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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley shares his personal choice of music, including Piern茅's Marche de petits soldats de plomb, the scherzo from Litolff's Concerto Symphonique No. 4, Malcolm Arnold's 2nd Clarinet Concerto and a piece for violin and piano by Grieg.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 15 Jan 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Gabriel Piern茅

    Marche de petits soldats de plomb

    Performer: From Album pour mes petits amis Op 14 Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Paul Tortelier (conductor)

    • Virgin VC 7 90702-2.
  • Irish trad.

    She moved through the fair

    Arranger: Runswick Performer: Mark Heather (baritone solo)

    • Cantoris CRCF2366.
  • English trad.

    Bobby Shaftoe

    Arranger: Langford Performer: Choir of Magdelene College, Oxford Performer: Grayston Ives (conductor)

    • Cantoris CRCF2366.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Fantasy on "La Traviata"

    Arranger: Krakamp/Briccialdi/Gamzou Performer: Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Performer: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin (conductor)

    • EMI 4 57814 2.
  • Federico LONGAS

    础谤补驳贸苍

    Performer: Stephen Hough (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA67565.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Suite in A op 98b "American"

    Performer: Prague Symphony Orchestra Performer: Libor Pe拧ek (conductor)

    • Sony 886976/643032.
  • Giovanni Battista Vitali

    Ciaconna

    Performer: Palladian Ensemble

    • Linn CKD015.
  • Ivor Gurney

    By a Bierside

    Orchestrator: Howells Performer: Christopher Maltman Performer: 大象传媒 Scottish Orchestra Performer: Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

    • Hyperion CDA67065.
  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor: Scherzo

    Performer: Gerald Robbins (piano) Performer: Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra Performer: Edouard Van Remoortel (conductor)

    • Crystal GCD 101.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Infelice!

    Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Maxim Vengerov (violin) Performer: Orchestra La Scintilla Performer: Adam Fischer (conductor)

    • Decca 478 2249.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Clarinet Concerto No 2

    Performer: Emma Johnson (clarinet) Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Ivor Bolton (conductor)

    • ASV CD DCA 922.
  • Jean Sibelius

    King Christian II Suite: nocturne

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

    • BIS-CD-228.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Stabat Mater (opening mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) Performer: Ensemble 415 Performer: Chiara Banchini (director)

    • HMC 901571.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Overture for Brass Band: Henry Fifth

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band Performer: Major Peter Parkes (conductor)

    • CHAN 4553.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Puck

    Performer: Gil Shaham (violin) Performer: Jonathan Feldman (piano)

    • DG 463 483-2.

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