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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating British Music and continuing our Musical Map of Britain.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 16 Jun 2013 07:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor "Pathetique" second movement

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter (piano)

    • EMI 50999 0 94573 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ero e Leandro – Aria II

    Performer: European Union Baroque Orchestra Performer: Directed by Lars Ulrik Mortensen

    • CHANDOS CHAN 5122.
  • Hubert Parry

    English Suite [Prelude]

    Performer: English String Orchestra Performer: Conducted by William Boughton

    • NIMBUS NI 5451.
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade in E minor [first movement]

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Conducted by Andrew Litton

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS VC7 90727-2.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    Magnificat [First Service]

    Performer: Chichester Cathedral Choir Performer: Conducted by Alan Thurlow

    • PRIORY PRCD 511.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana

    Performer: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Performer: Conducted by Neem Jarvi

    • CHANDOS CHSA 5122.
  • Henry Purcell

    Rejoice in the Lord always, Z.49

    Performer: Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Performer: James Gilchrist (tenor) Performer: Neal Davies (bass) Performer: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge Performer: St John’s Sinfonia Performer: Conducted by Andrew Nethsingha

    • CHANDOS CHAN 0790.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Heaven is here [The Company of Heaven]

    Performer: Catherine Pope (soprano) Performer: London Philharmonic Choir Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Conducted by Philip Brunelle

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS 50999 6 02679 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in D major, K.485

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907498.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herr, unser Herrscher, dessen Ruhm [St John Passion]

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir Performer: English Baroque Soloists Performer: Conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

    • SDG 712.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Symphony No.2 (fourth movement)

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Conducted by Vernon Handley

    • CONIFER CLASSICS CDCF 240.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    String Quartet in E minor (third movement)

    Performer: Brodsky Quartet

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10761.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C sharp minor, Polichinelle, Op.3 Nos 2 & 4

    Performer: David Quigley (piano)

    • EL GRECO DJQ 002.
  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Conducted by Andre Previn

    • EMI CDM7 64723 2.
  • Ethel Smyth

    The March of The Women

    Conductor: Philip Brunelle. Orchestra: Plymouth Festival Orchestra and Chorus.

    Performer: Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano) Performer: Chorus & Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series Performer: Conducted by Philip Brunelle

    • EMI CDM5 67426 2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Theme with variations (Caprice, Op.1'24) [Grande Etudes de Paganini No.6]

    Performer: Niu Niu (piano)

    • EMI CDC7 25332 2.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    So hath thy beauty [Merciless Beauty]

    Performer: Ian Partridge (tenor) Performer: Music Group of London

    • EMI CDC9 68939-2.

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