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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Also, including requests for your favourite works and pieces that you would like to hear.

Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 19 Oct 2014 07:00

Music Played

  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation (Tha茂s)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Paris, La Belle Epoque: Yo-Yo Ma/Kathryn Stott.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron (The gypsy baron)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • J Strauss II: Waltzes & Overtures.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata in F major, Z810; 2nd movement: Canzona-Grave-Allegro

    Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Consort.
    • Purcell - Ten sonatas in four parts.
    • VIVAT.
    • 10.
  • Antoine Brumel

    Agnus Dei

    Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • Hilliard Live 3.
    • Coro.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome.
    • Rossini Overtures.
    • Warner.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Chaconne and Variations in G major HWV.435

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Angela Hewitt plays Handel & Haydn.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No.12 in G minor, Fuga 1st movement

    Orchestra: London Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Ross Pople.
    • Mendelssohn Twelve String Symphonies.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nachtviolen D.752

    Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Christian Gerhaher.
    • Nachtviolen - Schubert Lieder.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major 2nd mov't Scherzo

    Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Signum.
  • Samuel Wesley

    In exitu Israel

    Choir: Choir of Gonville and Caius College.
    • Wesley - Sacred choral music.
    • ASV.
    • 1.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Chaconne des Scaramouches (Le bourgeois gentilhomme)

    Orchestra: Concert Des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano trio Op.70 No.1 in D 'Ghost' 3rd mov't Presto

    Ensemble: Petrof piano trio.
    • Nimbus.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Donizetti: Arias: Luciano Pavarotti & Friends.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in C minor K406, 4th mov't Presto

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    12 Studies for piano (Op.25), no.8 in D flat major;

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 20.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le carnaval romain

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Berlioz: Requiem etc: Domingo/Choeur et Orchestre de Paris/Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

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