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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring recordings of Ravel's Miroirs for piano, Rachmaninov's Symphony no.2 and Gershwin's Overture to Girl Crazy.

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2 hours

Last on

Sat 26 Oct 2013 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata in A minor BWV.1013 for flute solo: 2nd movement; Corrente

    Performer: Rachel Podger.
    • Rachel Podger: Guardian Angel.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 2.
  • Franz von Supp猫

    Fatinitza - operetta, Marziale nach motiven

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • von Suppe: Overtures and Marches: RSNO/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • George Gershwin

    Girl Crazy (Overture)

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Portrait of Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS Masterworks.
    • 12.
  • Edvard Grieg

    6 Songs (Op.48), no.4; Die Verschwiegene Nachtigall

    Singer: Chen Reiss. Performer: Charles Spencer.
    • Le Rossignol et la Rose.
    • ONYX.
    • 4.
  • Robin Holloway

    Menuetto alla tarantella (Serenade in C)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Holloway: Serenade; Fantasy-Pieces. Schumann: Liederkreis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Exsultate, jubilate - motet K.165 for soprano and orchestra

    Singer: Julia Lezhneva. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Julia Lezhneva Alleluia.
    • Decca.
    • 15-18.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Quartet No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Korngold: The String Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no. 2 in E minor Op.27: 3rd movement; Adagio

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphonies & Orchestral Works.
    • Newton Classics.
    • 3.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor Kk.141

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
    • Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 9.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • hyperion.
    • 007.
  • Jean鈥怓茅ry Rebel

    Les caracteres de la danse

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rebel/Les Elemens/Les Caracteres de la Danse.
    • Musifrance.
    • 12-25.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Hamlet - suite from the film music Op.116a: no.2; Ball at the palace

    Orchestra: Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.
    • Shostakovich: Hamlet.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald - waltz Op.325

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Strauss-Familie: Walzer and Polkas.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.
  • William Busch

    Concerto for cello and orchestra: II Allegretto (quasi andante) con dolcezza

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • William Busch: Cello Concerto; Piano Concerto.
    • Lyrita.
    • 2.

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