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Start your Sunday the Radio 3 way with Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Violin concerto in A major, Op.5 no.2 (2nd movement, Largo)

    Performer: Miroslav Vil铆mec. Orchestra: Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franti拧ek Preisler.
    • Saint-George: Complete violin concertos, Vol.3.
    • AVENIRA.
    • 5.

  • Hania Rani

    Preludium in G minor

    Performer: Hania Rani. Performer: Dobrawa Czocher.
    • Bia艂a flaga (Remastered 2021).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 15.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor, K 32

    Performer: Nora von Marschall. Music Arranger: Nora von Marschall.
    • D. Scarlatti: 3 Sonatas, K 27, K 32, K 1 (Arr. for Harp by Nora von Marschall).
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 2.

  • David Bruce

    The Consolation Of Rain (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Camerata Pacifica.
    • The North Wind Was A Woman.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 10.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano concerto (Op.16) in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Eije Oue.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Sonata a 22 S.241 [1615 no.20]

    Ensemble: Berlin Brass. Director: Lucas Vis.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for violin and Oboe in C minor BWV1060R - slow movement

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Alexandra Bellamy. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta Diva

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Music Arranger: Yvar Mikhashoff.
    • DECCA.

  • Mica Levi

    Vanity (from Jackie)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Jackie (Original Soundtrack Album).
    • Milan Records.
    • 10.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G minor Op.14 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Klenke Quartett.
    • CAPRICCIO.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Story of the Kalendar Prince (Sheherazade)

    Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Scheherazade.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F Major Op.3 no.5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • Hommage.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Op. 68 "Pastoral".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Julius Fucik

    Entry of the Gladiators, Op.68

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Smetana: The Moldau; RLPO, Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 12.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in B major, Op 9 No 3

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • Vladimir Horowitz The Indespensable.
    • BMG Classics.
    • 10.

  • Galina Grigorjeva

    In Paradisum

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Ondine.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • The Rachmaninov Experience.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.6 in F minor Op.80 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • ERATO.

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