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Handel Week - Martin Handley

Breakfast: Presented by Martin Handley, who reveals listeners' ten favourite moments from Handel's prolific output.

The complete Breakfast playlist for weekend editions is posted online on the following Monday.

07:03

FALLA
El Sombrero de tres picos - suite no. 1
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
EMI CDM 7 63572 2 Tr.6-10

07:14

BIBER
'Mystery' Sonata no. 2 in A major ""The Visitation""
Maya Homburger
Camerata Kilkenny
MAYA RECORDINGS MCD0603 Tr.4-6

07:19

RACHMANINOV
Prelude Op.23 No.1 in F sharp minor
Idil Biret, piano
NAXOS 8.550348 Tr.1

07:24

HANDEL
Where'ere you walk
Iestyn Davies, counter tenor
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord
Recorded live for Breakfast from the London Handel House on Tuesday morning
大象传媒 Recording - not commercially available

07:29

BEETHOVEN
Rondino for wind octet (WoO.25) in E flat major
The Albion Ensemble
HELIOS CDH55037 Tr.13

07:37

ANON
Afraid, alas, and why so suddenly? [Eton Choirbook, vol.iv.]
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
COLLINS CLASSICS 13952 Tr.6

07:46

SUPPE
Pique-Dame, Overture
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
DECCA 414 408-2 Tr.7

07:54

HANDEL
Harmonious Blacksmith variations
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord
大象传媒 Recording - not commercially available

08:04

HANDEL
Waft her angels (Jeptha)
Mark Padmore, tenor
The English Concert
Andrew Manze, conductor
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907422 Tr.17

08:11

SIBELIUS
Andante Festivo
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
BIS-CD-1557/58 CD.2 Tr.1

08:17

BACH
Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - Aria, Variations 1&2
Murray Perahia, piano
SONY CLASSICAL SK 89243 Tr.1-3 NB

08:25

SCHMELZER
Sonata a 2
Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson, director
CPO 999 878-2 Tr.2

08:32

RESPIGHI
Belfagor - concert overture
London Symphony Orchestra
Lamberto Gardelli, conductor
CHANDOS CHAN10388 Tr.1

08:44

HAYDN
Quartet for strings (Op.103) in D minor [unfinished]
Angeles String Quartet
PHILIPS 464 650-2 CD.21 Tr.9-10

08:56

HANDEL
Dixit Dominus - Juravit Dominus
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
ERATO ECD 88072 Tr.4

09:04

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Fantasy on Serbian themes (Op.6)
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Kees Bakels (conductor)
BIS-CD-1667/68 CD.4 Tr.5

09:11

MOZART
March in D, K335 No.2
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, director
L'OISEAU-LYRE 452 604-2 Tr.14

09:16

LISZT
St Francis of Paola walking on the water (Legendes No.2)
Lisa de la Salle, piano
NA脧VE C5006 Tr.8

09:26

STRAUSS
Ariadne auf Naxos - Dance Scene (allegretto)
Northern Sinfonia
Richard Hickox, conductor
CHANDOS CHAN9354 Tr.2

09:33

KODALY
Dances of Galanta
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SBK 62 404 Tr.9

09:50

DVORAK
Silhouettes Op.8 No.3
Stefan Veselka, piano
NAXOS 8.557477 Tr.17

09:53

HANDEL
As Steals The Morn (L'allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato)
Kate Royal, soprano
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Harry Bicket, conductor
EMI 3 82243 2 Tr.13

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