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Martin Handley

With Martin Handley. Including at 8.30am a Poem for Today, where a contemporary poet reads a new work.

The complete Breakfast playlist is posted online on the first working day following broadcast.

07:03

IBERT
Trois Pièces Brève
Pro Arte Wind Quintet, Zurich
NIMBUS NI 5327 Tr.1-3

07:11

Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst BACH
Lord Our Father
Adalbert Kraus (tenor)
Wolfgang Schöne (bass)
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling (director)
HÄNSSLER CLASSIC CD-Nr.98.911, CD1 Tr.6

07:24

DEBUSSY
Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
DECCA 460 247-2, CD1 Tr.17

07:30

ARRIAGA
Los Esclavos Felices – pastoral overture
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)
AUVIDIS ASTRÉE E 8532, Tr.5

07:39

GESUALDO
Tirsi morir volea (Prima Parte) & Frenò Tirsi il desio (Seconda Parte) from Madrigali a cinque voci book 1 (Genoa, 1613)
Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam
Harry van der Kamp (director)
CPO 777 138-2, CD1 Tr.12-13

07:44

BIBER
Sonata Prima a 8
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
TELDEC 8.43779, Tr.3

07:54

SIBELIUS
Autrefois - scène pastorale for orchestra (Op.96b)
Monica Einarson (soprano)
Charlotte Forsberg (mezzo-soprano)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi (conductor)
BIS CD-384, Tr.4

08:04

ROSSINI
Le Siège de Corinthe: Ballabile – Galop
Orchestre Sinfonica e Coro di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 470 298-2, Tr.7

08:07

DUKAS
Villanelle for horn and piano (Op.7)
David Pyatt (French horn)
Michael Ward (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN 8769, Tr.7

08:14

LULLY
Pastorale comique: scène deuxieme
Gilles Ragon (countertenor)
Michel Verschaeve (tenor)
Bernard Delétré (bass)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor)
ERATO 2292-45286-2, Tr.5

08:22

Joseph HAYDN
Andante Cantabile from Trio for piano and strings (H.15.31) in E flat minor
Beaux Arts Trio
PHILIPS 420 790-2, Tr.10

08:38

HANDEL
Aria: L’empio rigor del fato from Rodelinda
Joan Sutherland (soprano: Rodelinda)
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Richard Bonygne (conductor)
Channel Classics CCS 5793, Tr.10

08:45

ARNOLD
Concerto for flute and strings (Op.45)
Karen Jones (flute)
London Musici
Mark Stephenson (conductor)
CONIFER CDCF 172, Tr.7-9

08:56

SCHUBERT
Ständchen (Horch, horch, die Lerch’ im Ätherblau)
Robert White (tenor)
Graham Johnson (piano)
VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 7 90730-2, Tr.7

09:03

ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN
Up and Down, Up and Down, (I will lead them up and down) {Puck}
Clark Terry (trumpet)
The Duke Ellington Orchestra
COLUMBIA / LEGACY CK 65568, Tr.7

09:06

RACHMANINOV
Prelude (Op.2 No.1) for cello and piano
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Stephen Hough (piano)
HYPERION CDA67376, Tr.1

09:10

McCABE
The Tourney from Ballet Suite no.1: Arthur Pendragon
´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Austin (conductor)
DUTTON LABORATORIES CDLX 7179, Tr.3

09:17

GRIEG
Quartet for strings in F major (unfinished)
Oslo String Quartet
NAXOS 8.550879, Tr.5-6

09:39

MIDHAT ASSEM
Ya Habibi Ta’ala
Kronos Quartet
NONESUCH PROMO PRO 400081, Tr.1

09:43

TALLIS
Lamentations of Jeremiah
Winchester Cathedral Choir
David Hill (director)
HYPERION CDA20400, Tr.6

09:52

BOCCHERINI
Sonata for cello and continuo no.6 in C major
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Maggie Cole (harpsichord)
VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 7 90805-2, Tr.1-3

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