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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including Handel's Zadok the Priest, Borodin's Polovtsian Dances and Mozart's Laudate Dominum.

Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including Handel's famous coronation anthem Zadok the Priest sung by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge with the Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Stephen Cleobury, Borodin's Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens and Polovtsian Dances performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Neeme Jarvi, and Mozart's Laudate Dominum from the Solemn Vespers is sung by the Cologne Chamber Choir with soprano Cornelia Samuelis and Collegium Cartsianum conducted by Peter Neumann.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 19 Jun 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cavatina from Miniatures, Op.75a (No.1)

    Performer: Budapest Festival Orchestra Performer: Iv谩n Fischer (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 476 2179.
  • Robert Schumann

    Toccata, Op.7

    Performer: Howard Shelley (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 8814.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest

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

    • EMI CLASSICS 5 57140 2.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Gagliarda (no.2) from Ancient Airs and Dances for lute, suite no.1 for orchestra

    Performer: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Performer: Hugh Wolff (conductor)

    • TELDEC 4509-91729-2.
  • Louis Spohr

    Variations on 'Je suis encore dans mon printemps', Op.36

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer (harp)

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 31711.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens & Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

    Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Chorus Performer: Torgny Spors茅n (bass: Khan Konchak) Performer: Neeme J盲rvi (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 435 757-2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Humoresque Op.10 No.5

    Performer: Stephen Hough (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67043.
  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation from Tha茂s

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti (violin) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Daniel Harding (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 476 3399.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43 鈥 Overture

    Performer: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich Performer: David Zinman (conductor)

    • ARTE NOVA CLASSICS 82876 57831 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude (Op.2 No.1) for cello and piano

    Performer: Steven Isserlis (cello) Performer: Stephen Hough (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67376.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Laudate Dominum from Solemn Vespers (Vesperae solennes de confessore) K.339

    Performer: Cornelia Samuelis (soprano) Performer: Cologne Chamber Choir Performer: Collegium Cartusianum Performer: Peter Neumann (conductor)

    • MDG 332 1346-2.
  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Concerto for 2 organs no.4 in F major

    Performer: Peter Hurford (Epistle Organ, Salamanca Cathedral, Spain) Performer: Thomas Trotter (Gospel Organ, Salamanca Cathedral, Spain)

    • DECCA 436 115-2.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Souvenir d'une nuit d'茅t茅 脿 Madrid 鈥 Spanish Overture no.2

    Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Performer: Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 9861.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    El Puerto from Iberia 鈥 Book 1

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67476/7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for violin in A minor, BWV.1041

    Performer: Julia Fischer (violin) Performer: Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields

    • DECCA 478 0650.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    On Wenlock Edge

    Performer: Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Performer: Dante Quartet Performer: Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)

    • SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD112.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    March in B flat major, Op.99

    Performer: The Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 429 396-2.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantasia a 4 in F major (1680)

    Performer: London Baroque

    • BIS BIS-CD-1165.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin Act 1

    Performer: Ekaterina Shcherbachenko (soprano: Tatiana) Performer: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales Performer: Lawrence Foster (conductor)

    • 大象传媒 Recording.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Sonata for cello and piano no.6 in A major

    Arranger: Alfredo Piatti Performer: Fedor Amosov (cello) Performer: Jen-Ru Sun (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.572368.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Finale 鈥 Spiritoso from Symphony no.104 in D major 'London'

    Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble Performer: Marc Minkowski (conductor)

    • NA脧VE V5176.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade no.1 in G minor, Op.23

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

    • DECCA 417 798-2.
  • William Byrd

    Bow thine ear, O Lord

    Arranger: Nico Muhly Performer: Thomas Gould (electric violin) Performer: Aurora Orchestra Performer: Nicholas Collon (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 2731.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Aria: Doppo notte from Ariodante Act 3

    Performer: Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano: Ariodante) Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • FORLANE UCD 16738.

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