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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's breakfast show. Including Beethoven's Archduke Trio, Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, and Maurice Jarre's overture to Lawrence of Arabia.

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including the Finale from Beethoven's Archduke Trio performed by the Beaux Arts Trio, Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings is performed by the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra conducted by Marco Boni, and Maurice Jarre conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in his own piece - the overture to the original soundtrack recording of Lawrence of Arabia.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 30 Jul 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    March from Matinees Musicales Op. 24 (after Rossini)

    Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor)

    • EMI CD-EMX 2111.
  • John Rutter

    Cantate Domino

    Performer: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge Performer: Stephen Cleobury (director)

    • EMI CLASSICS CDC 5 56605 2.
  • Muzio Clementi

    Finale from Sonata in G minor Op.34 No.2

    Performer: Christopher Czaja Sager (piano)

    • HANSSLER CLASSIC 98.1114.
  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a while from Oedipus

    Performer: Howard Crook (tenor) Performer: Capriccio Stravagante Performer: Skip Sempe (harpsichord and director)

    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi RD77252.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Finale from Serenade for Strings Op.48

    Performer: Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra Performer: Marco Boni (conductor)

    • PenaTone Classics PTC 5186 009.
  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

    Ballo del Granduca

    Performer: Piet Kee (organ)

    • CHANDOS CHAC 02.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto movement for horn and orchestra in E major, KV 494a (completed by Herman Jeuriss

    Performer: Herman Jeurissen (horn) Performer: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra Performer: Roy Goodman, conductor

    • OLYMPIA OCD 470.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Cammindao lei pian piano from Vededo Amor

    Performer: Andrew Radley (counter-tenor) Performer: Sounds Baroque

    • AVIE AV2197.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Finale from the Archduke Trio – Piano Trio in B flat Op.97

    Performer: Beaux Arts Trio

    • Philips 412 891-2.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.

    Performer: Halle Orchestra Performer: Vernon Handley (conductor)

    • EMI CFP 5 74006 2.
  • William Walton

    2nd mvt - Presto capriccioso alla napolitana – Trio – Tempo I from Violin Concerto

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy, violin Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Andre Previn (conductor)

    • EMI CDC 7 49628 2.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantasia No. 6 in F & Fantasia No. 7 in C minor

    Performer: Elias Quartet

    • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Recording.
  • Maurice Jarre

    Overture from Lawrence of Arabia – Original Soundtr Recording

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Maurice Jarre (conductor)

    • VARESE SARABANDE VSD 5263.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Overlooking the River from Before and After Summer, Op.16 (words by Thomas Hardy)

    Performer: Roderick Williams (baritone) Performer: Iain Burnside (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.557644.
  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz No. 2

    Performer: Budapest Symphony Orchestra Performer: Arpad Joo (conductor)

    • HUNGARATON HCD 12677-79-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Variation 8 from Goldberg Variations

    Performer: Steven Devine (harpsichord)

    • CHACONNE CHAN 0780.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Epilogue: Adieu! Je ne veux pas te suivre from The Tales of Hoffmann

    Performer: Placido Domingo (tenor) Performer: Joan Sutherland (soprano) Performer: Gabriel Bacquier (baritone) Performer: Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    • DECCA 421 866-2.

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  • Sat 30 Jul 2011 07:00

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