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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

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2 hours

Last on

Sun 25 Jan 2015 07:00

Music Played

  • Frederic Lamond

    Aus dem Schottischen Hochlande, Op 4 [ From the Scottish Highlands]

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
  • Robert Schumann

    Phantasiest眉cke, Op 73

    Performer: Gervase de Peyer. Performer: Gwenneth Pryor.
    • Schubert, Schumann, Weber: Gervase de Peyer.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K 364 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Bruno Giuranna. Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Mozart: Violin Concerto No.1; Sinfonia Concertante, etc..
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Andante favori, WoO 57

    Performer: Barry Douglas.
    • Beethoven: Piano sonata in B flat major, Op.106 "Hammerklavier" and Andante favo.
    • RCA.
    • 5.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Idillo-concertino in A major, Op.15 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Andrea Tenaglia. Orchestra: Orchestra sinfonica di Roma. Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia.
    • Complete Wind Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • James Bain

    Brother James's Air

    Music Arranger: Gordon Jacob. Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Scott.
    • St Paul's Cathedral Choristers.
    • Classics for Pleasure.
    • 10.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Maskerade Overture

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Nielsen: The Symphonies: San Francisco Symphony, Blomstedt.
    • Decca.
  • Traditional Scottish

    My love is like a red, red rose [words by Burns]

    Music Arranger: Craig Leon. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Andreas Scholl: Wayfaring Stranger, Folksongs.
    • Decca.
    • 17.
  • Hamish MacCunn

    Land of the Mountain and the Flood

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.
    • Music of the Four Counties: Scottish National Orchestra/Gibson.
    • Classics for Pleasure.
    • 3.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Des Knaben Wunderhorn vers. for voice & orch, no.10; Lob des hohen Verstandes

    Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Von Otter/Quasthoff/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (The Magic Castle on Sweet Mountain)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • James Oswald

    Polwart on the green

    Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia. Director: David McGuinness.
    • James Oswald: Colin's Kisses: Concerto Caledonia.
    • Linn.
    • 17.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Performer: Edward Druzinsky. Performer: Donald Peck. Performer: Clark Brody. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • RCA.
  • Duke Ellington

    Sepia Panorama

    Orchestra: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
    • 74321131812.
    • Bluebird.
    • 20.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56, 'Scottish' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • LSO Live.

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