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Saturday - Martin Handley

Presented by Martin Handley. Wake up to music, news and the occasional surprise, including a Winter Waltz at 8.00am and a carol from the 大象传媒 Singers at 8.30am.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 19 Dec 2009 07:00

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance Op.64

    Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Neeme J盲rvi (conductor)

    • DG 471 300 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E minor from Klavierst眉cke Op.119

    Performer: Nicholas Angelich (piano)

    • VIRGIN 379 302 2.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in G minor Op.6 No.8

    Performer: CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra Performer: Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)

    • SONY S2K 53266.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade K361 "Gran Partita" 鈥 Romanze

    Performer: London Winds Performer: Michael Collins (director)

    • ONYX ONYX4012.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Dance: Miudinho (1930) from Bachianas Brasileiras No.4

    Performer: Sonia Rubinsky (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.555717.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened

    Performer: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

    • EMI CDC557 140 2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Scene with Cranes from Kuolema Op.44 No.2

    Performer: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Performer: Pietari Inkinen (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.570763.
  • Wayne Shorter

    Dance Cadaverous

    Performer: Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) Performer: Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone); Performer: Herbie Hancock (piano) Performer: Ron Carter (bass) Performer: Elvin Jones (drums)

    • BLUE NOTE CDP 746 509 2.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty 鈥 Polocca from Act 3

    Performer: Kirov Orchestra St Petersburg Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 434 922 2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    St Paul 鈥 chorus from part 1: ("Happy and blest are they who have endured")

    Performer: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales Performer: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10516.
  • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

    Danza silvestra from Forgotten Melodies Op.38

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 67578.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for trumpet and strings in D

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger (trumpet) Performer: Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Performer: Iona Brown (director)

    • PHILIPS 420 954 2.
  • Richard Lloyd

    Adam our Father

    Performer: Alison Smart (soprano) Performer: Sian Menna (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Robert Johnston (tenor) Performer: Stephen Charlesworth (baritone) Performer: 大象传媒 Singers Performer: David Hill (conductor)

    • 大象传媒 Recording (not commercially available).
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Masques et Bergamasques Op.112

    Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    • DG 449 186 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue No.16 in G minor BWV 861

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • HYPERION CAD677414.

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  • Sat 19 Dec 2009 07:00

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