble. Conductor: Carl Orff.
    • Musica Poetica 鈥� Orff Schulwerk.
    • RCA.
    • 14.

  • Marianna Martines

    Sinfonia (Overture) in C major

    Ensemble: La Floridiana. Director: Nicoleta Paraschivescu.
    • Marianna Martines: Il Primo Amore.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1-3.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 1 in D major - 2nd mvt

    Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan".
    • BIS.
    • 102.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Sonata no.4 in A major G.4 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: C茅cile Licad. Performer: Alban Gerhardt.
    • Casals: Encores: Alban Gerhardt, Cecile Licad.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Nun lasst uns Gott dem Herren Dank sagen, BuxWV 81

    Performer: Martina Fiedler. Ensemble: Capella de la Torre. Director: Katharina B盲uml.
    • Deutsche HM.

  • Fergus McCreadie

    Forest Floor

    Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Performer: David Bowden. Performer: Steve Henderson.
    • Forest Floor.
    • Edition Records.
    • 5.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Four Characteristic Waltzes (Valse de la reine)

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 8.

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