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Classic Breakfast

Start your day with an energising selection of the best in classical music.

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  • Prélude in D flat major, Op. 28 No. 15 'Raindrop' [06'35]

    Composer

    Chopin, Frédéric

    Performers

    Lang Lang (piano)

    Album

    Piano Book, 479 7441

    Label

    Deutsche Grammophon

    Year

    2019

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  • Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11: II. Andante espressivo [06'10]

    Composer

    Mendelssohn, Fanny

    Performers

    London Bridge Trio

    Album

    The Leipzig Circle, Vol. I, SOMMCD 0198

    Label

    Somm

    Year

    2019

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  • Djana [05'18]

    Composer

    Gifford, Brenda

    Performers

    Ensemble Offspring

    Album

    To Listen, To Sing – Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers, ABCL0035

    Label

    ABC Classic

    Year

    2022

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  • Over the River [05'42]

    Composer

    Bartsch, Nat

    Performers

    Madeleine Jevons (violin) + Kyla Matsuura-Miller (violin) + James Morley (cello) + William Clark (viola)

    Album

    Hope, 485 5753

    Label

    ABC Classic

    Year

    2021

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  • Knitting Unicorns [04'29]

    Composer

    Grenfell, Maria

    Performers

    Helena Rathbone (violin & director) + ACO Collective

    Album

    Collective Wisdom - Hush, vol. 18, 481 7374

    Label

    ABC Classic

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  • Nocturne [03'15]

    Composer

    Boulanger, Lili

    Performers

    Andrea Lam (piano) + Emily Sun (violin)

    Album

    Classical Hugs, ABCL0006

    Label

    ABC Classic

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  • Sonata for cello and piano in D major, Op. 17: II. Andante tranquillo [05'42]

    Composer

    Le Beau, Luise Adolpha

    Performers

    Denis Severin (cello) + Tatiana Korsunskaya (piano)

    Album

    Luise Adolpha Le Beau: Chamber Music, 903 1872-6

    Label

    MDG

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  • Suite de piano: Pas des écharpes [04'53]

    Composer

    Chaminade, Cécile

    Performers

    Stephen Hough (piano)

    Album

    Stephen Hough's Dream Album, CDA68176

    Label

    Hyperion

    Year

    2018

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  • My Neighbour Totoro "The Wind Forest" [04'49]

    Composer

    Hisaishi, Joe

    Performers

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska (piano)

    Album

    Classic 100: Music for the Screen, ABCL0023

    Label

    ABC Classic

    Year

    2022

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  • Tarantella del Gargano diminuita [04'50]

    Composer

    Lera, Leonor de

    Performers

    L'Estro d'Orfeo + Leonor de Lera (violin & director)

    Album

    L'arte Di Diminuire, CC72843

    Label

    Challenge Classics

    Year

    2020

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  • The Deer Hunter "Cavatina" [04'16]

    Composer

    Myers, Stanley

    Performers

    Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

    Album

    Final Cut: Film Music for Four Guitars, 10723

    Label

    Chandos

    Year

    2012

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  • Wild Swans "Eliza Aria" [03'18]

    Composer

    Kats-Chernin, Elena

    Performers

    Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra + Ola Rudner + Jane Sheldon (soprano)

    Album

    Classic 100 - Love, 537 8272

    Label

    ABC Classic

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  • Concerto for Alphorn & Strings: III. — [03'59]

    Composer

    Rütti, Carl

    Performers

    Eliana Burki (alphorn) + paul taylor orCHestra

    Album

    Alphorn & Nordic Winds

    Label

    Solo Musica

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  • Concerto for two Cellos in G minor, RV 531: I. Allegro [03'33]

    Composer

    Vivaldi, Antonio

    Performers

    Monica Huggett (violin) + Sarah McMahon (cello) + Irish Baroque Orchestra + Jonathan Byers (cello)

    Album

    Concerti Bizarri

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  • Pyramid Song [04'34]

    Composer

    Radiohead

    Performers

    VOCES8

    Album

    Enchanted Isle, 483 4670

    Label

    Decca

    Year

    2019

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  • Aquatics [04'45]

    Composer

    Chen, Belle

    Performers

    Belle Chen (kalimba + synthesizer + piano)

    Album

    Destinations

    Label

    Belle Chen

    Year

    2020

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  • Aquarium [02'35]

    Composer

    Saint-Saëns, Camille

    Performers

    Martha Argerich (piano) + Nelson Freire (piano) + Gidon Kremer (violin) + Georg Hörtnagel (double bass) + Irena Grafenauer (flute)

    Album

    Martha Argerich The Collection - Carnaval Des Animaux

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  • Finlandia, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 26 [08'16]

    Composer

    Sibelius, Jean

    Performers

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra + Arvo Volmer

    Album

    1000 Years of Classical Music

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  • Solo Mandolin Partita No. 5: IV. Sarabanda [01'35]

    Composer

    Sauli, Filippo

    Performers

    Davide Ferella (mandolin)

    Album

    Sauli: 6 Solo Mandolin Partitas & Other Works, CDS7914

    Label

    Dynamic

    Year

    2021

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  • Fanfare for the Common Man [02'46]

    Composer

    Copland, Aaron

    Performers

    Zubin Mehta + Los Angeles Philharmonic

    Album

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Copland: Appalachian Spring [Mehta]

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  • Diferencias sobre la Guaracha Mexique (s. XVII), for ensemble [03'41]

    Composer

    Savall, Jordi

    Performers

    Pedro Estevan (percussion) + Arianna Savall (harp) + Ferran Savall (guitar) + Jordi Savall (viola da gamba)

    Album

    Du Temps & De L'Instant, AV 9841

    Label

    Alia Vox

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  • Variations on a Nursery Song: I. Introduction [03'33]

    Composer

    Dohnányi, Ernö

    Performers

    Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) + Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra + Domingo Hindoyan

    Album

    Childhood Tales

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  • Violin Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 64: III. Allegretto non troppo: Allegro molto vivace [06'44]

    Composer

    Mendelssohn, Felix

    Performers

    Lu Siqing (violin) + Melbourne Symphony Orchestra + Benjamin Northey

    Album

    Classical Music to Lift Your Spirits

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  • Madame Butterfly "Humming Chorus" [03'19]

    Composer

    Puccini, Giacomo

    Performers

    Johannes Fritzsch + Queensland Symphony Orchestra + Opera Queensland Chorus

    Album

    Classic 100 - Voice

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  • Cantata, BWV 35, 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret': I. Sinfonia [06'15]

    Composer

    Bach, Johann Sebastian

    Performers

    Roger Norrington + Camerata Salzburg

    Album

    Bach: Cantatas BWV 82, 158 & 56

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  • Storpolskan (The Big Polska) [03'32]

    Composer

    Traditional (Swedish)

    Performers

    Nyckelharpa Orchestra

    Album

    Nordic Roots, Vol. 3, NSD6060

    Label

    NorthSide

    Year

    2001

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  • Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 for orchestra, Op. 64 ter: Montagues and Capulets [03'42]

    Composer

    Prokofiev, Sergei

    Performers

    Benjamin Northey + West Australian Symphony Orchestra

    Album

    Classic 100 - Dance

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  • 7/8 Not Too Late [03'36]

    Composer

    Barton, William

    Performers

    William Barton (didgeridoo)

    Album

    Birdsong at Dusk, 481 0962

    Label

    ABC Classic

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  • Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: V. Allegro [02'18]

    Composer

    Brahms, Johannes

    Performers

    Boulanger Trio

    Album

    Wanderlust, 0302676BC

    Label

    Berlin Classics

    Year

    2022

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  • Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043 [14'24]

    Composer

    Bach, Johann Sebastian

    Performers

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra + Jeffrey Kahane + Hilary Hahn (violin) + Margaret Batjer (violin)

    Album

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Concertos

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  • Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia [10'03]

    Composer

    Khachaturian, Aram

    Performers

    Kirill Karabits + Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Album

    Khatchaturian: Spartacus; Gayaneh

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  • Piano Trio in B-flat major 'Archduke', Op. 97: IV. Allegro moderato [06'53]

    Composer

    Beethoven, Ludwig van

    Performers

    Trio con Brio Copenhagen

    Album

    Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. III, ORC100101

    Label

    Orchid Classics

    Year

    2019

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  • Cimbalom Polka [02'45]

    Composer

    Balogh, Elemér

    Performers

    Oszkár Ökrös (cimbalom)

    Album

    The Cimbalom Wizard, HCD10257

    Label

    Hungaroton

    Year

    1990

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  • Die Forelle, D. 550 (Op. 32) [02'27]

    Composer

    Schubert, Franz

    Performers

    Chuckerbutty Ocarina Quartet

    Album

    The Classic Ocarina, 93260

    Label

    Dorian

    Year

    2003

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