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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers, Balakirev's Islamey, and the Finale of Dvorak's Cello Concerto.

Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers from his ballet The Nutcracker performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Georg Solti, Balakirev's Islamey, Fantasie Orientale performed by pianist Yefim Bronfman, and cellist Peter Wispelwey together with the Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Ivan Fischer perform the Finale from Dvorak's Cello Concerto.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 5 Jun 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker Suite, op.71a – Waltz of the Flowers

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir George Solti (conductor)

    • Decca 417 400-2.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes, Book 1, no.8

    Performer: Jorge Bolet (piano)

    • DECCA 478 2374.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Kyrie from Missa Assumpta Est Maria

    Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers (director)

    • CORO COR16091.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Allegretto from Quintet for piano and wind in E flat, K452

    Performer: Tim Horton (piano) Performer: Ensemble 360

    • ASV GOLD GLD 4022.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Janine Jansen (violin) Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

    • Decca 475 0112.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sarabande from Partita no.1 in B flat major, BWV825

    Performer: Richard Goode (piano)

    • NONESUCH 7559-79698-2.
  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata No. 7 in C major

    Performer: Retrospect Trio

    • LINN RECORDS CKD 332.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Finale from Symphony no.1 in D major, "Classical", op.25

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: James Levine (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8168.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Jazz Suite No.1

    Performer: Philadelphia Orchestra Performer: Mariss Jansons (conductor)

    • EMI CLASSICS 2 37686 2.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Regina coeli laetae

    Performer: Choir of The King’s Consort Performer: The King’s Consort Performer: Robert King

    • HYPERION CDA67350.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice No.9 in E: Allegretto

    Performer: James Ehnes (violin)

    • ONYX 4044.
  • Richard Strauss

    Wiegenlied, op.41, no.1

    Performer: Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) Performer: Halle Performer: Mark Elder (conductor)

    • CD HLL 7508.
  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Islamey, Fantaisie Orientale

    Performer: Yefim Bronfman (piano)

    • SONY CLASSICAL SK60689.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Poco allegretto from Symphony No.3

    Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 4364662.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorus from Unser Mund Sei

    Performer: Voll Lachens (Cantata, BWV110) Performer: Bach Collegium Japan Performer: Masaaki Suzuki (director)

    • BIS SACD 1761.
  • Frederick Delius

    A Song before Sunrise

    Performer: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Performer: Norman Del Mar (conductor)

    • CHANDOS 241-37.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino overture

    Arranger: Frank Wright Performer: The Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band Performer: Garry Cutt (conductor)

    • RCAVICTOR 75605513552.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op.23, no.4

    Performer: Simon Trpceski (piano)

    • EMI CLASSICS 5 57943 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    1st Mvt from Concerto No.6 in B flat major, HWV 294, Andante

    Performer: Accademia Bizantina Performer: Ottavio Dantone (organ/director)

    • DECCA 478 1465.
  • Franz Liszt

    Dance at the Village Inn, from "Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust" (Mephisto Waltz)

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON DG 4531302.
  • Fernando Sor

    Etude no.17 in C major

    Performer: William Carter (guitar)

    • LINN CKD 380.
  • Jules Massenet

    Nuit d'Espagne

    Performer: Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) Performer: Jerome Ducros (piano)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS 216621 2.
  • Manuel de Falla

    La vida breve - Danza Espanola, No.1

    Performer: Fritz Kreisler (violin) Performer: Franz Rupp (piano)

    • EMI CLASSICS 2 65042 2.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Finale from Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104

    Performer: Pieter Wispelwey (cello) Performer: Budapest Festival Orchestra Performer: Ivan Fischer (conductor)

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 25807.

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  • Sun 5 Jun 2011 07:00

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