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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests.

Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 12 Oct 2013 07:00

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite no. 2 for jazz band

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Decca.
    • 4337022.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet in G major Op.33`5 (How do you do?) for strings

    Performer: Casals Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMX 2962022.23.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 5573852.
  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    Sonata in A minor Lbl.29 (L'infidele) for lute [sic] [=Chiesa Suite 25; =DLb.15]

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
    • BIS-CD-1524.
  • William Walton

    Troilus and Cressida - opera in 3 acts

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Performer: Kate Royal. Performer: The English National Opera Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 2681922.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in E flat major RV.253, Op.8`5 (La Tempesta di mare) for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Performer: Europa Galante.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 6025032.
  • Franz Schubert

    Standchen (Hark hark, the Lark", arr. Liszt for piano

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.
    • RCA.
    • 82876 584622.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Les Soirees musicales for solo voices and accompaniment

    Conductor: Richard Bonynge. Performer: Luciano Pavarotti. Performer: Bologna Municipal Theatre Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
    • 430 2102.
  • Arthur Honegger

    Pacific 231 - mouvement symphonique no. 1

    Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Performer: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 2175-002.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets - suite Op.32

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Performer: Hall茅.
    • HELIOS.
    • CDH-55350.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for clarinet and piano

    Performer: Oleg Maisenberg. Performer: Sabine Meyer.
    • EMI.
    • 3797872.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no. 5 in D major

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Performer: London S O..
    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN-9666.
  • Douglas Adams

    DOUGLAS ADAMS: 'The Dolphins' from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

    Performer: Stephen Fry.
    • HOLLYWOOD RECORDS.
    • 5050467-8315-2-0.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets - suite Op.32

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Performer: Hall茅.
    • HELIOS.
    • CDH-55350.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    L' Histoire du tango for flute and guitar

    Performer: Christian Rivet. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 6153992.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Requiem

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Anja Harteros. Performer: El墨na Garan膷a. Performer: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Performer: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan.
    • DECCA.
    • 478 5245.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for clarinet and piano

    Performer: Oleg Maisenberg. Performer: Sabine Meyer.
    • EMI.
    • 3797872.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no. 5 in D major

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN-9666.
  • Paul de Schl枚zer

    Etude de concert in A flat major Op.1`2 for piano

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • NIMBUS.
    • NI 2540.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly - opera vers. "standard" in 3 acts [Paris, 1906]

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Montserrat Caball茅.
    • EMI.
    • CDC 7 47841-2.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Friday afternoons Op.7 for children's voices and piano

    Conductor: Ronald Corp. Performer: New London Children鈥檚 Choir.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.553183.

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